CONTHEYLA. MIEESA. 385 



850. Contheyla vestita, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 385 ; C. $ S. no. 1279 ; 

 Hmpsn. Ill Set. viii, pi. 143, fig. 10. 



c? . Head and thorax smoky black. Fore wing smoky black ; 

 a pale speck at end of cell ; apical area grey, which colour is con- 

 tinued to outer angle as a series of conjoined marginal spots ; a 



Fig. WZ. Contheyla vestita, tf. {. 



large grey patch on inner margin near outer angle : base of cilia 

 fulvous ; the tips chequered brown and ochreous. Abdomen, hind 

 wing, and underside ochreous, suffused with fuscous. 



2 . The head, thorax, and fore wing paler and browner. 



Hob. Nilgiri plateau, 6700 feet. Exp. 34 millim. 



851. Contheyla propexa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 409. 



tf . Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing very pale brown, 

 irrorated with black scales. Fore wing with a black spot beyond 

 the lower end of the cell ; an elongated medial black mark from 

 the median nervure to vein 1 b ; a black oblique line from the apex 

 to vein 5 ; a spot at outer angle. Hind wing dark fuscous. 



Hob. Satara ; Poona. Exp. 24 millim. 



852. Contheyla melanosticta, n. sp. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale reddish ochreous ; tegulso 

 smoky black. Fore wing ochreous, with a broad irregular smoky- 

 black stripe below the cell from base to outer angle ; a black spot 

 beyond the cell ; a black subapical patch with waved outer edge ; 

 a series of black marginal specks. Hind wing pale fuscous ; the 

 cilia ochreous. 



$ . With the tegulas ochreous. Fore wing with the black 

 markings much reduced, especially the streak from the base, of 

 which there is only scattered traces. 



Hob. Jubbulpore ; Mandi, N.W. Himalayas. Exp. 27 millim. 

 Type, cJ in coll. Moore, $ in coll. Elwes. 



Genus MIRESA. 

 Miresa, Wlk. Cat. v, p. 1123 (1855). 



Type, M. albipuncta, H.-S. 



Range. Japan; China; throughout India and Ceylon. 

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