298 



1976. Bryophila nilgiria, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 332; C. 8> S. 



no. 1778. 



Head white ; thorax and abdomen white suffused with fuscous. 

 Fore wing white, more or less suffused with black ; subbasal and 

 antemedial waved black lines, in some specimens with blackish 

 marks between them ; the orbicular a prominent black-ringed 

 white speck ; reniform with indistinct outline ; claviform a curved 

 line ; the area round the stigmata sometimes suffused with black ; 

 a postmedial waved line highly excurved beyond cell and with 

 some more or less prominent diffused marks beyond it ; some 

 black spots on costa. Hind wing suffused with black ; cilia of 

 both wings chequered black and white. Underside of fore wing 

 black, with a white postmedial mark on costa ; hind wing white, 

 with black postmedial line. 



Hob. Nilgiri plateau. Exp. 34 millim. 



1977. Bryophila muscosa, Hmpm. III. Het. viii. p. 72, pi. 144, 



fig. 15. 



9 . Differs from nilyiria in the vertex of head being black ; 

 the thorax and fore wing slightly suffused with olive-green ; the 

 subbasal and antemedial lines replaced by ill-defined black patches ; 

 orbicular and reniform prominent, the latter with black centre; 

 claviform a prominent black-ringed white spot; the postmedial 

 line obsolescent; a prominent diffused and broken submarginal 

 band ; cilia less prominently chequered, those of hind wing fuscous. 

 Underside of both wings black with irregular patches of: white. 



Bab. JNllgiri lower slopes. Exp. 38 millim. 



1978. Bryophila postochrea, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 95, pi. 161, fig. 8. 



5 . Head white ; palpi black at sides ; thorax white, with black 

 markings ; abdomen ochreous fuscous. Fore wing white, with 

 some black markings at base ; a black band from costa to median 

 nervure ; a waved antemedial line ; orbicular and reniform white 

 with black outline, the latter formed like the letter E : a very 

 broad blackish postmedial band extending on inner margin to the 

 antemedial line ; a double lunulate submarginal line ; a prominent 

 black mark above outer angle and less prominent marks towards 

 apex. Hind wing ochreous suffused with fuscous ; a blackish 

 postmedial line and broad marginal band ; cilia white. Underside 

 grey suffused with fuscous; fore wing with medial black spot on 

 costa and postmedial line ; hind wing with cell-spot and postmedial 

 line. 



Hob. Trincomali, Ceylon. Exp. 28 millim. 



1979. Bryophila nadgani, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 87, pi. 146, fig. 6. 

 Eed-brown ; abdomen with the dorsal tufts black. Fore wing 



