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6594. Selepa aenescens. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 11.) 



Selepa (snescens, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 288 (1888) ; Hmpsn. Moths Incl. ii. 

 p. 370. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with fuscous brown ; 

 palpi at base, pectus and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Fore 

 wing purplish grey sufi'used with fuscous and in parts with red- 

 brown ; antemedial line formed by raised blackish scales, oblique 

 from costa to submedian fold and angled inwards at vein 1 ; a tuft 

 of raised blackish scales at middle of cell and a curved discoidal 

 striga ; postmedial line blackish, arising at middle of costa, strongly 

 bent outwards below costa, then nearly straight and erect to vein 3, 

 angled inwards below vein 2 and outwards at submedian fold and 

 vein 1 ; subterminal line greyish defined on inner side by brown, 

 almost obsolete towards costa, then waved, bent inwards at vein 2 

 and with three tufts of raised scales on it towards tornus. Hind 

 wing white, the terminal area suffused with brown. 



Mah. SiKHiM ; Bhutan (Dudgeon), 1 $ ; Madras, Nilgiris, 1 § ; 

 Ceylon (Green), 1 d", 1 $ ; Bk. N, Guinea, Port Moresby, 1 $. 

 Kvjx 24-30 millim. 



6595. Selepa plumbeata, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 12.) 



Head and thorax purplish grey tinged with brown ; abdomen 

 pale grey ; palpi below, pectus, mid and hind legs and ventral 

 surface of abdomen white. Fore wing purplish grey slightly tinged 

 with brown and with a leaden gloss ; antemedial line blackish, 

 slightly bent outwards from subcostal nervure to above vein 1 ; a 

 faint elliptical discoidal annulus with ridge of raised blackish scales 

 in centre ; postmedial line double, the inner line indistinct, bent 

 outwards below costa, then excurved to vein 3 with a slight curve 

 inwards at discal fold, below vein 3 angled inwards to below end 

 of cell, then minutely dentate ; subterminal line faintly defined by 

 dark brown on inner side and slightly dentate, bent inwards at vein 

 2 and with tuft of dark scales above tornus ; a terminal series of 

 black striae. Hind wing pale grey, somewhat darker towards 

 termen ; cilia whitish at tips. 



Hab. Ceylon, Kegale (Alston), 1 S type ; Up, Burma, Kinyua 

 (Bingham), 1 (5,1 $ . Exp. 20 millim. 



6596. Selepa transvalica, n. sp. (Plate CLXXXII. fig. 13.) 



5 . Head, tegula), and patagia pale brownish mixed with some 

 black ; thorax grey suff'used with blackish ; pectus and abdomen 

 ochreous white, the last dorsally tinged with brown, the crest on 

 2nd segment blackish. Fore wing with the costal half grey-white 

 clouded with fuscous, the inner half ochreous suffused with red- 

 brown ; some black on inner margin towards base; antemedial line 

 formed of raised black and brown scales, somewhat oblique to sub- 

 costal nervure, then erect ; an oblique blackish shade from costa 

 just beyond postmedial line to antemedial line at median nervure ; 



