360 DBEPANTJLIDjE. 



756. Oreta castanea, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 62, pi. 141, fig. 17. 



3 . Pale reddish brown. Wings evenly striated with brown ; 

 an oblique line from the apex of fore wing to middle of inner 

 margin of hind wing, bent near the apex, where there is a deep 

 black spot above it. Fore wing with traces of an antemedial dark 

 line ; the costa red-brown ; a white speck on discocellulars. 



Hob. Nilgiris, N. slopes, 3500 feet. Exp. 28 millim. 



757. Oreta rotundapex, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 61, pi. 141, fig. 6. 



c? . Dark purplish olive-brown. Wings thickly striated with 

 brown. Fore wing crossed by a broad, medial, indistinct darker 

 band with a vinous tinge. Hind wing with a medial, pale, straight 

 line, the area inside it and the marginal area with a vinous 

 tinge. 



Hob. Nilgiris, N. slopes, 3500 feet. Exp. 36 millim. 



758. Oreta pavaca, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 815; C. 8f S. no. 1248. 



3 . Head with the frons crimson, the vertex red-brown ; thorax 

 and abdomen red-brown, the latter reddish towards extremity. 

 Fore wing red-brown, the basal, costal, and more especially the 

 outer areas suffused with silvery scales ; discocellulars silver. 

 Hind wing red-brown, the inner area slightly suffused with silver 

 scales ; the discocellulars silver. Underside brilliant crimson ; 

 both wings with numerous dark specks ; the inner area of hind 

 wing yellowish. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 44 millim. 



SECT. II. Mid and hind tibia) with terminal pairs of spurs. 

 Antennae bipectinate in male, the branches long. 



A. Palpi short and porrect. 

 759. Oreta griseotincta, n . sp. 



<$ . Palpi and legs scarlet ; head, thorax, abdomen, and wings 

 chestnut-brown. Fore wing slightly irrorated with silvery grey ; 

 medial and postmedial dark lines angled below the costa and 

 approaching each other towards inner margin ; a blackish patch on 

 costa before apex ; three black submarginal specks towards inner 

 margin. Hind wing chestnut-brown, ,very slightly irrorated with 

 silvery grey ; ante- and postmedial indistinct curved lines. Cilia 

 of both wings red-brown. Underside with the costal area of both 

 wings suffused with scarlet. 



Hab. Sikhim (Mdller}. Exp. 32 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



