515 



SECT. III. Antennae of male bipectinated, with short stiff 

 branches. 



2054 a. Xanthoptera pectinicornis, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, 

 p. 300. 



cJ Head and thorax rufous ; abdomen pale. Fore wing rufous 

 brown slightly suffused with fuscous ; the orbicular and reniform 

 represented by a few ochreous scales ; a series of dark submarginal 

 marks forming an indistinct line. Hind wing pure white, the 

 costal and apical areas tinged with fuscous. 

 Hob. Calcutta ; Ceylon. Exp. 18 millini. 



2080 a. Metachrostis metallica, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax black and chestnut-brown ; abdomen black 

 with pale rings. Fore wing with the basal area chestnut, with 

 some black at base and a black antemedial- line ; the medial area 

 black, with bands of leaden-grey suffusion on its edges ; dark- 

 edged pale brown marks representing the orbicular and reniform ; 

 a pale brown and black minutely waved and curved postmedial 

 line; outer area dark brown and black, w ? ith interrupted sub- 

 marginal baud of leaden suffusion ; an ochreous marginal line ; 

 some pale specks on costa towards apex. Hind wing black-brown. 



Hob. Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 22 millim. Type in B. M. 



2080 b. Metachrostis albimarginata, n. sp. 



$ . Pale ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing with 

 indistinct double sinuous antemedial brown line ; the reniform 

 with fuscous centre and black edge, and a diffused waved black 

 line from its inner side to inner margin, the area beyond it purple- 

 brown ; the black postmedial line very oblique from costa to vein 6, 

 then sinuous and at vein 4 incurved, the area beyond it white, with 

 a black patch on costal half between the postmedial and sinuous 

 fuscous submarginal line. Hind wing fuscous brown, with diffused 

 fuscous submarginal line, the area beyond it whitish especially at 

 apex ; both wings with a marginal black line ; cilia fuscous and 

 white. 



Hob. Bhuj, Cutch (Nurse). Exp. 16 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus Eivula. SECT. II bis. Mid tibiae of male with very long 

 scales on inner side ; hind tibiae fringed with spinous hair on 

 outer side. 



2103 a. Rivula striatura, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 49, pi. i, 

 fig. 10. 



<S Pale brownish ochreous. Fore wing with obscure brown 

 streaks at base and on veins of outer area ; a dark speck at end of 

 cell, with oblique pale striga from costa above it, and oblique 

 rufous-brown band from it to inner margin near base ; an obliquely 



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