68 NOCXPIDiE. 



Sect, II. Antemuc of male with the basal h'llf pectinated with rei'y short 

 branches on outer side only, the apical half ciliated. 



6277. Ciilumetia transversa. 



Nachaba iransvers%. Wlk. xxvii. 114 (1863); Moore, L^p. Ceyl. iii. p. 67, 



pi. 151. f. 3 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 376. 

 Chlumelia qiUtlveniris, Wlk. xxxir. r27l (186.">). 

 Ariola coriicea, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxiii. p. 89, pi. 6. f. 10 (18S0). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown mixed with ^rey and 

 some red-brown ; palpi with black band on 2nd joint ; tar^i ringed 

 with white ; abdomen with the crests black, ventral white spots on 

 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments. Fore wing grey suffused with reddish 

 brown ; subbasal line double, from costa to submedian fold ; reni- 

 form rather pale and slight!}^ defined by black, elliptical ; medial 

 line minutely waved, double at costa ; postmedial line double, the 

 inner line red-brown, the outer black, minutely dentate below costa 

 and at middle ; subterminal line whitish, excurvcd below vein 7 and 

 at middle and defined on inner side by blackish patches at those 

 points and below vein 3 ; a terminal series of olack strioe and a fine 



Fig. 25. — Chlumetla transversa, (S . |. 



white line at base of cilia. Hind wing grey- brown ; a faint whitish 

 bar from vein 3 to terrneu at submedian fold ; a fine black terminal 

 line and white line at base of cilia ; the underside grey suffused and 

 irro rated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, rather diffused 

 waved medial and postmedial lines, double subterminal line, and a 

 terminal series of black luuules. 



Hah. Hab. ign., 1 5 type ; Pun^jab {Home), 2 S , Manpuri, 1 S , 

 2 2 ; Bengal, Calcutta, 1 S , Ganjam ; Bombay, Thanna Distr., 1 J ; 

 Ceylon {Nietner), 3 $ type guttiventris ; Burma, Eangoon (Scott), 

 1 5 ; Pep.ak, Goping {Kilnstler), 1 9 ; Singapore {Ridley), 1 c? , 5 $ ; 

 'Bmji {Doherty),l d" , 1 $ ; Celebes; D'EstrecasteatjxIs., Fergus- 

 Bon Is. {Meek), 1 J • Exj). 18-22 millim. 



Genus PAT^TA. „ 



Type. 

 Patcsta, Wlk. xv. 1748 (1858) co7ispicienda. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex 

 of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd long ; frons smooth ; eyes large, round ; 

 antenniB of male almost simple ; thorax clothed with scales and hair mixed, 

 the prothorax without crest, the metathorax with spreading crest ; tibite 



