372 GEOMETRIC. 



3700. Larentia maculata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 277; C. # S, no. 3858, 

 Dark cupreous brown; vertex of head white: thorax white, 



except the collar ; basal segment of abdomen white. Fore wing 

 with a few white specks, a large basal white patch on inner area ; 

 a broad antemedial white band with irregularly sinuous edges \ 

 large postmedial patches on costa and inner margin ; a submarginal 

 series of white specks and a large white patch at middle. Hind 

 wing white, with traces of a sinuous postmedial line and broad 

 marginal fuscous band; the underside fuscous, irrorated with 

 white, with a cell-speck and whitish postmedial band. 

 Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 28 millim. 



b 3 . Male with a thick tuft of hair on underside of hind wing 

 above middle of vein 1 b. 



3701. Larentia hypolopha, n. sp. 



d . Head, thorax, and abdomen orange, with fuscous spots ; 

 palpi and frontal tuft black. Fore wing white ; the base tinged 

 with orange ; a broad pale fuscous medial band with waved edges ; 

 the outer area fuscous, with two indistinct waved lines on its inner 

 edge, and a prominent waved white submarginal line. Hind wing 

 white, with medial pale fuscous band with waved edges ; the 

 marginal area pale fuscous, with waved white submarginal line ; 

 underside with the tuft blackish. 



Hab. Sikhim (Knyvett). Exp. 46 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



3702. Larentia abraxidia, n. sp. 



$ . Head blackish ; thorax and abdomen orange, the latter with 

 paired dorsal and lateral black spots. Fore wing blackish with 

 white markings, of which the largest is a white patch from middle 

 of costa to outer margin below middle ; the base tinged with orange ; 

 a single subbasal and double anfcemedial white line angled in cell ; 

 a black cell-spot ; two indistinct dark waved medial lines and a 

 more prominent postmedial line ; traces of waved lines on outer 

 area. Hind wing white, with black cell-spot; some fuscous 

 markings on inner margin and ill-defined maculate submarginal 

 and almost marginal bands, a black marginal line. 



Hab. Sikhim (Knyvett). Exp. 50 millim. Type in coll. Elwes." 



b a . Palpi not reaching beyond the frons. 



3703. Larentia lacteiguttata, Wan: P. Z. S. 1893, p. 378, pi. 30 r 

 fig. 16. 



Dark cupreous brown ; head with a white spot on vertex ; thorax 

 and abdomen with white specks, the prothorax with a pair of 

 prominent white spots. Fore wing with prominent white specks 

 and spots, of which some on the costa, inner margin, end of cell 



