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both wings ochreous^ with black lunular points. Underside 

 much paler, with corresponding transverse lines and a black 

 spot at the end of each cell. 



Expanse of wings 1^ inch. 



Khasia Hills ; one example. 



One example from Sikkim in the B.M., Deltoid drawer 37, 

 with Mosopia megaspila, Walker, Hampson, Moths India, iii. 

 p. 50 J but it is quite distinct from Walker's Penang type. 



Genus Lignicida, nov. 



S . Antennae with minute cilia ; palpi as long as the head 

 and thorax, second joint porrect, with long brush-like hair 

 above, a small brush standing out at the end below, tliird joint 

 nearly as long as the second, abruptly erect, short thick hair on 

 the underside, a thick brush of long hair on the upperside ; 

 thorax and abdomen smooth, the latter not extending beyond 

 tlie wings ; legs moderately hairy ; hind tibise with two pairs 

 of spurs : hind wing with vein 5 from near lower end of cell : 

 fore wing long, rather narrow, apex acute, angled at the 

 middle of the outer margin ; costa rounded at the base : hind 

 wings with the apex somewhat produced, the outer margin 

 nearly straight, rounded at the anal angle. 

 Type, L. echana, nov. 



Lignicida echana, nov. 



(J. Antennae and palpi red-brown; body and wings of a 

 uniform ochreous brown : fore wings with four rather large 

 black spots on the costa, at nearly equal distances apart, being 

 terminations of very indistinct, highly sinuous, transverse 

 brown lines, the third the most distinct and continued across 

 the middle of the hind wing; a faint indication of a pale 

 discal band across both wings between the last two lines, 

 marginal lunular black points ; cilia pale, containing a thick 

 blackish line. Underside paler and more ochreous, the last 

 two transverse lines prominent, and a brown dot at the end of 

 each cell ; body and legs without markings. 



Expanse of wings 1.^ inch. 



Palawan {Waterstradt) ; one example. 



There is an example from Bali in B.M. unnamed. Deltoid 

 drawer 14. 



Family Hypenidae. 



Britha bigidtata. 



Britha bigutiata, Walker, xxxiY. 1147 (18G5) ; Hmpsn. Motha India, 

 iii. p. 94 (1895). 



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