LITHOSIOPSIS. SIMPLICIA. 35 



the former curved, the 

 latter angled below costa ; 

 an indistinct submarginal 

 line angled at middle; a 

 marginal series of black 

 specks. Hind wing fus- 

 cous. Underside with cell- 

 Fig. l5.Lithosiopsis torsivena, J . {. spot to hind wing and post- 

 medial line to both wings. 

 Hob. Bhutan (Dudgeon}. Exp. 30 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus SIMPLICIA. 



Simplicia, Guen. DeU. et Pyr. p. 51 (1854). 

 Libisosa, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 187 (1858). 

 Culicula, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, p. 178 (1864). 

 Aginna, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 1022 (1865). 

 Nabartha, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 234 (1885). 



Type, S. rectalis, Ev., from Europe. 



Range. Palasarctic, Oriental, and Australian regions. 



Palpi sickle-shaped, the 2nd joint reaching above vertex of head, 

 the 3rd long and naked ; antennae minutely ciliated in male ; 

 thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Pore tibia of male covered 

 by a sheath containing masses of flocculent scales. Pore wing with 

 the apex somewhat rounded ; the areole very narrow, with vein 

 10 given off far beyond it in male, from it in female ; the disco- 

 cellulars almost obsolete. Hind wing with vein 5 from near lower 

 angle of cell. 



SECT. I. (Simplicia). Antennas of male not knotted and 

 contorted. 



2794. Simplicia schaldusalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 180. 

 Culicula bimarginata, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, p. 178. 

 Nabartha inarginata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 234, pi. 177, fig. 2 ; 



C. 4 S. no. 3040. 



Pale ochreous brown. Pore wing with a straight submarginal 

 line, with diffused fuscous on its inner side, the area beyond it 

 grey ; obscure ante- and postmedial waved lines approaching each 

 other towards inner margin ; a speck at end of cell. Hind wing 

 with the submarginal line similar but angled at vein 2. 



Hal. Ceylon ; Singapore ; Sumatra ; Borneo. Exp. 40 millim. 



2795. Simplicia marginata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 195, pi. 6, fig. 19; 



C. $ S. no. 3001. 



Differs from schaldusalis in the submarginal line of fore wing 

 being bent outwards to apex. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Bombay ; Mlgiris : Ceylon ; .Rangoon. Exp. 

 26 millim. 



