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two-thirds length of inner. Tore wing broad, the apex rounded ; 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 well separated at origin ; 

 7 straight and well separated from 8, 9, 10, which are stalked; 

 I becoming coincident with 12. Hind wing with vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 4, 5 well separated at origin ; 6, 7 on a long 

 stalk and 7 anastomosing with 8 almost to apex. 



4248. Brihaspa atrostigmella, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867. p. 666, p l. 33. 



fig. 13 ; C. $ S. no. 4657. 



d . White ; palpi and fore legs black ; antennae ochreous. Fore 



wing with black fascia 

 on base of costa some- 

 times curving round and 

 joining the antemedial 

 spot ; subbasal and ante- 

 medial black spots below 

 costa ; a black spot at 

 Fig. 29. Brihaspa atrostigmella, rf. {. each angle of cell and 



one below vein 2. Hind 



wing with yellow spot below lower angle of cell ; a submarginal 

 spot on vein 2 and one at anal angle. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Moulrnein ; Rangoon. Eocp. 42-54 millim. 



4249. Brihaspa bisangulata, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 910. 



White. Fore wing with indistinct interrupted fulvous subbasal 

 band ; an oblique fulvous band from costa to discocellulars, where 

 it is met by a V-shaped fulvous mark on outer part of costa, its 

 apex on vein 5, and by a band running from apex to vein 3, then 

 recurved to discocellulars ; a large fuscous patch between lower 

 angle of cell and inner margin. Hind wing with the discal area 

 from before middle to near outer margin occupied by a fuscous 

 patch, becoming fulvous on subapical area. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 18 millim. 



Genus PATISSA. 

 Patissa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 388 (1886). 



Type, P. lactealis, Feld. 



Range. Nearctic and Neotropical regions ; S. Africa ; Japan ; 

 India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Java. 



Palpi porrect, clothed with rough hair, and extending about the 

 length of head ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales ; frons with a 

 slight tuft ; antennae of male minutely serrate and ciliated ; legs 

 long and slender, the outer spurs about two-thirds length of inner. 

 Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and outer margin 

 oblique ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 well separated at 

 origin ; 7 straight and well separated from 8. 9, 10, which are 

 stalked; 11 becoming coincident with 12. Hind wing with vein 3 

 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 well separated at origin ; 6, 7 stalked. 



