132 NOTODONTID.E. 



SECT. I. Palpi short and porrect : antennae of male with the 

 branches very long, slender, and extending to apex. 



215. Rachia plumosa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 70 j P. Z. S. 1879, p. 40r>, 

 pi. 34, tig. 1 ; C.$ S. no. 1209. 



cJ. Head and collar dark brown; thorax and abdomen paler 

 brown. Fore wing pale red-brown, the whole wing suffused with 

 dark brown except the inner area, a submarginal band, and some 

 postmedial streaks below the costa and in and beyond end of cell, 



Fig. 78. Rackia plu-noita, <J. '. 



these last with chestnut streaks on them ; indistinct waved post- 

 medial and submargiual lines ; vein 1 streaked with black: outer 

 margin dark, irrorated with grey and spotted with black. Hind 

 wing brown, with an indistinct curved postmedial line. 

 Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 79 milliin. 



SECT. II. Palpi longer and upturned ; antennae of male with the 

 branches stiff, the terminal one-fourth filiform. 



216. Rachia stria ta, n. sp. 



c? . Palpi black at sides. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale 

 brown. Fore wing pale brown, slightly clouded with fuscous, 

 especially towards apex ; black streaks above veins 6 and 4 ; an 

 indistinct fuscous postmedial baud recurved at vein 3 to base of 

 inner margin ; a black streak on centre of inner margin : a black 

 band from centre of outer margin to inner margin before outer 

 angle ; some dark grey on outer margin, widest at outer angle. 

 Hind wing pale, with an indistinct postmedial line and a short 

 submarginal band at anal angle. 



Hob. Sikhim (Moller). Exp. 80 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



