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(5 . Red browu. Forewing with black point at base of costa and subbasal 

 point below the cell, an indistinct pale antemedial line slightly bent inwards 

 to costa, with black point before it in cell and spot beyond it on costa : 

 a large rounded black discoidal patch truncate above and defined by 

 ochreous, with dark brown patch above in on costa and slight oblique pale 

 band beyond it touching its outer edge ; postmedial line very indistinct, 

 dark, minutely crenulate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique, a 

 diffused dark patch beyond it on costa ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hindwing with indistinct diffused pale postmedial band with the slight 

 curved brown postmedial line on it ; a slight dark terminal line ; the under- 

 side greyish brown with small black discoidal spot, minutely crenulate post - 

 medial line, and indistinct minutely crenulate subterminal line. 



Habitat. — Sikhim ; Assam, Khasis. Exp. 43 mill. 



38686. NODANA DISCOSTICTA, n. sp. 



Antennie of male knotted and contorted at middle ; fore tibia with the 

 sheath covering the basal joint of tarsus only, fore and hind legs with a 

 large tuft of hair from femero-tibial joint. 



c? . Head, thorax and abdomen ochreous brown tinged with purplish 

 grey ; legs with the tufts ochreous. Forewing brown mixed with purplish 

 grey and with slight dark irroration, the costal edge darker ; subbasal line 

 blackish, from costa to niedian nervure ; antemedial line black, minutely 

 waved, bent inwards to costa : a round black discoidal spot ; postmedial line 

 black, minutely dentate, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, 

 subterminal line whitish, defined on each side by fuscous, almost straight ; 

 a terminal series of black points ; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind 

 wing grey suffused with brown ; an indistinct discoidal bar and straight 

 postmedial line from vein 6 to inner margin ; subterminal line whitish 

 defined on inner side by fuscous, the white not extending to costa, almost 

 straight from costa to submedian fold where it is angled ; a terminal series 

 of black points ; cilia with a pale line at base ; the underside whitish 

 irrorated with brown, a black discoidal lunule, the postmedial line slightly 

 angled outwards at vein 6 and inwards at discal fold, the subterminal line 

 diffused and slightly angled at veins 5 and 2. 



5 . Rather deeper ochreous brown. 



Habitat. — Ceylon, Kandy (Green), Peradeniya (Green). Exp. 34 mill. 

 Type in B. M. 



Genus Pilipectus. 



Type. 



Tilipectm, Beth-Bakn. A, M. N. H. (8) vi., p. 443 (1910; ocellata. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the second joint reaching to 

 about vertex of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd 

 long and slender ; fronts smooth, with tuft of hair ; eyes large, round ; 



