TASEMA. LOPHOSOMA. 237 



492. Tasema nigra, n. sp. 



c? . Differs from fuligmosa in being uniform smoky black, not 

 brown. 



$ . The pectinations of antennae shorter than in fuliginosa ; end 

 of abdomen with a tuft of ochreous hairs. 



Hob. Bernardmyo, Burma (Doherty). Exp., 15, $ 17 millim. 

 Type in coll. Elwes. 



Genus LOPHOSOMA. 

 Lophosoma, Sivinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 59, ined. 



Type, L. cupreum, "Wlk. 



Range. Himalayas; Bengal; Ganjam ; Andamans. 



Antennae bipectinate in male, simple in female, the terminal 

 portion thinner. Palpi short and porrect. Wings narrow ; outer 

 margin of fore wing oblique ; hind wing with vein 6 present. Mid 

 tibia with one pair, hind tibia with two pairs of minute spurs. 

 Abdomen with lateral tufts of hair on terminal segments. 



493. Lophosoma cupreum, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1596; C. $ S. no. 301. 



Frons, genae, and a few of the scales on collar and tegulae golden 



metallic. Antennae, vertex of head, 

 thorax, and fore wing dark brown, 

 shot with blue, especially in Sikhim 

 specimens ; metathorax metallic cop- 

 per; abdomen purplish, with cop- 

 pery bands to each segment ; lateral 

 tufts black, with a purple gloss. 

 Fig. 152. Lophosoma Fore w * n g w ^ basal hyaline streaks 



cupreum, tf . |. below the costa and median nervure ; 



a hyaline spot at end of cell and one 



below it. Hind wing hyaline, with the costa and outer margin 

 black. 



Tascia, "Wlk., type cTirysoletus, in which this species has been 

 placed, is a very distinct African genus. 



Hob. Kulu ; Sikhim ; Andamans. Exp. 24 millim. 



494. Lophosoma quadricolor, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1596 ; C. & S 



no. 302. 



c?. Head, thorax, and fore Mings brown, shot with green. 

 Hind wing with the costal area fuscous, the rest hyaline. Abdo- 

 men copper-coloured, the last two segments purplish. 



Hob. Bengal ; Ganjam. Exp. 20 millim. 



