260 



ARCTIAD^. 



545. Lobobasis niveimaculata. 



Lokohasis niveimaculata, Ilmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 498 (1896). 



S . Head, tesiilfe, and front part of thorax and patauia jmre 

 white; palpi, frons, and antenna? yellowish; hind part of thorax 



rufous ; pectus, legs, and 

 abdomen yellowish. Fore 

 wing rufous ; a prominent 

 round white patch below base 

 of costa and a triangular patch 

 on inner margin beyond 

 middle extending up to vein 

 2 ; a yellow costal fascia from 

 above the subbasal white 

 patch to apex ; the termen 



Fi». 175. — LohnhaMs niveimacnlafa, cJ. \. 

 (From Moths Ind. vol. iv.) 



yellow, narrowing from costa to a point above tornus, its inner edge 

 rather irregular. Hind wing yellowish. 



$ . Fore wing with triangular yellow patch on middle of costa 

 with its apex on median uervure. Hind wing tinged with fuscous, 

 the termen and cilia yellow. 



llah. f>iKHiM(Pilcher), 1 6 ; Bhutan (Dudgeon), 1 J type ; Perak : 

 Sumatra (Erkson), 1 $ . Exp. 20 millim. 



Genus PSEUDOBLABES. 



Pmidoblabes, Zell. Bull. Mosc. xxvi. (2) p. 512 (1853) 



Type. 

 oophora. 



Proboscis full)' developed; p^lpi porreet. not reaching beyond tlie frons; 

 antenniv of male cili:>ted ; tibia? with the spurs moderate. Fore wing sliort 

 and broad, the costa areiied, the apex rounded; vein 2 from middle of cell, 

 straight ; 3 from long before angle ; 5 absent ; fi from we'l bi'low upper angle ; 

 7. 8, and 10 stalked, 9 absent ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle 

 of cell ; 3, 4 coinciiient ; 5 from well above angle ; fi, 7 stalked ; 8 from towards 

 end of cell ; male with an elliptical pitch of androconia on upjjerside below 

 costa towards apex, which is strongly excised down to vein 3. 



546, Pseiidoblabas oophora. 



Tgfiuhhlahe?, oophora. Zell. Bull. Mosc. xxvi. (2') p. 514, pi. iv. ff. 1-6 (1853) ; 



Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 97 ; Kirby, Cut. Hot. p. 376. 

 Conchi/lis flavicostana, Wlk. x.KViii. 361 (1863). 



S . Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow ; frons and fore tibiic 

 and tarsi fuscous; abdomen dorsally tinged with fuscous except at 



base and extremity. Fore wino- 

 dark purplish fuscous; the ba^al, 

 costal, and terminal areas ochre- 

 ous white, the costal fascia ex- 

 panding into the cell at middle, 

 the terminal band narrowing 

 from costa to tornus. Hind 

 wing pale ochreous yellow. 



$ . Hind wing fuscous, cilia 

 yellow. 



Fig. 176. — Pxeudohlahes oophora, J. 

 • (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



