LEPTOSIA.— THALPOCHAEES. 65 



half ochraceous, speckled with testaceous, abdominal half white ; a spot at end of cell and an 

 arched disco-costal stripe testaceous ; pectus silvery, venter pearly white. Expanse of wings 

 20 niillim. 



Dharmsala. 



LEPTOSIA, Gum. 



Leptosia contingens. (Plate CXXIX. fig. 13.) 



Metachrostis contingens, Moore, Five. Zuol. Soc. 1888, p. 412. 



Closely allied to L. velox ; the primaries with straightcr costal and shorter inner margin, 

 so that they appear narrower ; on the upper surface the dark lines are broader and more 

 macular, and the thii-d complete line (crossing the disc) has its upper half denticulated instead 

 of obtusely angulated ; palpi more erect. Expanse of wings 18 millim. 



Dharmsala. » 



The name of the genus was altered by Mr. Moore subsequent to the labelling of his type. 



THALPOCHARES, Led. 

 Thalpochares argentifrons. (Plate CXXX. fig. 1.) 



Primaries cream-coloured : basal fifth, a dot on costal margin beyond it, a central trian- 

 gular costal spot, a small subapical costal cuneiform spot, and a naiTow, interrupted, irregular 

 outer border blackish ; a transverse dash near the external angle and a submarginal stripe 

 whity brown ; fringe dark grey, with a pale basal line : secondaries shining grey ; fringe 

 palei-, with a whitish basal line : vertex of head, palpi, and thorax blackish ; face metallic 

 silver ; abdomen whitish. Wings below shining whitish : primaries suffused with grey : 

 secondaries with the costal half irroratcd with grey; an irregular abbreviated streak from 

 costa to second median branch and an apical dash greyish ; fringes grey : primaries with the 

 fringe dark : body below yellowish ; anterior legs greyish above. Expanse of wings 

 22 millim. 



Dharmsala ; on walls. 



Not nearly allied to any known species. 



Thalpochares hypenoides. (Plate CXXX. fig. 2.) 



Basal two fifths of primaries pale vinous brown, bordered externally by a dusky zigzag 

 stripe enclosed between two lines, the inner line grey, the outer one black; two black-brown 

 dashes near the base and traces of a slender black line, commencing in a well-defined costal 



K 



