NEPHELODES. 



357 



line obliquely curved from costa to submedian fold ; claviform well 

 developed, indistinctly defined by dark brown ; orbicular and reni- 

 form indistinctly defined by brown, the former rounded ; postmedial 

 line bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 6, slightly angled 

 inwards at discal fold, oblique to submedian fold, then excurved ; 

 subterminal line only defined by the area beyond it being slightly 

 darker. Hind wing yellowish, the terminal half suffused with 

 fuscous ; cilia rufous except towards tornus ; the underside with 

 the costal and terminal areas suffused with rufous, a discoidal spot 

 and indistinct sinuous postmedial line. 



Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, 1 S , Amdo ; W. China. Exj). 42 

 millim, 



*1656. Nephelodes infans. 



Monostola infans, Alpb. Eom. Mem. vi. p. 39 (1892) ; Staud. Cat. Lep. 



pal. p. 194. 

 JSIythimna pectinata, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xxvi. p. 450 (1892) ; id. 



Eoiu. Mem. is. p. 32, pi. 2. f. 4. 



c? . Head and thorax bright rufous ; antennae ochreous ; abdomen 

 pale red-brown, the anal tuft rufous. Fore wing bright rufous ; 

 antemedial line indistinct, oblique from costa to submedian fold, 

 then erect ; orbicular and reniforra defined by brown, the former 

 round, the latter somewhat constricted at middle ; postmedial line 

 minutely dentate, bent outwards below costa, slightly incurved at 

 discal fold, oblique below vein 4 ; the subterminal line only defined 

 by slight dark irroration beyond it and before it at costa, angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and slightly excurved at middle. Hind wing 

 dark reddish brown, the cilia rufous ; the underside pale suffused 

 with reddish brown ; a discoidal lunule and indistinct curved post- 

 medial line. 



Hah. Tibet, Kuku-noor, in Coll. Piingeler, Amdo; W. China, 

 E.vp. 36 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennre of male bipectinate with moderate branches, 

 witb short bristle at extremity. 



A. Hind wing white, the terminal area tinged with brown ... tertialis. 



B. Hind wing wholly suffused with brown pectinata. 



1657. Nephelodes tertialis. (Plate LXXXYIII. fig. 15.) 

 Nephelodes tertialis. Smith, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. xi. p. 19 (1903). 



S . Head and thorax dark purplish red-brown ; antennfe rufous- ; 

 abdomen ochreous white suffused with rufous. Fore wing purple- 

 brown with slight greyish irroration ; the veins darker ; the medial 

 area deep red-brown from subcostal nervure to vein 1 ; subbasal 

 line represented by a slight dark striga from costa ; antemedial 

 line indistinct, oblique, waved ; traces of a small pale claviform ; 

 orbicular and reniform well-developed, purplish, indistinct, the 

 former rounded, the latter somewhat angled inwards on median 

 nervure and defined by a pale Hue on outer side ; postmedial line 

 indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 



