136 NOTODONTJDJE. 



224. Gargetta curvaria, n. sp. 



cJ differs from costigera in the head being pale. Fore wing 

 with a greyish subbasal patch on inner margin, generally with a 

 dark patch beyond it ; no black streak at end of cell ; the orbicular 

 and reniform marks well denned aiid ochreous ; the waved line with 

 grey points postmedial; the marginal points dark. Hind wing 

 with traces of a medial pale band. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Momeit. Exp. 42 millim. Type in B. M. 



SECT. II. (Thacona). Male with branches of antennae very 

 short ; the terminal half filiform. 



225. Gargetta ingens, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1823 ; Butl. Ill Set. vi, 



pi. 104, fig. 9 ; C. fy S. no. 4816. 



c? . Head and collar black-brown ; thorax and abdomen pale 

 grey-brown; the extremity of the latter ochreous. Fore wing 

 grey-brown, with large dark patches at middle of costa and apex 

 with strigaB between them ; dark patches suffused with grey below 

 end of cell and at outer angle ; reniform indistinctly outlined with 

 grey; an indistinct pale waved submarginal line. Hind wing 

 slightly suffused with fuscous. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Sylhet. Exp. 56 millim. 



SECT. III. Fore wing with vein 11 bent and touching areole ; 

 branches of antenna short, the terminal half filiform. 



226. Gargetta albimacula, n. sp. 



c? . Dull brown. Fore wing with very indistinct waved sub- 

 basal and antemedial lines ; a blackish streak between the orbicular 

 and reniform ; a waved postmedial line with white points, and a 

 large white spot on inner margin ; a pale irregular submarginal 

 line; a series of marginal white points ; a dark streak from apex. 

 Hind wing with the basal half whitish, with a dark medial line : 

 the outer area fuscous ; a marginal series of white points. 

 Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 50 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus TURNACA. 



Turnaca ,Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 454 (1864). 

 Ambadra, Swinh., C. $ S. p. 183 (1887). 



Type, 'l.acuta, Wlk. 



Range. Bengal and throughout S. India. 



Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head ; the first two joints 

 smoothly scaled, the third short ; antennas with the branches short, 

 serrate at apex. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex very acute 

 in male, less so in female ; inner margin with a rounded lobe ; 

 vein 6 from angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; no areole. Hind 

 wing with veins 6 and 7 stalked ; a bar between veins 7 and 8. 



