SELEPA.— STMITHA. 87 



HYPOGRAMMIDJ^. 



Selepa grisea. (Plate CXLVI. fig. 13.) 



Expanse 1 j\, inch. 



Male. Fore wing silvery grey ; dark double subbasal, antemedial, and postmedial dentate 

 curved transverse lines, the ground-colour between the two latter pairs being rather darker 

 and slightly reddish ; an irregular dentate submarginal line ; a slight black autecilial Hue ; 

 the costa darker at middle ; a blackish spot at lobe of inner margin ; two small rust-red 

 spots, one just beyond the cell, the other at its lower extremity. Hind wiug pale fuscous; 

 the apical portion of outer margin smoky black. Underside fuscous, some black strigae on 

 costa of fore wing towards apex. 



Nearest to S. ducilis. 



Selepa nadgani. (Plate CXLVI. fig. 6.) 



Expanse 1 inch. 



Female. Fore wing : basal area brown, with a black subbasal band from costa to sub- 

 median ncrvure, followed by a waved outwardly-oblique antemedial one across the wing; 

 beyond this brown area is a pale ochreous-brown one, with two dark brown strigse from the 

 costa above the orbicular and reniform spots, which are pale, with narrow dark outlines and 

 slight dark centres ; a postmedial very narrow black band, highly concave towards costa ; 

 followed by a dark reddish-brown area, with some pale ochreous-brown marks on it, and a 

 dark waved indistinct submarginal band, and black autecilial Innulate line. Hind wing 

 fuscous, with fine cilial and autecilial dark lines. Underside ochreous white, irrorated with 

 black : disc of fore wing fuscous ; fore wing with black strigae from costa at middle ; a post- 

 medial band, obsolescent except near costa: hind wing with large black lunule at end of cell; 

 a postmedial waved band : both wings with autecilial lunulate lines. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen pale brown, the last with tufts of dark hairs on three basal segments. 



Symitha nigvidisca. (Plate CXLVI. fig. 11.) 



Expanse \-^ inch. 



Male. Fore wing cream-colour, mottled with pale brown ; the whole disc occupied by a 

 large black patch, which reaches the costa at the middle, extending along it more or less to 

 the base, also to the outer margin just below the apex, and to just below the submedian vein 

 at two points ; a black streak along first median nervule. Hind wing white ; apex and outer 

 margin slightly suft'used with fuscous. Underside pale ; fore wing suffused with fuscous 

 above submedian vein. 



