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dark lunule at end of cell, a broad diffused white band with dark 

 striae on it and blackish outline from costa beyond middle to outer 

 angle, joined at vein 4 by a narrow white band from costa before 

 apex. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the outer area striated with 

 black and with white patch at apex. 



The Khasi form curvistriga is small and rufous, with a prominent 

 pale submarginal line to the hind wing. 



Hab. Japan ; China ; JY.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim ; Khasis. 

 Exp. 82-92 inillim.; curvistriga 65 milliin. 



3365. Xandrames albofasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 635, pi. 32, 

 tig. 5 ; C. # S. no. 3286. 



Differs from latiferaria in the fore wing being much more 

 prominently striated with black ; the white band well defined, 

 narrowing towards outer angle and with the area beyond it olive- 

 yellow below vein 4 ; abdomen and hind wing black, the latter 

 with yellow marginal band. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 98 milliin. 



Genus GNOPHUS. 



Gnophos. Treitschke, Eur. Schmett. vi, i, p. 160 (1827). 

 Scotopterix, Niibn. Verz. 

 Catascia, Hiibn. Verz. p. 3 



Type, G. furvatus, Schiff . 



Scotopterix, Niibn. Verz. p. 313 (? 1818) (non descr.). 

 13. 



Range. Palaearctic region ; Japan ; China ; Himalayas ; Punjab ; 

 Assam. 



Palpi slight, porrect, and fringed with hair below ; frons with a 

 rounded projection; hind tibiae usually dilated with a fold con- 

 taining a ridge of hair ; wings with the outer margins crenulate. 

 Fore wing broad, with vein 3 from before or near angle of cell ; 

 7, 8, 9 stalked from near upper angle. Hind wing with vein 3 

 from before or near angle of cell. 



SECT. I. Male with the antennae thickened by appressed serrations. 



A. Male without tufts on abdomen and underside of hind iving ; fore 

 wing with veins 10 and 11 free. 



3366. Gnophus muscosarius, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1596 ;C.$S. no. 3411. 

 Scotosia vitreata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 656 ; C. 8? S. no. 3420. 



Olive-green, variegated with brown and fuscous, irrorated with 

 fuscous and a few white scales. Fore wing with waved antemedial 

 line ; crenulate medial and postmedial lines, the latter incurved at 

 vein 4 ; an indistinct irregular submarginal line ; a marginal series 

 of specks. Hind wing browner, with crenulate medial line and 

 traces of a submarginal line. Underside brownish white, with 

 speck at end of cell and crenulate postmedial line. 



The form vitreata is more uniform glossy sap-green ; the under- 

 side silvery grey. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim. Exp. 55 millim. 



