LEOCYMA. 289 



Range. Africa ; Japan ; China ; Formosa ; India, Ceylon, and 

 Burma ; Australia and the Pacific groups. 



Eyes naked and without lashes ; proboscis fully developed ; 

 palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, and smoothly scaled; 

 antennae simple in male ; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled and 

 without tufts ; tibiae without spines. Fore wing with the cilia 

 non-crenulate. 



SECT. I. (Clinophlebici). Fore wing of male quadrate, the costa 

 somewhat excised, the costal neuration slightly distorted. 



1957. Leocyma sericea, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 92, pi. 161, fig. 7. 

 Chasmina dianse, C. S. no. 1783 (nee Guen.}. 



d . Pure shining white ; the palpi and antennas ochreous ; fore 



Fig. 158. Leocyma sericea, <$ . 



tibiae and tarsi orange spotted with black; mid tibiae orange 

 above. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 40 millim. 



SECT. II. (Leocymci). Fore wing of normal shape, with 

 the costal neuration not distorted. 



1958. Leocyma cygnus, Wlk. Cat. ix, p. 147; JButl. III. Het. vi, 



pi. 110, fig. 3 ; C.&S. no. 1782. 



Pure shining white ; frons, palpi, and antennae ochreous. 

 Hob. Throughout India. Exp. 36-44 millim. 



1959. Leocyma jndicata, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1760 : C. $ S. no. 1838. 

 Chasmina linea, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 73, pi. 145, fig. 3. 



c? . Differs from cygnus in the palpi and frons being white ; 

 tarsi spotted with black. Fore wing with three black specks on 

 the costa ; a slightly curved postmedial fuscous line ; some 

 submarginal black scales. 



Hob. " N. India " ; Nilgiris. Exp. 28 millim. 



960. Leocyma biplaga, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 795. 

 Acontia bimacula, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 796. 

 Chasmina stigmata, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 73, pi. 145, fig. 10. 



c?. Differs from cygnus in the palpi and frons being white. 



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