136 AECTIID^. 



of the wing except the costa. Hind wing with the basal half 

 white; the outer fuscous; cilia pinkish. Underside white, with 

 a fuscous blotch on outer area of fore wing. 

 Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 26 millim. 



Genus GABALA. 

 Gabala, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1220 (1865). 



Type, G. polyspilalis, Wlk. 



Range. Japan, Sikhim, and throughout the Western Ghats and 

 Malabar coast. 



Palpi upturned, the 1st joint very long and fringed with scales 

 on its inner side, the 3rd short and fringed on both sides. 

 Antennae minutely ciliated. The first segment of abdomen with 

 paired corneous bolt-like processes on the underside, each with a 

 tuft of scales. Fore wing with the apex acute ; outer margin 

 angled at vein 5 ; vein 6 from below angle of cell ; 7 from the 

 angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with the outer margin angled 

 at vein 2 ; anal angle truncate ; a large tuft of hair on inner 

 margin ; median nervure and vein 2 fringed with long hair; veins 

 3 and 4 stalked ; 5 from above angle ; 6 and 7 from upper angle of 

 cell ; 8 from centre of cell. 



1516. Gabala polyspilalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1221; C. $ S. 

 no. 2948. 



Head and thorax ochreous, tesselated with silvery-white spots, 

 outlined in red-brown ; abdomen ochreous, with a slight dorsal 

 red-brown streak on first two segments. Tore wing red-brown 



Fig. 91. Gdbala polyspilalis, $. \. 



some tesselated ochreous and white spots on basal area and at 

 apex and outer margin ; the veins at end of cell pale ; a black 

 postmedial streak above inner margin ; some pale postmedial 

 lunules centred with black on the disk ; costa towards apex and 

 cilia bright yellow. Hind wing ochreous, sometimes suffused with 

 fuscous; a marginal red line and the cilia red from apex to 

 vein 2. 



Hob. Sikhim and throughout the Western Ghats and Malabar 

 coast. Exp. 24 millim. 



