CHUSABIS. 95 



Genus CHUSARIS. 



Chusaris, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 215 (1858). 

 Luceria, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 853 (1859). 



Type, C. retalalis, Wlk. 



Range. W. Africa ; Assam ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Andamans ; 

 Borneo. 



Palpi long and porrect, the 2nd joint fringed with scales above ; 

 the 3rd slender and naked ; thorax smooth ; abdomen with a tuft 

 on basal segment ; legs slender and naked. Fore wing long and 

 narrow ; the apex depressed and acute ; slight raised tufts at 

 middle and end of ceil. Pore wing with veins 6 and 7 from 

 angle of cell ; 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 

 stalked, 5 from middle of discocellulars ; 6 and 7 stalked. 



SECT. I. Antennae of male annulated and with fascicles of cilia. 



2992. Chusaris eurrhipoides, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 98, pi. 148 



fig. 16. 



cJ . Dark brown. Fore wing with a black speck at base ; a 

 pale waved antemedial line ; a similar postmedial line very highly 

 excurved round a black spot beyond end of cell and conjoined to 

 an oblique white band from apex; a pale sinuous submarginal 

 line ; some white specks on costa towards apex and a marginal 

 series of specks. Abdomen and hind wing fuscous. 



Hab. Nilgiris. Exp. 18 millim. 



SECT. II. (Luceria). Antennae of male minutely ciliated. 

 A. Palpi long. 



2993. Chusaris novatusalis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 854 ; C.fyS. no. 2937. 



Bright ochreous. Fore wing with a black speck at base ; an 

 indistinct highly angulated antemedial line ; a black ring-spot at 

 end of cell ; an indistinct oblique line from costa before apex to 



Fig. 46. Chusaris novatusalis, 



middle of inner margin ; traces of a sinuous submarginal line ; a 

 marginal series of black specks. Hind wing ochreous brown, with 

 traces of an oblique medial line. 

 Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 22 millim. 



