. SAUEIS. 409 



area very prominent; the Nilgiri melanocera is olive, with the 

 marginal band obscure. 



Hab. Khasis ; Nilgiris ; Burma. Exp. 28 millim. 



3809. Sauris postalba, n. sp. 



<$ . Differs from hirudinata in the head, thorax, and abdomen 

 being banded by fine white lines ; fore wing with the ground-colour 

 of the greater part of the medial and outer areas white ; the post- 

 medial dark lines angled beyond the cell. Hind wing nearly pure 

 white. 



Hab. Bombay. Exp. 20 millim. Type in B. M. 



SECT. II. Pore wing of male with an incision fringed with hair in 

 outer margin above outer angle ; hind wing with the basal 

 lobe forming a very large vesicle covered by a bilobed mem- 

 branous lid ; the outer margin slightly distorted, produced 

 above vein 6 but not lobed ; veins 3 and 5 absent ; 8 anasto- 

 mosing with 7 to far beyond end of cell ; hind tibiae much 

 bent towards extremity, and with a slight tuft of hair. 



3810. Sauris ignofoilis, Bull A.M.N. H. (5) vi, p. 227 ; id. III. Het. 



vi, pi. 120, fig. 3 ; C. 8f S. no. 3796. 



3 . Head, thorax, and fore wing grey, with ferruginous markings ; 

 the last with broad ill-defined ante- and postmedial bands formed 

 of numerous waved rufous and dark lines, the postmedial band 

 angled at vein 5 ; an oblique striga on discocellulars ; a lunulate 



Fig. 191. Sauris ignobilis, 



ferruginous submarginal band not extending to costa, so that a 

 pale apical patch is formed; a waved black line close to the 

 margin ; a marginal series of black spots. Abdomen and hind 

 wing ochreous brown. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Nilgiris. Exp. 38 millim. 



SECT. III. Hind wing of male very much distorted, the inner area 

 reduced to a large vesicle covered by a bilobed membranous 

 lid with a tuft of hair from it ; the outer margin with two 

 incisions, so that three lobes are formed, the middle one being 

 largest and forming a vesicle covered with dark hair on under- 

 side ; veins 2 and 3 stalked arid much curved ; 4 and 5 from 

 end of cell and much curved, 4 being obsolescent ; 6, 7 stalked 



