1898.] OP THE SUBFAMILY PTBAUSTISr^. 719 



Botys crocealis Dup. Lep. Ft. viii. p. 365, pi. 235. f. 6. 



„ accipitralis Wlk. xxxiv. 1422. 



„ mysolalis Wlk. xxxiv. 1423. 



„ quadriguttalis Wlk. xxxiv. 1435. 

 t „ aurea Butl. 111. Het. iii. p. 76, pi. 59. f. 12, 

 fHapaliafraterna Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 338, pi. 183. f. 9. 



(51) SxLEPTA PEBNiTESCBNS Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xiv. p. 203._ 



Japan ; N.E. India. 

 Pleuroptya fuscalis Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 165. 



(52) SxLEPTA soLiLiJCis, D. sp. (Plate XLIX. fig. 13.) 



Pale golden yellow ; pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 whitish. Fore wing with the costal area fuscous grey in some 

 specimens, yellow in others ; the termen fuscous grey, expanding 

 widely towards apex. Hind wing with terminal fuscous-grey 

 line not reaching tornus. 



Hah. Humboldt Bay, N. Guinea {Doherty). Exp. 30 mm. Types 

 in Coll. Eothschild and B.M. 



c^ (Sylepta). Thorax of male normal. 

 (53)tSTLBPTA iNSiGNis Butl, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 587. Japan. 



(54) Sylepta peonaxalis Wlk. xviii. 688. 



Ceylon ; Burma ; Borneo. 

 fPardomima acutalis Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 171, pi. 174. f. 16. 



(55)tSYLEPTA chalybipascia Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 33<». 



Assam. 

 (56)*Sylepta hyalescens, n. sp. 



c^ . Pale yellowish brown ; anal tuft tinged with nifous ; wings 

 thinly scaled, the veins brown. Fore wing with fuscous subbasal 

 mark on inner margin ; an antemedial oblique Hue ; a discoidal 

 lunule ; the postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 2, where it 

 is retracted to angle of cell, then oblique to inner margin near 

 antemedial line ; termen fuscous. Hind wing with discoidal bar ; 

 the postmedial line oblique from costa to veiu 2, whei-e it is 

 retracted to angle of cell, and reaching inner margin near tornus ; 

 termen fuscous ; cilia grey at tips. 



Eab. Niger, Warri (Both). Exp. 28 mm. Type in Coll. 

 Eothschild. 



(57)*SYLEFrA cometa Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xviii. p. 164. Assam. 



(58)tSYLEPTA piCALis, n. sp. (Plate XLIX. fig. ,14.) 



(S . Head and tegulse fuscous, vertex of head with a whitish 

 patch ; thorax white ; abdomen white, banded with black above ; 

 wings white, the veins strongly streaked with black. Fore wing 

 with the costal area black ; a black spot near base of inner margin ; 

 an obhque black streak between vein 1 and middle of inner margin ; 

 a short vstreak below base of vein 2 and spots in cell and on disco- 



