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EUPTEROTIDvE. 



indistinct waved lines, three postmedial and one straight sub- 

 marginal line ; hind wing by four waved postmedial lines and a 

 curved submarginal line. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 48 millim. 



Genus MELANOTHRIX. 



Melanothrix, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 94, fig. 2, Erkl. p. 6 (1874). 



Type, M. nymphaliaris, Wlk., from Java. 



Range. Burma ; Java. 



Palpi upturned and thickly fringed with hair; antennae with 

 the branches moderately long. Legs hairy. Fore wing short and 

 very broad, the apex much rounded, the upper discocellular very 

 oblique; veins 6, 7, 8, 9 stalked. Hind wing with the upprr 

 discocellular short and oblique ; veins 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 much 

 curved and remote from 7. 



50. Melanothrix leucotrigona, n. sp. 



d" . Head, thorax, abdomen, and wings glossy brown ; fore 

 wing with a large shining white triangular mark on the costu 



Fig. 27 .Melanothrix leucotrigona, <$ . }. 



beyond the middle, its apex on vein 5 : a large area below it and 

 its outer edge dark brown; hind wing with a marginal dark 

 brown band. 



Hub. Malewoon, Burma. Exp. 74 millim. Type in coll. 

 Druce. 



Genus DREATA. 

 Dreata, Wlk. Cat. iv. p. 902 (1855). 



Type, D. hades, Wlk. 

 Range. Assam. 



