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from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hinclwing 

 with veins 3 - 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of 

 discocellulars ; 6' 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near 

 base only. 



A. Forewing with the ground colour bluish-grey . . . . poliorhiza. 



B. Forewing with the ground colour brownish-grey . . paucinotata. ■ 

 1806a. Rhizotype poliorhiza. 



1814. Rhizotype paucinotata. 



Rhizogramma subdetersa, Staud Iris, viii, p. 325 (1895) ; id. Cat. 

 Lep. Pal., p. 183. 



Habitat. — Tibet ; W. China ; Kashmir. 



Genus Sydiva. 



Type. 



Sydiva, Moore, Lep. Atk., p. 65 (1882) . . . . . . . . nigrogrisea. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint obliquely upturned 

 and fringed with hair in front, the 3rd porrect, very long and dilated at 

 extremity ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; antennae of male minutely 

 serrate and fasciculate ; head and thorax clothed with long rough hair and 

 hair-like scales, the vertex of head crested, the thorax without distinct 

 crests ; pectus and tibiee clothed with long hair ; abdomen clothed with 

 rough hair ; a series of dorsal crests on basal segments and lateral fringes 

 of hair. Forewing with the apex somewhat produced, the termen oblique- 

 ly curved, crenulate ; 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. 



1765. Sydiva nigrogrisea. 



Genus Bryotype. 



Type. 



Bryotype, Hmpsn., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M. vi., p. 382 (1906). .mesomelana. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, fringed with hair in front, the 

 3rd joint short ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; head and thorax 

 clothed chiefly with scales, the prothorax with divided crest, the meta- 

 thorax with spreading crest ; tibise fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal 

 crest at base only. Forewing with the termen crenulate ; 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 just below middle of discocellulars ; 6 - 7 shortly 

 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. — Antennae of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. 



1781. Bryotype flavipicta. 



