NEPHELOMTLTA. MILTOCHRISTA. 469 



base ; abdomen fuscous, witb ochreous anal tuft. Fore wiug flesh- 

 pink ; a blackish subbasal spot ; 

 the costa streaked with black 

 towards base ; an antemedial 

 line angled in cell, then oblique; 

 a rather diffused oblique medial 

 line, connected in cell with the 

 antemedial line ; a discoidal 

 luuule ; a postniedial diffused 

 Fi§. SoO.—Xephclomilia stiffusa, $. f. band slightly bent inwards to 



costa and outwards to inner 

 margin, with a series of obscure spots beyond it, the spots below costa 

 and vein 5 larger ; a terminal series of points. Hind wing pinkish, 

 with diffused oblique antemedial line, almost confluent with the fuscous 

 suffusion on postmedial area, which extends nearly to termen ; a 

 discoidal lunule. 



Hah. NiLGiEis, W. slopes, 3000 ft. {Hampson), 1 5 type. E.vp. 

 30 millim. 



Genus MILTOCHRISTA. 



Type. 



Miltochrista, Hiibn. Verz. p. 166 (1827) miniata. 



Calligenia, Dup. Cat. Lfip. Eur. p. 59 (1844) miniata. 



Barsine, "Wlk. ii. 546 (1854) gratiosa. 



Sesapa, Wlk. ii. 547 (1854) inscripfa. 



Ammatko, Wlk. iii. 759 (1855) delineata. 



Cabarda, Wlk. xxviii. 435 (1863) sequens, 



Castahala, Wlk. xxxi. 270 (1864) roseata. 



Mahavira, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 11 JlavicoUis. 



Korawa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 11 pallida. 



Giirna, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 123 (1892) indvca. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending to just beyond the frous; 

 antennae of male with long bristles and cilia ; thorax and abdomen clothed 

 witb rough hair ; tibia; with the spurs moderate. Fore wing witb vein 2 from 

 middle of cell ; 3 from well before angle; 5 from well above angle; 6 from 

 below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free, the latter curved and approxi- 

 mated to 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from before angle ; 

 5 from above angle, from angle, or shortly stalked with 4 ; 6, 7 on a long stalk ; 

 8 from towards end of cell. 



Sect. I. (Miltochrista). Fore wing of male with the median nervure bent up- 

 wai-ds at extremity, the discocellulars short. 



A. Fore wing with very strongly dentate postniedial line. 

 a. Fore wing with the ground-colour white, with crimson 



on costal and terminal areas ziczac. 



h. Fore wing with the ground-colour crimson. 



d}^. Fore wing with subterminal series of |)oints dfiitifascia. 



b^. Fore wing without subterminal series of points flexuosa. 



c. Fore wing with the ground-colour yellow more or 

 less suffused witb crimson. 

 a^. Fore wing with medial line. 



d^. Fore wing with the medial line angled inwards in 



cell to join the antemedial line abcrrans. 



b"^. Fore wing with the medial line not angled inwards 



in cell roseata. 



