1893.] SPECIES OF MOTHS FROM INDIA. 371 



darker bases. Hind wings cinereous ochreous, with 2 wavy paler 

 fasciae towards the hind margin, and the costal region pale. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous. Underside glossy, ochreous 

 tinged with cinereous ; basal | of fore wings darker ; hind wings 

 with large black ceU-spot, and 3 sinuous fasciae. 



Expanse of wings 46 mUlim. 



Hah. Sikkim. 



Paealophia, gen. nov. 



Pore wings with costa slightly convex at base and before apex ; 

 scarcely visibly concave in middle, apex blunt ; hind margin ob- 

 liquely curved ; hind wings rounded. Antennae of S subserrate, 

 shortly ciliated ; of $ simple ; palpi quite short, pointed, hardly 

 reaching beyond face ; tongue developed ; neuration normal ; 

 abdomen of <5' lengthened, with a strong apical tuft, and 3 curved 

 large lateral tufts on each side of the 3 preceding segments. 



Type, Paralophia pustidata, sp. n. 



Paealophia ptjstulata, sp. n. (Plate XXX. fig. 7.) 



S 5 . Fore wings greyish fuscous ; basal region and central 

 fascia darker ; basal patch edged with a pale line, which is denticu- 

 late ou the subcostal and median veins ; inner edge of central fascia 

 also edged with paler, forming 3 acute teeth on the subcostal, in the 

 middle of the cell, and on the submedian ; space between basal 

 patch and central fascia filled up with fuscous and ochreous ; outer 

 edge of central fascia forming 4 irregular lobes in its costal third, 

 3 broader prominent ones in the middle third, and 3 smaller 

 blunter ones in the lower third ; it is followed by a paler band, 

 whitish ochi-eous towards the costa, which is itself traversed by 

 3 fine fuscous hues, which foUow the windings of the edge of the 

 fascia ; this pale band and its lines is interrupted between the 

 upper and middle third of the central fascia by a white blotch 

 (less conspicuous in the $ ) ; subterminal Hue consisting of a 

 series of whitish or ochreous spots edged on either side with black, 

 preceded on the costa by 2 or 3 dark fuscous blotches, and in- 

 terrupted below the costa by an oblique fuscous pale-edged streak 

 from the apex; the veins beyond the central fascia to the hind 

 margin yellowish ; fringes fuscous, mottled with paler. Hind 

 wings glossy grey, with a darker line at base of fringes. Under- 

 side — fore wing dull dark cinereous from base to outer edge of 

 central fascia; beyond as on the upperside, but duller. Hind 

 wings with all the markings of the fore wings reproduced dis- 

 tinctly, especially the central dark line. Head, thorax, and abdo- 

 men fuscous. 



Expanse of wings, ? 28 millim., c? 32 millim. 



Hub. Sikkim. 



[Taken by myself at Darjiling and Tonglo, where it seems 

 uncommon. " I have other specimens from MoUer and Knyvett 

 which vary somewhat in the outer band. — H. J. ^.] 



