BETOPHILOPSTS. BEEVIPECTEX. 



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Genus BRYOPHILOPSIS, nov. 



Type, B. griseata, Hmpsn. 



Range. N.W. Himalayas. 



Palpi slight and reaching vertex of head ; antennae with long 

 cilia in male ; metathorax slightly tufted ; abdomen with a dorsal 

 tuft on 2nd segment ; tibiae nearly naked. Fore wing with the 

 outer margin obliquely rounded ; veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to 

 form an areole. Hind wing with vein 5 from lower angle of cell. 



2184. BryopMlopsis griseata, n. sp. 



Head and thorax grey ; abdomen pale. Fore wing grey ; an 



antemedial oblique slightly-waved 

 line joined by a streak below 

 vein 2 to a postmedial line, which 

 is bent outwards below costa; 

 the reniform large and indis- 

 tinct ; the area inside and below 

 it, between the streak and ante- 

 and postmedial lines, often black ; 

 a sinuous submarginal line angled 



Fig. 194. 

 Bryophilopsis griseata, 



outwards to margin below the centre. Hind wing pale fuscous. 

 Hah. Simla (Harford). Exp. 26 milliin. Type in B. 



G-enus BREVIPECTEN, nov. 



Type, B. captains, Butl. 



Range. W. and S. Africa ; China ; N.W. Himalayas ; Nilgiris ; 

 Ceylon. 



Palpi slight and reaching vertex of head ; antennae of male 

 bipeetinated to three-fourths length, the branches long : thorax 

 and abdomen smoothly scaled ; tibiae with slight tufts of hair on 

 the outer side. Fore wing with the apex rectangular ; the inner 

 margin nearly straight after the basal lobe ; veins 8 and 9 anas- 

 tomosing to form an areole. Hind wing with vein 5 from above 

 angle of cell. 



2185. Brevipecten captatus, Butl. Ill Het. vii, p. 79, pi. 133, fig. 1. 



Brownish grey. Fore wing with short subbasal line ; an ante- 

 medial oblique line ; a large triangular medial deep chocolate 

 patch with white edges extending to lower 

 angle of cell, with a sinuous line from 

 it to inner margin where it joins the 

 highly excurved postmedial line, which 

 has a triangular chocolate patch with 

 white edges on the costa beyond it. Some 

 specimens have three dark specks beyond 

 lower angle of cell. Hind wing fuscous 

 brown. 



Hcib. China ; N.W. Himalayas ; Nilgiris. Kvp. 32 millim. 



Fig. 195. Brevipecten 

 captatus, rf . {-. 



