384 LIMACODID^. 



dark ; no marginal purplish shade ; a chestnut submarginal nearly 

 straight line. 



Hab. Nilgiri plateau, 7000 feet. Exp. 38 millim. 



Genus BIRTHAMA. 

 Birthama, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vi, p. 175 (1862). 



Type. B. obliqua, Wlk., from Borneo. 



Range. Ceylon ; Burma ; Borneo. 



Antennae hi pectinated to two-thirds length in male, simple in 

 female. Palpi reaching beyond frontal tuft. Hind tibia with a 

 terminal pair of spurs in male, two pairs in female. Pore wing 

 with vein 7 from angle of cell, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with 

 veins 6 and 7 from angle of cell. 



848. Birthama junctura, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 857. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen bright red-brown. Fore wing red- 

 brown ; the b:isal area darkest, and bounded by an oblique dark 



Fig. 261. Eirthaoiajunciura, . {. 



medial line ; outer area with two indistinct waved postmedial Hues 

 and two oblique lines across the apex. Hind wing paler. 

 Hab. Burma ; Borneo. Exp., rf 36, $ 48 millim. 



849. Birthama obliquifascia, Hmpm. Ill Het. ix, ined., pi. 160, fig. 4. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown. Fore wing pale 

 reddish brown, irrorated with black scales ; a broad oblique black 

 line from the costa before the apex to inner margin before the 

 middle. Hind wing paler. Cilia of both wings red-brown. 

 Hab. Ceylon. Rep. 34 millim. 



Genus CONTHEYLA. 

 Contheyla, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 384 (1865). 



Type, C. vestita, "Wlk. 



Range. N.W. Himalayas and Peninsular India. 



Antennae bi pectinated to tip in male, ciliated in female. Palpi 

 reaching beyond frontal tuft. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 

 stalked. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 on a long stalk. Hind 

 tibia with a terminal pair of spurs in male, two pairs in female. 



