566 TINEINA. 



evenly arched, apex rounded, termen oblique, dorsum scarcely convex ; in 

 the (J the underside is covered with long hair-like scales along the cell and 

 below the fold, these are also observable in the ?. Neuration : 12 veins ; 

 I furcate at base, the fork extending to nearly half the length of the vein ; 

 the fold between veins I and 2 chitinous ; 2 and 3 form a recurved com- 

 mon stem from tornal angle of cell ; the other veins separate ; an internal 

 vein from the base, forked in the middle of the cell, its branches running 

 to 5 and 6 respectively ; a supplementary cell formed by an internal vein 

 from between 7 and 8 to between 10 and II. Hindwings broader than 

 the forewings, costa convex in middle, apex rounded, termen and dorsum 

 evenly rounded ; with a patch of strong hair-like scales above near the 

 base of vein i b and another between veins i b and i c . Neuration : 8 veins ; 

 3 and 4 form a short stalk; 6 and 7 separate; !*> furcate at base; the 

 termen of cell deeply indented between 5 and 6, from which indentation 

 an internal vein runs to the base. Abdomen stoutish, flattened at the 

 sides ; ? with the ovipositor shortly extruded. Legs smooth ; hind tibiae 

 with short spurs, the inner slightly longer than the outer. 

 Allied to Nosymna, Wkr. (Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. XXIX. 831-2). 



3674. Androgyne punctata, Wlsm. sp. n. 



Antenna white at the base, brownish fuscous beyond. Palpi black, 

 median joint white beneath. Head white. Thorax white, with two 

 purplish fuscous spots anteriorly between the tegulas, and a transverse 

 series of three similar spots posteriorly. Forewings dull white, with a 

 slight greyish tinge not reaching the costa ; profusely sprinkled with dark 

 purple spots, varying in their number and distribution ; at the middle of 

 the extreme base is one larger than the others, and a little beyond it above 

 the fold is a slight agglomeration of spots, sometimes forming a short 

 dash ; a narrow streak along the extreme edge of the costa at the base ; 

 the spots are for the most part round, except where two or three are 

 confluent, the number would be about fifty (more or less) in each wing ; 

 cilia concolorous with the wing, unspotted : underside uniformly dark 

 leaden grey, a slight brownish tinge along the middle, margins narrowly 

 paler ; a few spots (not corresponding with those above) irregularly and 

 by no means uniformly placed occur, but not invariably, in both sexes. 

 Rxp. al. ?. 68 mm. Hindivings and cilia leaden grey ; underside 

 uniformly dark leaden grey, the margins narrowly paler, sometimes with 

 spots, as in the forewings. Abdomen darker than the hind wings, the 

 somites marked with narrow paler bands. Legs as dark as the abdomen, 

 spurs and hind tibiae dirty whitish. 



Type*. Mus.Wlsm. ParatypeS. Mus. OXF. [Wlsm. Det. 70 (1893).] 



Hab. [SlKKlM, 1,000-4,000 ft. (M oiler). Mus. Wlsm.] 



Mus. OXF. Two specimens, ASSAM (Jenkins). [Wlsm. Det. 70-71 



This is one of the largest of the Tineina, with a wing-expanse of no less 

 than 68 mm. 



I have two specimens (both ? ?), also from Sikkim, scarcely separable in 

 colour and markings, and of the same general structure, as Androgyne 



