BRADINA. 227 



Range. Ethiopian region : Japan ; Oriental and Australian 

 regions. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint broadly rounded, with scales in 

 front; the 3rd short and blunt; maxillary palpi as long as labial; 

 frons rounded; antenna annulated; legs long and slender, the 

 outer spurs half the length of inner ; abdomen of male long and 

 slender ; wings narrow. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle 

 of cell ; 7 straight and well separated from 8, 9, 10. Hind wing 

 with the cell short ; veins 3, 4, 5 from the angle ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle. 



SECT. I. (Erilita). Fore wing of male with no fovea in end 

 of cell. 



4712. Bradina admixtalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 665: Moore. Lev. Ceyl 



iii, pi. 180, fig. 13 ; C. $ S. no. 4110. 

 Botys panseusalis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 998. 



Pleonectusa tabidalis, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, pp. 426, 481. 

 Pleonectusa sodalis, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, pp. 426, 481. 

 Pleonectusa pallidalis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvii, p. 147. 



Pale ochreous brown ; palpi white below. Fore wing with dark 

 speck in cell and discocellular lunule ; hind wing with discocellular 

 speck ; both wings with curved postmedial brown line ; a marginal 

 line and line at base of cilia, which on fore wing are fuscous with 

 grey tips, on hind wing whitish. 



Hob. Natal ; Japan ; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; 

 Perak. Eivp. 24 millim. 



4713. Bradina adhsBsalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 664 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl, 



iii, pi. 180, fig. 14 ; C. $ S. no. 4109 (part). 



2 . Differs from admixtalis in being black-brown ; the cilia 

 blackish, with a fine pale line at base. 

 Hob. Nilgiris; Ceylon. Exp. 24 millim. 



4714. Bradina subpurpurescens, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvii, p. 147, 



c? . Fuscous, with a cupreous yellow gloss; abdomen whitish. 

 Fore wing with faint discocellular speck and straight postmedial 

 line from costa to vein 2. Underside with the inner area of 

 fore wing and the basal half of costa of hind wing whitish. 



Hob. Bhutan ; Khasis. Exp. 30 millim. 



4715. Bradina melanoperas, n. sp. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown ; the anal tuft 

 pure white ; wings greyish brown, irrorated with brown scales. 

 Fore wing with black discocellular lunule and indistinct curved 

 minutely waved postmedial line, with the area beyond it rather 

 darker. Hind wing with traces of curved postmedial line. Under- 

 side paler ; the apical area of fore wing black. 



Hob. E. Pegu (Doherty). Evp. 34 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



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