NEPHOPTEBYX. 77 



Hind wing with the cell short ; vein 2 from near the angle ; 

 3 approximated to or stalked with 4, 5 ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing 

 with 8. 



SECT. I. (Nephopteryx). Palpi o male with the 2nd joint not excised 

 to receive the maxillary palpi ; antennae not thickened. 



A. Antennae of male with no sinus at base of shaft. 



a. Hind wing of male with no streak of large black scales on 

 vein 1 b. 



4350. Nephopteryx rhyparella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 15; id. Mon. 



Phyc. p. 268, pi. x, tig. 15 ; C. $ S. no. 4582. 

 Acrobasis nigrescens, Warr. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 336 ; C. $ S. no. 4564. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous, irrorated with grey. 

 Pore wing fuscous irrorated with grey; an oblique white ante- 

 medial band diffused outwards below costa and with a white spot 

 beyond it above inner margin ; two discocellular black specks ; 

 a submarginal dark-outlined grey line bent outwards at vein 5, 

 Hind wing fuscous. 



5 . Often much greyer ; fore wing with the costal part of ante- 

 medial band more diffused and with a dark patch beyond it ; the 

 discocellular spot and a series of marginal specks prominent. 



Hob. Campbellpur ; Simla; Murree. Exp. 22 millim. 



4351. Nephopteryx basisignella, n. sp. 



$ . Grey. Fore wing with semicircular brown spot on base of 

 inner margin; an oblique white antemedial band with sinuous 

 lines just inside its edges ; two almost conjoined discocellular black 

 specks ; a fuscous-edged whitish submarginal line bent outwards- 

 at vein 5 and crossed by an oblique diffused fuscous shade from 

 apex ; a series of marginal black specks. Hind wing fuscous,, 

 the cilia white. 



Hob. Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 18 millim. Type in B. M. 



4352. Nephopteryx eugraphella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 15 ; id. Mon. 



Phyc. p. 281, pi. ix, tig. 14 ; C. $ S. no. 4578. 



$ . Grey. Tore wing slightly suffused with brown and irrorated 

 with black ; an oblique antemedial band edged by black lines, the 

 inner with a ridge of raised scales, the band traversed by a fuscous 

 line ; two black discocellular specks ; the postmedial line inwardly 

 oblique from costa to vein 5, then bent outwards to vein 2, a brown 

 line beyond it ; a marginal black line and some specks on the cilia. 

 Hind wing semihyaliue white ; the apical area, a marginal line, and 

 line through the cilia fuscous. 



The larva feeds on cured Tobacco and the "Bukool" tree r 

 Mimusops elenyi. 



Hab. Punjab ; Calcutta. Exp. 22 millim. 



