GAZAXINA. TOPOMESA. 469 



The form venosata, from Sikhim, has the costa and the whole of 

 the veins of fore wing black, and the veins of hind wing black 

 towards outer margin ; the seginental white fringes of abdomen 

 narrower in both sexes. 



Hob. N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim. Rrp., rf 44, $ 50 millim. 



1049. Gazalina chrysolopha, Roll. UuyeVs Kaschmir, iv, p. 470; 



C. $ 8. no. 994. 

 Dasychira antica, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 867 ; Butt. III. Het. v, pi. 89, 



fig. 4. 

 Oligoclona chordigera, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 94, fig. 10. 



Differs from apsara in the fore wing having an indistinct sub- 

 basal black line ; a streak along -median nervure ; two slightly 

 waved medial oblique lines, beyond which the veins are black ; the 

 thorax and collar sometimes tinged with fulvous. 



Larva brown, with tufts of long pale brown hair ; a dorsal series 

 of short fulvous tufts. Head and legs fulvous ; 5 pairs of prolegs. 



Hob. N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim. Exp., 3 46, $ 54 millim. 



1050. Gazalina transversa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 47, pi. ii, fig. 22; 

 C. 8f S. no. 995. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen pure white ; the anal tuft white. 

 Wings pure white ; fore wing with the antemedial line represented 

 by a line from vein 1 to inner margin ; the postmedial line nearly- 

 straight and not reaching the costa ; no black marks at base or 

 streaks on the veins. 



Hob. Sikhim. Evp. 30 millim. 



Genus TOPOMESA. 

 Topomesa, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1921 (1866). 



Type, T. subinanis, Wlk. 



Range. Burma ; Borneo ; Java. 



$ . Palpi obliquely upturned ; antennae with the branches long ; 

 mid tibias with one pair of spurs, hind tibia3 with two pairs. Fore 

 wing with the apex somewhat acute, the outer margin excised 

 below the apex ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4 and 5 from 

 close to angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from near lower angle of cell ; 6 

 and 7 from upper angle. 



1051. Topomesa subinanis, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1921. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen sulphur-yellow ; frons and palpi 

 red-brown ; antennae with the branches brown. Wings sulphur- 

 yellow ; fore wing with a red-brown spot beyond the lower angle 



