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a black striga from costa and a curved black mark bolow the cell, retracted to 

 base and followed by a prominent triangular spot ; antemedial line double, the 

 outer strong, curved and slightly waved, with slight brown shading on inner 

 side and more prominent shading on outer ; claviform brown with its extremity 

 defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, white with brown centres and 

 defined by brown, the former oblique elliptical ; medial line oblique frcna 

 costa to below cell, then dentate and inwardly oblique, the area between it and 

 postmedial line suffused with brown ; postmedial line double, very slightly 

 waved, bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then very oblique, the 

 area beyond it tinged with brown to the subterminal line which has minute 

 dentate black marks before it below costa and at middle, is excurved between 

 veins 7 and 2, and defined by white on outer side ; cilia pale brown. Hindwing 

 pale suffused with fuscous especially towards termen:and with an ochreous tinge 

 at base ; cilia pale brown, white at tips ; the underside pale, thickly irrorated with 

 brown, a slight discoidal lunule, curved postmedial line, and traces of subter- 

 minal band. 

 Habitat.—- Tibet : Punjab, Kulu. Exp. 34 mill. 



Genus Brithys. 



Type. 



Brithys, Hiibn. Yerz., p. 226 (1827) encausta. 



Cocytia, Treit. Schmett. Eur.X., ii. p. 29 (1834), nee. Boisd.Lep. 



1829 pancratii. 



Glottula, Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent. Tr. VI. p. 359 (1837) pancratii. 



1586. Brithys crini, Fabr. Syst. Ent., p. 587 (1775), has precedence over 

 dominica, Cram. 



Genus Aspidifrontia. 



Type. 

 Aspidifrontia, Hmpsn. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. II., p. 269 (1902) ..... semipallida. 

 Proboscis weak ; palpi short, oblique, fringed with hair in front ; frons with 



large disk-shaped cor- 

 neous prominence with 

 raised rim and trun 

 cate conical centre ; 



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JPP 5 " 'lllSll antennae of male cili- 

 ated ; head and thorax 

 Aspidifrontia axylides. $ 1 clothed with: hair and 



hair-like scales with some scales mixed, without distinct crests ; abdomen with 

 dorsal crest at base. Forewing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 

 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 

 from cell. Hindwing with veins 3-4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from 

 middle of discocellulars ; 6*7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the 

 cell near base only. 

 1679. b. Aspidifrontia axylides, 

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