GADIRTHA. AEIOLA. 367 



Genus GADIRTHA. 

 Gadirtha, Wlk. Cat. xiii, p. 1102 (1857). 



Type, G. inexacia, Wlk. 



Range. S. America ; China ; Sib him ; Moulmein ; Borneo ; 

 Australia. 



Palpi slender, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd 

 long ; antennge minutely fasciculated ; thorax and abdomen 

 smoothly scaled ; tibiae of male fringed with very long hair. Fore 

 wing long and narrow ; the apex rounded ; the outer margin 

 excised towards outer angle : the areole broad ; slight raised tufts 

 of scales on the orbicular and reniform stigmata and below the 

 cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; veins 4 

 and 5 from the angle. 



2195. Gadirtha inexacta, Wlk. Cat. xiii, p. 1102 ; C. $ S. no. 2403. 

 Gadirtha impingens, Wlk. Cat. xiii, p. 1103 ; C. $ S. no. 2402. 



Pale red-brown, suffused with grey. Fore wing with a sinuous 



antemedial line, with fuscous 

 patch on the costa before it ; 

 the orbicular small and indistinct ; 

 the reniform large with black 

 outline ; a fuscous patch on the 

 costa before apex; a crenulate 

 postmedial line ; a marginal 

 series of black specks. Hind 

 wing fuscous brown ; the cilia 

 pale ; some specimens with the 

 basal area pale. 



The fore wing may be ruddy brown, the inner area suffused 

 with grey and tinged with green ; or it may be ruddy and dark 

 brown or pale grey-brown. 



Hob. China ; Sikhim ; Moulmein. Exp. 50-54 millim. 



Genus ARIOLA. 

 Ariola, Wlk. Cat. xii, p. 768 (1857). 



Type, A. ccelisigna, Wlk. 



Range. Ceylon; Borneo. 



Palpi porrect, of moderate length, the 2nd joint thickly 

 scaled, the 3rd minute ; antennae simple in male ; thorax and 

 abdomen smoothly scaled, the latter long in male. Fore wing of 

 nearly even breadth throughout ; the apex rounded ; veins 8 and 

 9 anastomosing to form the areole. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 

 stalked, 5 from lower angle of cell. 



