18 MR. F. MOORE ON THE LITHOSIID.E. [Jail. 15, 



five-branched, first very oblique and free, running close to costal near 

 its end, second arising at some distance before end of the cell, third 

 starting and curving downward from second at half its length, bifur- 

 cate, fifth from end of cell and touching the third near its base ; 

 radial in a line with subcostal from end of the cell ; discocellulars 

 bent in the middle ; median three-branched, two upper from one 

 fourth beyond the cell. Hind wing narrow ; abdominal margin 

 short ; two subcostal branches close to end of the cell ; two upper 

 median branches at nearly half length beyond. 

 Type, M. gilveola (Lithosia gilveola) of Europe. 



Mantjlea calamaria, n. sp. 



Male. Pale glossy straw-yellow ; costal edge of fore wing at base 

 dusky. Head, thorax, body beneath, and anal tuft brighter yellow; 

 palpi black-tipped ; legs above, and tarsi entirely, black ; antennae 

 yellow. Underside darker ; fore wing pale brownish luteous. 



Expanse l-J. inch. 



N.W. Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. 



This species is allied to the European M. gilveola. 



Systropha, Hiibn. 



Systropha, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 166 (1816). 



Wings small. Fore wing short, narrow ; subcostal five-branched, 

 first branch short, oblique, anastomosing partly with costal near its 

 end, second at some distance before end of the cell, third trifurcate, 

 lowest branch at some distance beyond the cell ; upper discocellular 

 shortest, lower oblique and bent inward near end ; radial from angle 

 of upper ; two upper median branches at half distance beyond the 

 cell. Hind wing broad. 



Type, S. aureola (Lithosia aureola) of Europe. 



Systropha dorsalis, n. sp. 



Female. Fore wing straw-yellow, slightly ochreous along posterior 

 margin : hind wing yellowish white. Head, thorax, legs, and abdo- 

 men at sides and beneath ochreous yellow ; abdomen above lilac- 

 grey. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Darjiling (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Systropha auriflua, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 7.) 



Fore wing glossy straw-yellow ; hind wing paler yellow. Thorax, 

 head, legs, and anal tuft brighter yellow. 

 Expanse \\& inch. 

 Manpuri, N.W. India (Home). In coll. F. Moore. 



Chrysorabdia, Butler. 



Chrysorabdia, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 357. 



Fore wing — first subcostal branch contiguous to costal, second from 

 before end of the cell and bent onto the third above its end, third 

 trifurcate, curved upwards ; radial from end of the cell ; discocellulars 



