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148. SCOTOSIA EXPANSA. (No. 157.) 



Scotosia expansn, Moore, Desc. Lep. Coll. Atk. iii. p. 274. 

 Scotusia venimacuhita 1, Butler, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 393. 

 One female and five males from Thundiani, August and September, 

 1886; " very common." 

 Mr. Moore gives Darjiling and the Himalayas as other localities. 



149. Scotosia dubiosata. (No. 121.) 



Scotosia dubiosata, Wlk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxv. p. 1352. 

 One female from Thundiani, August 19, 1886. 



150. Scotosia conturbata. (No. 195.) 



Larentia conturbata, Wlk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxvi. p. 1703. 

 Three females and five males from Thundiani, August 19, 1886. 

 Two of the males have the fore wings suffused with dull ochreous, 

 which forms a fascia on either side of the central dark band. 



151. Scotosia nigralbata, sp. n. (No. 102.) 



Fore wing sooty black ; brownish black, when worn ; the usual 

 lines marked by a series of snow-white dots on the viens, two of 

 which, in the submarginal line, are larger and conspicuous, as is one 

 on the costa before the apex ; a broad white blotch runs obliquely 

 from the costa to the middle of the hind margin, and across it two 

 undulating dark lines are visible ; fringes mottled black and white. 

 Hind wing sooty, with the apical fringes white. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen sooty. Underside dull sooty; with the white patch, the 

 spot at the anal angle, and the costal spot also white. 



Expanse of wings 44-48 millim. 



Two females and three males from Thundiani, August 1886. 

 There are also two specimens from Sikkim in the British Museum 

 collection, taken by Major Elwes. " Fairly common in August." 



152. Phibalapteryx nigrovittata, sp. n. (No. 133.) 



Fore wings wood-coloured, almost wholly suffused with dark 

 brownish black, the pale ground-colour being confined to a diffuse 

 streak along the costa, and two oblique lines on the inner margin, 

 bordering the dark central fascia ; the whole wing is traversed by a 

 succession of dark brown and light brown wavy oblique lines, which 

 are all obscurely reflexed towards the costa ; the base on the inner 

 margin, a broad oblique central band, which below the apex is 

 diverted into the hind margin, and the hind margin itself all dark 

 brown ; submarginal line wavy, distinct, preceded first by a narrow 

 pale fascia, and then by a broader one ; veins dusted black and 

 white ; fringes dark brown, with a basal row of short, thick, black 

 dashes. Hind wings grey-brown, occupied by a succession of dark 

 and light grey wavy lines, towards the costa paler and without 

 distinct markings ; head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Under- 

 side dull grey, speckled with darker, with the veins and central spot 

 dark. 



Expanse of wings 36 millim. 



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