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Abdomen and hind wing fuscous; the latter with an indistinct 

 postmedial line. 



Fig. 143. Berresa turpis, <$. }. 



Hob. Dharmsala ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Fiji ; Tonga. Exp. J 20, 

 2 26 millim. 



Genus CALLOPISTRIA. 



Callopistria, Hiibn. Verz. p. 216 (1818). 

 Eriopus, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v, i, p. 365 (1825). 

 Agabra, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vi, p. 136 (1862). 

 Cotanda, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 374. 

 Methorasa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 374. 

 Gnamptocera, ButL A. M. N. H. (6) viii, p. 71 (1891). 

 Haploolophus, ButL A. M. N. H. (6) viii, p. 71 (1891). 

 Dissolophus, Butl A. M. N. H. (6) viii, p. 71 (1891). 

 Hyperdasys, ButL A. M. N. H. (6) viii, p. 71 (1891). 

 Hemipaclr^cera, ButL A. M. N. H. (6) viii, p. 71 (1891). 

 Rhoptrotrichia, Butl. A. M. N. H. (6) viii, p. 71 (1891). 



Type, C. purpureofasciata, Pill., from Europe. 



Range. N. America ; W. Indies ; Pala3arctic region ; throughout 

 India, Ceylon, and Burma; Borneo; Java; New Hebrides; 

 Solomons ; Fiji. 



Eyes naked and without lashes ; proboscis fully developed ; 

 palpi short, obliquely porrect, and roughly scaled ; thorax without 

 tufts ; abdomen with dorsal tufts on the proximal segments ; 

 fore wing with the cilia nou-crenulate ; the inner margin with 

 tufts of hairs near base and at outer angle. 



SECT. I. (Metliorasa). Antenna of male simple and ciliated. Fore 

 wing with the outer margin evenly curved ; legs heavily 

 tufted with hair, especially the middle pair. 



1838. Callopistria latreillei, Dup. Lep. Fr., Noct. iv, pt. 1, p. 327, 



pi. 120, fig. 2 ; C. $ S. no. i>>(>. 

 Callopistria roseitellum, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 864. 

 Erastria qiiieta, Treit. Schmett. iii, p. 259. 



Head grey; thorax clothed with dark brown, red-brown, and 

 white hairs ; abdomen pale fuscous. Fore wing black irrorated 

 with white ; subbasal and autemedial pale waved lines with a 

 white spot between them below median nervure; the orbicular 



