588 NOCTUID”. 
median nervure, then incurved ; a small black discoidal spot; post- 
medial line placed just beyond the cell, rather diffused, dark, 
slightly incurved below vein 3; subterminal line represented by a 
series of slight blackish somewhat dentate marks, incurved at 
middle and below vein 3; a terminal series of small black spots. 
Hind wing pale red; the underside whitish tinged with red, the 
costal area and terminal area to vein 2 striated with brown, a 
slight discoidal lunule. 
Hab, Sixuim, 3 Q type. Hvp. 40-44 millim, 
6999, Tympanistes rubidorsalis. 
Tympanistes rubidorsalis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1888, p. 409 ; Butl. Ul. Het. B.M. 
vii. p. 52, pl. 126. f. 5; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 421. 
¢. Head and thorax brown mixed with grey-white ; palpi white, 
the 2nd joint black behind; pectus and legs white, the tibize and 
tarsi tinged with ochreous brown; abdomen white dorsally suffused 
with crimson-red. Fore wing pale ochreous slightly irrorated with 
brown ; a small white discoidal spot defined by black ; traces of a 
dark postmedial line, oblique from costa to vein 7, slightly incurved 
at discal fold and below vein 3, excurved above inuer margin; a 
terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the 
inner area faintly tinged with reddish. 
Hab. Pounsas, Dharmsala (Hocking), 4 ¢ type. Hvp. 50 millim, 
7000. Tympanistes flavescens. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 22.) 
Tympanistes flavescens, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 158 (1905). 
¢. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown; abdomen 
whitish dorsally suffused with crimson. Fore wing ochreous yellow 
irrorated with reddish brown; a subbasal brown point on median 
nervure and slight antemedial spot below costa; a rather diffused 
brown line from middle of costa, bent inwards below costa and 
angled outwards at median nervure, then sinuous and almost 
obsolete towards inner margin; a brown discoidal point; post- 
medial line brown, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, 
incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 and bent outwards at vein 1, 
traces of another waved line beyond it with a diffused brown 
spot on costa; subterminal line formed of dentate brown marks, 
angled inwards below vein 8 and above and below vein 5, excurved 
below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of black points from 
apex to submedian fold. Hind wing semihyaline white, the inner 
area tinged with crimson; a terminal series of slight brown points 
in the interspaces from apex to vein 2; the underside white, the 
costa slightly tinged with brown, three black points on termen 
between apex and discal fold. 
Hab, Assam, Khasis, 1 ¢ type. Hvp. 40 millim, 
