ALTHA. 397 



across the middle from the median nervure to lower edge ; traces 

 of two postmedial lines, with a costal black speck at their origin ; 

 a pale brown suffusion towards outer angle. Underside of fore 

 wing suffused with black below the costa and median nervure. 

 End of abdomen with some fulvous hairs. 

 Hob. Sikhim ; Nagas. Exp. 40 millim. 



B. Male with distal half of antenna serrated. 



887. Altha nivea, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vi, p. 173. 



Candyba punctata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 132, fig. 4 ; C. fy S. 



no. 1326 (nee Wlk.}. 

 Belgoraea subnotata, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 497. 



The wings broader and rounder. 

 Pure white. Fore wing with a 

 black dot beyond lower end of 

 cell and two on outer margin be- 

 low apex. Hind wing with two 

 black dots on outer margin 



below apex. Underside with 

 Fig. 273. Altha nivea, <-?.! j. c 1.1 i 



costa of fore wing black. 



In a fresh specimen from Sikhim prominent olive markings 

 appear on the fore wing as patches in and below the cell and 

 forming an irregular postmedial band. 



Candyba punctata, Wlk., is from Brazil, and the genus is distinct 

 from Altha. 



Hob. Simla; Kulu; Sikhim; Sibsagar; Eanchi ; Granjam; S. 

 India ; Ceylon. Exp. 30 millim. 



888. Altha lacteola, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 193. 



cf. Differs from nivea in the fore wing being slightly 

 blotched and streaked with orange in a similar manner to adala, 

 but not nearly as much ; no black spot beyond end of cell and 

 only a trace of the subapical dark streak. Hind wing slightly 

 suffused with ochreous except on costal and inner areas. Under- 

 side with the costa of fore wing white. 



There is a single specimen from Ceylon in coll. Swinhoe of a form 

 with the wings as much marked with red as in Narosa conspersa. 



Hob. Rangoon ; Ceylon. Exp. 24 millim. 



SECT. II. Eore wing with vein 7 from the cell. 

 A. Fore wing with vein 10 from before end of cell. 



889. Altha adala, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 418 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 132, 



figs. 3, 3 a (larva) ; C. $ S. no. 1318. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing brownish white. Eore wing 



