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NOCiTID.E. 



eyes large, round ; anteunse of male almost simple ; thorax clothed almost 

 eiitir.>ly with scales and without crests; tibiae moderately fringed with hair; 

 abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex typically 

 rounded, the termeu evenly curved and not crenulate; vehis 3 and 5 from 

 near angle of cell ; fi from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to 

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

 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. (Clinojihlehia). Fore wiug of male with the apex rectangular, the costa 

 somewhat excised beyond middle and the ccstal neuration slightly 

 distorted. 



4794. Chasmina sericea. 



ClinopMebia sericea, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B.M. ix. p. 92, pi. Ifil. f. 7 (1893) ; 

 id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 289. 



Silvery white ; palpi orange above and at tips ; lower part of 

 frons orange, the upper part tulvous ; antennae fulvous except basal 

 joint; fore femora above, the tibiae and tarsi orange with two black 



Fig. IGl. — Chasmina sericea, S- \- 



spots on the tibia and one on the 1st tarsal joint ; anal tuft with 

 some yellow at side ; wings uniform silvery white. 



Etih. FoEMOSA (Bohson), 1 (5,3 $ ; Cktlox, Colombo (Grren), 

 1 (5 , 2 5 type; BrRM.\, Rangoon, 1 J ; Cocos Keeling I. (Wood- 

 Jones), 1 J , 1 2 ; Chrivtm.\s I. (Anch-eivs), 1 § ; New Caledonia 

 {Layard), 1 $ . Exp. 40-50 millim. 



Sect. II. (Chasmina). Fore wing with the apex rounded, the costa not 

 excised, the neuration normal. 



A. Fore wing without subapical or postmedial dark 

 patches. 



a. Fore wing without postmedial line. 



rt\ Fore tibiae and tarsi orange with black points. 

 a^. Fore wing with black points on termen below 



apex tihiopunclata. 



Ifi. Fore wing without black point on termen below 



apex tibialis. 



b\ Fore tibiae and tarsi white slightly tinged with 



brown alcidaTnea. 



b. Fore wing with fine dark postmedial line. 



■ fli. Fore wing without black points on costa repre- 

 senting the lines tenuilinea. 



b^. Fore wing with black points on costa repre- 

 senting the lines judicata. 



