440 GEOMETKID^. 



to 2 of fore wing and beyond lower angle of cell of hind wing ; the 

 margin rufous ; fore wing with some rufous suffusion inside the 

 margin above middle and outer angle. 

 Hob. Dharmsala. Exp. 20 millim. 



3906. Acidalia insuavis, Butt. 111. Het. vii, p. 109, pi. 136, fig. 16. 



Only differs from purpurea in the structural characters. 



Hal. Dharmsala ; Sikhim ; E. Pegu. Exp., rf 18, $ 22 millim. 



3907. Acidalia holosericata, Dup. Lep. France, SuppL iv, p. 109, 



pi. 59, fig. 7. 



Ochreous white ; the f rons black. Fore wing with black cell- 

 speck ; antemedial and medial ochreous lines ; three slightly waved 

 ochreous bands on outer area. Hind wing with antemedial line, 

 black cell-speck, and three ochreous bands on outer half. 



Hab. Europe ; N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim. Exp. 20 millim. 



C. Hind tibia of male immensely dilated, with no hair at extremity ; 

 the tarsus very minute. Fore wing with the inner area developed 

 into an immense lobe. 



3908. Acidalia amplipennis, Butl.IU. Het. vii, p. Ill, pi. 136, fig. 18. 



cJ . Pale fulvous ; frons blackish ; vertex of head whitish. Pore 

 wing with indistinct waved antemedial and medial lines ; a dark 

 striga on discocellulars ; a waved submarginal outwardly-oblique 

 line much bent inwards above inner margin, and with some dark 

 suffusion beyond its medial portion between the veins. Hind 

 wings with ante- and postmedial nearly straight lines ; a ceU-speck ; 

 both wings with marginal line. 



$> . Paler, with the submarginal line of fore wing hardly waved 

 and with purplish suffusion on outer area of each wing. 



Hab. Dharmsala. Exp. 18 millim. 



d. (Lophophleps). Hind tibice of male very much dilated towards 

 extremity, which lias a fold containing a tuft of hair ; tJie tarsus 

 very much shortened and thickened. Fore wing of male very 

 broad and lobed at outer angle ; a tuft of long hair on underside 

 from middle of inner margin. Hind wing of male with the apex 

 curled over and clothed on upper side with long hair and rough 

 scales; vein 5 from near upper angle of cell, the discocellulars 

 being much angled ; 7 from before the angle ; 8 anastomosing 

 with 7 to near end of cell : female with vein 5 from middle of 

 discocellulars, which are straight ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from near 

 base. 



3909. Acidalia purpurea, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 125, pi. 153, fig. 12. 



Pale dull purple, irrorated with grey. Pore wing with the costa 

 ochreous ; a nearly straight ochreous antemedial band ; a medial 

 band excurved at lower angle of cell ; a sinuous submarginal band. 



