98 MAEGAEODID^.— ^GERIID.^. 



MARGAE0DID7E. 



HETEROCNEPHES, Led. 

 Heterocnephes venosa. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 10.) 



Bronze-brown : wiugs shining; fringes silvery, with a slender central grej'ish line; outer 

 margin black : primaries with a large cuneiform costal patch beyond the middle, the front of 

 this patch is golden ochreous and the back part white ; external area greyish white, crossed by 

 black veins and internervular streaks : secondaries with the costa and apical border whitish : 

 head above with a semicircular patch in front and the margins pearly white ; edges of abdo- 

 minal segments and anus with golden reflections. Wings below paler than above, the bases 

 and internal areas greyish white : body below pearly white. Expanse of wings 28 millim. 



Dharmsala. 



BOTIDID..E. 



SCOPULA, Schr. 

 Scopula bisignata. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 11.) 



Primaries sericeous, pale golden or cupreous, with black discocellular spots ; the 

 dentate-sinuate discal line almost or altogether obliterated ; fringe slightly paler than the 

 rest of the wing : secondaries sericeous, greyish with golden reflections, darkest at apical 

 border; fringe pale golden; costa white : body pale golden, the thorax slightly brownish. 

 Wings below pale shining bronzy gi'ey, fringes paler : body below creamy whitish, palpi 

 ochraceous ; antenna' pale golden. Expanse of wings 24 millim. 



Dharmsala. 



A common species. 



^GEIlIIDiB. 



MELITTIA, Hiibn. 



Melittia kulluana. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 12.) 

 Melittia kulluaua, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 392. 



Near to M. chalciformis from Moulmciu and Java ; it chiefly difl^ers in the much 

 narrower dark external border of primaries, and consequently in the much greater width of 

 the hyaline area preceding it. Expanse of wings 30 millim. 



Kulii. 



Mr. Moore compares this with M. nepcha and M. indica ; the former is not in the 

 Museum collection, the latter is less closely allied to it than M. chalciformis. 



