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U absent ; 11 oblique. Hindwing with vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4 absent • 5 

 from near middle of discocellulars ; 6'7 shortly stalked ;8 from middle of cell. 



A. Forewing with the basal half white. 



a. Forewing without medial black patch on 



costa 1541&. seminigra. 



b. Forewing with medial black patch on costa chionobasis. 



B. Forewing with the inner area white tinged 



with orange ochritincta. 



C. Forewing brown with white patches at base 



of inner area and before the postmedial 



line .. 1550a. plagiola. 



1541c. PcECiLONOLA CHIONOBASIS, Hmpsn., A. M. N. H. (7) viiip, 178(1900). 

 <J Palpi and pons black, vertex of head and thorax pure white, tbe anten- 

 nae towards tips and a patch on metathorax fuscous ; pectus, legs, and abdomen 

 tinged with fuscous, tarsi mixed with white. Forewing pure white, a large 

 triangular black patch on middle of costa with a few silvery scales on it, 

 its apex extending to median nervure, its outer edge strongly indented ; the 

 terminal area fuscous black, its inner edge waved and angled inwards to cell 

 at vein 3 ; a subterminal irregular series of black marks. Hindwing with 

 the basal half white, the terminal half fuscous. 

 Habitat— K&ngva, Valley, 4500'. Exp. 14 mill. 



154l£?. PcECiLONOLA OCHRITINCTA, Hmpsu., A. M. N. H. (7) viii,p. 178 

 (1901). 



$ Head, thorax and abdomen white ; palpi, antennae and legs fuscoua. 

 Forewing with the basal area white tinged with ochreous, its outer edge 

 oblique from costa before middle to tornus ; short dark streaks on and below 

 vei'i 1 just beyond middle, the apical half greyish fuscous with a diffused 

 whitish patch extending from a{)ex to discocellulars ; some minute white 

 specks on apical half of costa ; an obscure irregularly trisinuate subterminal 

 whitish line with some rufous on its inner side and a tuft of black scales 

 below vein 3. Hindwing white tinged with fuscous. 

 Habitat. — Ceylon, Haputate. Exp. 16 mill. 



Genus Melanogkaphia, Type. 



Melanogra2)7iia, Hmpsn., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. VI., IT., p. 48 (1900). flexilineata' 

 Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint moderate- 

 ly scaled, the 3rd moderate ; antennae of male ciliated ; tibiae with the spurs 

 long. Forewing with vein 5 from well above angle of cell ; 6 from beiow 

 upper angle ; 7*8 and 10 stalked ; 9 absent ; 7 from 8 after 10 ; 11 oblique 

 Hindwing with veins 3*4 stalked ; 5 from near middle of discocellulars ; 6*7 

 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. 1. Frons and basal joint of antenniB with tufts of scales ; forewing 

 with vein 3 from angle of cell approximated to vein 4 for some dis« 

 tance ; a large fovea at upper angle of cell on underside with a clqbbe^ 

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