166 NOTODOSTID.E. 



Genus LOPHOPTERYX. 



Lopliopteryx, Steph. III. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii, p. 26 (1829). 



Type, L. camelaria, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Europe ; Japan ; China ; Sikhim. 



Palpi porrect. Antennae serrate and fasciculate. Fore wing 

 broad, the apex acute, outer margin crenulate, a pronounced tuft 

 of scales on inner margin ; vein 6 from just above the angle of 

 cell ; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole. Hind 

 wing with veins 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 running close along 7 to 

 towards the end of cell. 



SECT. I. Fore wing with inner margin nearly straight 

 beyond the lobe. 



301. Lopliopteryx saturata, wik. Cat. xxxii, p. 415; Butl. III. Ih-t. 

 vi, pi. 107, fig. 1. 



<$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown ; an indistinct 

 waved subbasal line ; paired dentate oblique ante- and postmedial 

 lines ; the reniform spot pale ; cilia rufous at outer angle. Hind 

 wing fuscous; a patch at anal angle composed of short rufous, 



Fig. 102. Lophoptcryx saturata, rf. }. 



pale and dark brown bands suffused with grey ; underside with 

 some pale striga3 on the costa before apex. 

 Jfab. Sikhim. Exp., <$ 42, $ 60 millim. 



302. Lophopteryx atrofusa, n. sp. 



c? . Differs from saturata in being much darker ; the thorax 

 and fore wing suffused with black-brown and irrorated with 

 bluish-grey scales, the latter without markings, except for traces of 

 a postmedial line appearing as two pale dentitions below the costa. 

 Hind wing with one whitish line above the anal grey patch. 



Hub. Sikhim (Matter). Exp. 37-44 millim. Type in coll. 

 Elwee, 



