.ffiMENE. COSTARCHA. 93 



Head and thorax greyish fuscous. Fore wing grey, irrorated 

 with black scales ; a black basal patch on the costa ; antemedial 

 and medial costal spots ; a spot at centre of cell and another at 

 end of it ; a patch on costa before the apex ; traces of antemedial, 

 medial, and postmedial waved lines ; a marginal series of black 

 specks. Abdomen and hind wing pale fuscous. 



The form nilgirica from the plateau has the markings of fore 

 wing reduced ; whilst cinereicolor from the lower slopes has them 

 large and prominent. 



Bab. Nilgiris. Exp. 19 millim. 



1389. JEmene tenebrosa, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 34 ; c.fy S. no. 716. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing dark fuscous powdered with grey. 

 Pore wing with indistinct subbasal, antemedial, medial, postmedial, 

 and submarginal maculate bands; dark spots at middle and end of 

 cell. Abdomen and hind wing paler. 



Hob. Bombay ; Mhow. Exp., 3 18, $ 20 millim. 



1390. JEmene multipnncta, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 81, pi. 158, fig. 3. 



Head and collar grey ; thorax and abdomen fuscous. Fore wing 

 whitish grey ; two subbasal black specks ; a diffused medial band 

 broken at middle ; two black specks at end of cell ; a submarginal 

 curved series of specks and marginal series ; a fuscous patch on 

 costa before the apex. Hind wing fuscous. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 18 millim. 



SECT. II. Fore wing narrower, the apex more acute. 



1391. JEmene sagittifera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 392; Butl. III. Het. 



vii, pi. 122, fig. 12. 



Head and thorax white. Fore wing white ; two black spots at 

 base, one on costa, the other on vein 1 ; antemedial, medial, post- 

 medial, and marginal series of black specks ; a black streak at 

 end of cell with one above it on costa ; a black streak at end of 

 cell, and patch on costa before the apex. Abdomen and hind wing 

 pale fuscous. 



Hob. Kaugra ; Sikhim. Exp. 20 millim. 



Genus COSTARCHA. 

 Costarcha, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 53 (1891). 



Type, C. indistincta, Hinpsn. 



Range. Nilgiris. 



Palpi minute and porrect. Antennae of male bipectinate, the 

 branches short. Tibiae with the spurs long. Fore wing with the 

 costa highly arched, the outer margin straight; veins 4 and 5 from 

 angle of cell ; 6 absent ; 7, 8, 9 stalked. Hind wing with veins 4 

 and 5 from angle of cell ; 3 and 6 absent ; 8 from middle of cell. 



