THItfOPTERYX. XEEOPTEEYX. 149 



Hind wing with a fuscous line on discocellulars ; a double sub- 

 marginal line angled at base of tail ; a patch of fuscous on tail. 



Dark blotches are often present at end of cell of both wings : 

 prcetoraria, from Sylhet, is yellower, and thickly irrorated with 

 fuscous striae ; whilst in nebulosa almost the whole of the wings, as 

 far as the submarginal line, is suffused with fuscous brown. The 

 Japan form striolata is thickly irrorated with fuscous and orange 

 striae ; and another form has prominent orange striae and fuscous 

 patches. 



Hob, Japan ; China ; throughout India and Ceylon ; Andamans ; 

 Java. Exp. 70-80 millim. 



Genus XEROPTERYX. 



Xeropteryx, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, p. 203 (1883). 



Type, X. columbicola^ Wlk. 



Range. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Sumatra ; Borneo. 



Differs from Urapteryx in the palpi being slightly longer ; an- 

 tennae of male ciliated ; hind tibiae with a tuft of long hair from base 

 on the outer side. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of 

 cell ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked from before angle of cell ; 10 anastomosing 

 with 11, which is given off from 12. Hind wing with the outer 

 margin tailed at vein 4 ; vein 3 from before angle of cell. 



3091. Xeropteryx columbicola, Wlk. C.xx,p.ll; C. $ S. no. 3112. 



Xeropteryx simplicior, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, p. 204. 



Pale brown ; the wings thickly striated with pale fuscous. Eore 

 wing with a submarginal yellowish hyaline spot on vein 5 and large 

 crescent-shaped patch below it; the cilia whitish. Hind wing 



Fig. 80. Xeropteryx columbicola, $ . \. 



with black speck at end of cell ; large fulvous patch on middle of 

 outer area ; the cilia whitish ; the tail almost covered by three 

 blackish spots. Underside with some blackish submarginal 

 patches. 



The form simplicior, from Sumatra and Borneo, is without the 

 hyaline spot and crescent on fore wing. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Sumatra ; Borneo. Exp. 58 millim. 



