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PYBALID^. 



them are four black spots with white spots between them, and the 

 cilia at that point cupreous fuscous. 



Hob. Formosa ; Dharmsala ; Sikhim ; Bombay ; Nilgiris ; 

 Ceylon ; Andamans ; Borneo ; Celebes ; New Britain ; New 

 Hebrides. Exp. 20-24 millim. 



Genus NIPHOSTOLA, nov. 



Type, N. micans, Hmpsn. 



Range. Khasis; Nagas. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint thick and reaching vertex of head, 

 the 3rd minute and blunt: maxillary palpi well developed and 

 slightly dilated with scales ; frons rounded ; antennae of male 

 somewhat thickened and flattened ; tibiae smooth, the spurs long 

 and equal. Fore wing with the apex rounded; vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 7 straight and well separated from 8, 9, 10 ; 

 the inner margin slightly lobed at base. Hind wing with the costa 

 lobed at base ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anas- 

 tomosing with 8 almost to apex or becoming coincident with it. 



4703. Niphostola micans, n. sp. 



Fig. 127. Niphostola micans, $ . }, 



d . Pure glittering white ; 

 palpi tinged with fuscous at 

 sides ; hind wing with the 

 apical area slightly tinged with 

 fuscous ; underside of fore 

 wing fuscous. 



Hob. Khasis; Nagas (Do- 

 lierty). Exp. 20 millim. Type 

 in coll. Elwes. 



Genus PERISYNTROCHA. 



Perisyntrocha, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 469. 



Type, P. alienalis, Wlk., from the Malayan subregion. 



Range. Sikhim ; Nagas ; Australia ; New Britain. 



Differs from Bradina in the 2nd joint of palpi being slightly 

 fringed with scales in front ; both wings with veins 4, 5 on long 

 stalks. 



4704. Perisyntrocha ossealis, n. sp. 



<$ . Pale glossy ochreous ; abdomen ringed with fuscous. Fore 



wing with the costa black ; black 

 streaks on costal and subcostal 

 nervures ; a discocellular band 

 expanding at lower angle of cell : 

 a sinuous postrnedial black band 

 bent inwards above inner margin 

 Fig. 128. an( l continued as a fascia almost 



expanding into a patch at middle. Hind wing with curved post- 



