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minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved to lower edge 

 of reniform, some brown and ochreous striae bej'ond it on costa, a 

 black streak from it to termen above vein 4 ; subterminal line 

 ochreous defined by rufous on inner side forming somewhat dentate 

 marks at middle, very slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 dentate at veins 4, 3, with black streaks from it to termen above 

 veins 3 and 2 ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia fuscous 

 brown, with fine pale line at base followed by a slight dark line. 

 Hind wing greyish nearly uniformly suff"used and irrorated with 

 brown ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia ochreous with a black line 

 through them ; the underside whitish irrorated with brown, strongly 

 on costal area, a black discoidal lunule and sinuous pcstmedial line. 

 Hah. SiKHiM, 1 (5 type. Exp. 38 millim. 



Genus LAMPROSTICTA. 



Type. 



Lamprosticta, Hiibn. Verz. p. 206 (1827) culta. 



Charipiera, Guen. Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. vii. p. 124 (1838) culfa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, short ; frons smooth ; eyes large, 

 rounded ; antennae typically almost simple ; head and thorax clothed chiedy 

 with large rounded scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; 

 pectus clothed with long hair; tibiaj tiiickly (ringed wilh scales; abdomen 

 with dorsal series of large crests. Fore wing rather short and broad, the apex 

 rectangular, the termeii rounded, non-crenulate ; veins '6 and 5 from near 

 Jingle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 'J JVom 10 anastomosing with 8 to form 

 the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 

 r» obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 anasto- 

 mosing with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Antennse of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. 



A. Fore wing with the ground-colour white nijiJuypafita. 



B. Fore wing with the ground-colour olive-green (jcmmea. 



*2481. Lamprosticta nipliopasta. (Plate CIII. fig. 23.) 

 Lamprosticta nipliopasta, Oberth. ined. 



S . Head white ; palpi and lower part of frons dark brown ; 

 antenna) ringed with brown ; vertex of head with some browu 

 hairs ; tegulae white, with strong black line near base and black 

 line near tips except at sides ; patagia white edged with blaciv and 

 with some white at tips ; thorax black with some white scales ; 

 pectus and legs white with a few brown hairs, the tarsi ringed 

 with black ; abdomen white mixed with brown. Fore wing white 

 irrorated and in parts suffused with fuscous, especially on medial 

 area and base of inner area ; subbasal line black, from costa to 

 submedian fold, with a semicircular black mark beyond it on costa ; 

 a black streak in submedian fold to the antemedial line, which is 

 black, angled outwards below costa, then inwardly oblicjue to the 

 submedian fold, then double, waved, filled in with white and with 

 an oblique black mark before it ou inner margin ; claviform very 



