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2236. c. Apothripa iphida, Swinh., A. M. N. H. (7), vii., p. 490 (1901). 

 $. Head and thorax rufous mixed with white ; pectus, legs and abdomen 



whitish. Forewing 

 purplish red tinged 

 with fuscous to- 

 wards base ; the 

 costal area whitish, 

 tinged with olive 

 except towards 

 Apothripa iphida. $ £ base ; the inner 



area whitish to beyond middle ; a white spot at base of costa ; a dark subbasal 

 spot on inner margin ; the antemedial line indistinct on ccstal half, oblique 

 from costa to median nervure where it is angled ; a dark discoidal lunnle ; the 

 postmedial line very oblique towards costa, then indistinct, below vein 3 white 

 and acutely angled inwards in submedian fold, a dark spot on its inner side at 

 inner margin ; an indistinct subterminal line. Hindwing white, the veins and 

 terminal area tinged with brown. 



Habitat.— Assam, Jaintia Hills. Exp. 24 mill. 



2249. b, DlLOPHOTHRIPA LOBATA, n. Sp. 



A. Hindwing with the tuft below costa thin and whitish, the tornus with 

 large rounded tuft of cilia forming a lobe, but no tuft on upperside. 



Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; abdomen whitish tinged with 

 reddish brown. Forewing grey suffused with reddish brown ; an oblique whitish 

 band on costal half between the subbasal and antemedial lines, the costal half 

 beyond the latter suffused with fuscous ; subbasal line oblique, waved, whitish 

 from costa- to submedian fold; antemedial line very slightly waved, oblique 

 from costa to below cell, then erect, defined by grey on outer side ; two ob- 

 liquely placed black points on discocellulars ; postmedial line minutely dentate, 

 oblique from costa to vein 7, slightly incurved in discal fold and strongly below 

 vein 3, defined by grey on inner side ; a grey subterminal line angled outwards 

 at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of black points defined by 

 grey. Hindwing brown with a reddish tinge, the tuft at tornus fuscous at tips.. 

 Habitat— Khasis. Exp. 18 mill. Type in B. M. 

 2449. e. DiLOPHOTimPA alopha, n. sp. 



A. Hindwing with thick brown pencil of hair below costa, the cilia at 

 tornus slightly thickened but not lobed. 



Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; abdomen whitish tinged 

 with brown. Forewing whitish suffused with fuscous grey, leaving an oblique 

 whitish band on costal half between the subbasal and antemedial lines, the 

 costal half beyond the latter fuscous ; an obliquely excurved slightly waved 

 sub-basal line, with a fuscous patch before it at base ; antemedial line slightly 

 awved, oblique from costa to below cell, then erect ; two obliquely placed 

 black points beyond it in submedian interspace and two on discoceliulars ; 

 postmedial line minutely dentate, oblique from costa to vein 7, slightly incurved 



