GNAMPTOGYIA. LYNCESTIS. 470 



thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled ; hind tibi much distorted 

 and bent, the terminal pair of spurs minute. Fore wing with the 

 apex acute. 



2452. Gnamptogyia mnltilineata, n. sp. 



^ . White, thickly irrorated with 



i^\ j, brown scales. Fore wing with nume- 



^ /f\\ rous oblique lines from near apex to 

 inner margin ; the outer area fuscous, 

 its inner edge rufous. Hind wing 

 crossed by numerous oblique lines ; 

 the outer area fuscous, its inner 

 rufous. 



millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus LYNCESTIS. 

 Lyncestis, Wlk. Cat. xi, p. 632 (1857). 

 Jarasana, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 132 (1882). 



Type, L. amphix, Cram. 



Range. Nearctic region ; Jamaica ; India. 



Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 2nd joint 

 roughly scaled ; antenna minutely ciliated in male ; very slight 

 tufts on metathorax and on proximal segments of abdomen. 

 Fore wing somewhat narrow; the apex rounded ; the cilia crenu- 

 late. Tibia3 without spines and moderately hairy. 



2453. Lyncestis amphix, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii, pi. 134, C ; C. $ S. 



no. 2333. 

 Jarasana lativitta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 132 ; C. $ S. no. 2338. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey ; a black line on collar. 

 Fore wing grey, with faint traces of numerous waved and dentate 

 lines ; some black specks at lower angle of cell and a series on 



Fig. 267. Lyncestis amphix, $ . \. 



outer margin. Hind wing opalescent white, with a broad black 

 marginal band from the apex to vein 2. 



Hab. Benares ; Karachi ; Poona ; Nilgiris. Exp. 38 millim. 



2454. Lyncestis unilinea, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 452, pi. 27, 

 fig. 7 ; C. fy S. no. 2140. 



9 . Differs from amphix in being browner grey. Fore wing 



