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postmedial line straight from costa to vein 2, then retracted to 

 lower angle of cell. 



Hob. Khasis ; Nilgiris ; Sula, Celebes ; Australia ; Fin. Earn. 

 30 millim. 



4986. Sylepta crotonalis, wik. Cat, xix, p. 997 ; C.fyS. no. 4267. 



Fuscous with slight tinge of rufous and purple. Fore wing with 

 obliquely sinuous antemedial black line ; a small annulus in cell ; 

 a discocellular lunule ; a dentate postmedial line nearly straight 

 from costa to vein 2, then retracted to below angle of cell. Hind 

 wing with obscure dark discocellular mark ; a postmedial dentate- 

 line slightly excurved between veins 5 and 2. Underside suffused 

 with grey. 



The male has the tuft of hair on basal joint of antennas large. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Ceylon. Exp. 32 millim. 



4987. Sylepta fraterna, Moore, Lep. Ceyl iii, p. 292, pi. 181, fig. 8 ;. 



C. # S. no. 4270. 



Differs from crotonalis in being much darker fuscous ; fore wing 

 with the annulus in cell reduced to a speck ; the discocellular 

 lunule small ; the postmedial line minutely dentate and more ex- 

 curved between veins 5 and 2. 



Hob. Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 28 millim. 



4988. Sylepta ridopalis, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1892, p. 18. 



Differs from crotonalis in the tuft on basal joint of antennae of 

 male being small; the colour greyer fuscous. Fore wing with 

 white-centred speck in cell and discocellular lunule; the post- 

 medial line of both wings slightly defined by pale colour ; hind wing 

 with the cilia white-tipped. Underside with whitish suffusion. 



Hob. Khasis ; E. Pegu ; Tenasserim. Exp. 30 millim. 



4989. Sylepta lunalis, Gum. Ddt. $ Pyr. p. 352 ; C. $ S. no. 4271. 

 Botys thyasalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 734. 



Coptobasis incrassata, Warr. A.M. N. H. (6) xviii, p. 171. 



Differs from ridopalis in the postmedial line of neither wing 

 being minutely dentate. Underside with slight greyish suffusion ; 

 abdomen with slight segmental dorsal white bands towards 

 extremity. 



Hob. Formosa ; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Anda- 

 mans ; Borneo ; Celebes ; Sumbawa. Exp. 30 millim. 



4990. Sylepta adductalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 669; C. $ S. m. 4263. 

 Coptobasis luminalis, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 482 pi. 16, 



fig.iO 



Differs from lunalis in the postmedial line of both wings having 

 a white lunule on it from below costa to vein 5 and a white spot 

 or slight pale outline below vein 2 of fore wing. 

 Hab. Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Java. Exp. 22-30 millim. 



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