918 MB. 6. r. HAMPSON ON THE CLASSIFICATION [DeC. 17, 



Genus Ciiiehoche.ista. 



CirrTiochrista, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 440. 

 Palpi porrect, thickly clothed with hair, the 3rd joint hidden by 

 hair and downcurved; maxillary palpi lono; and triangularly scaled 

 at extremity ; f rons obhque ; antennae ciliated ; tibise clothed on 

 outer side with rongh hair, the outer spurs less than hall' the 

 length of inner. Fore wing with the apex produced, the outer 

 margin oblique ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 7 curved and 



, very closely approximated for a short distance to or well separated 

 from 8, 9, to which 10 is approximated. Hind wing with veins 3, 



■ 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6, 7 shortly stalked. 



Fig. 21. 



Cirrhochrista pulchellalis, qJ. \. 



Sect. 1. Palpi projecting about the length of head and with a 

 tuft of porrect hair from 1st joint. 



Type. (1) CiEEHOCHRisTA ^THEEiALis, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, 

 p. 441, pi. 17. f. 9. Amboina; Ternate. 



(2) CiEEHOCHKiSTA PULCHELLALIS, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, 

 p. 441, pi. 17. f. 10. Ceylon ; Java ; Amboina. 



(3)tClEEH0CHEISTA SEMIBEUNNEA, n. Sp. 



2 . Head brown, with the vertex white ; thorax and abdomen 

 brown, the middle of collar, patagia, and basal segment of abdomen 

 white. Pore wing brown, with a large white patch on basal inner 

 area ; a large crescentic white mark in cell, and much larger similar 

 mark beyond the cell ; a quadrate apical white patch ; a yellow 

 discocellular hne and series of yellow marginal marks below the 

 apical patch. Hind wing white ; a large, round, brown submarginal 

 spot between veins 2 and 5 ; some yellow on medial part of margin ; 

 a brown marginal line ; cilia fulvous at base ; inner area tinged 

 with fuscous. 



Hah. Bhutan, India (Dudgeon). Exp. 36 mm. 



Sect. n. Palpi projecting about twice the length of head and 

 with no tuft from 1st joint. 



(4)tCiEBH0CHEiSTA BBizoALis, Wlk. xix. 976 ; Japan ; China ; 

 Moore, Lep. Atk. pi. 7. f. 10. Formosa ; throughout India 

 Cirrhochrista Jlgu7-dtalis, Wlk. and Ceylon; Borneo: Celebes; 

 xxxiv. 1369. Australia. 



