588 



KOCTUID.H:, 



median iiervure, then incurved ; a small black discoidal spot ; post- 

 medial line placed just beyond the cell, rather diffused, dark, 

 slightly incurved below vein 3; subterminal line represented by a 

 series of slight blackish somewhat dentate marks, incurved at 

 middle and below vein 3 ; a terminal series of small black spots. 

 Hind wing pale red ; the underside whitish tinged with red, the 

 costal area and terminal area to vein 2 striated with brown, a 

 slight discoidal lunula. 



Hah. SiKHiM, 3 $ tj^pe. Exp. 40-44 millim. 



6999. Tympanistes rubidorsalis. 



TympanistesruhidorsalisMoove, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 409 ; Eutl. 111. Ilet. B.M. 

 vii. p. 52, pi. 126. f. 5 ; Hiiipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 421. 



(S . Head and thorax brown mixed with grey-white ; palpi white, 

 the 2nd joint black behind ; pectus and legs white, the tibiae and 

 tarsi tinged with ochreous brown ; abdomen white dorsally sutFused 

 with crimson-red. Fore wing pale ochreoiis slightly irrorated with 

 brown ; a small white discoidal spot defined by black ; traces of a 

 dark postmedial line, oblique from costa to vein 7, slightly incurved 

 at discal fold and below vein 3, excurved above inner margin ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hind wing semihyaline white, the 

 inner area faintly tinged with reddish. 



Hah. Punjab, Dharmsala (Hoching), 4 cJ type. Ea'p. 50 millim. 



7000. Tympanistes flavescens. (Plate CLXXXIX. fig. 22.) 



Tyonpaiiistesflavescens, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 158 (1905). 



S . Head and thorax ochreous mixed with brown ; abdomen 

 whitish dorsally suffused with crimson. Fore wing ochreous yellow 

 irrorated with reddish brown ; a subbasal brown point on median 

 nervure and slight antemedial spot below costa ; a rather diffused 

 brown line from middle of cosfca, bent inwards below costa and 

 angled outwards at median nervure, then sinuous and almost 

 obsolete towards inner margin ; a brown discoidal point ; post- 

 medial line brown, bent outwards below costa, then dentate, 

 incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 and bent outwards at vein 1, 

 traces of another waved line beyond it with a diffused brown 

 spot on costa ; subterminal line formed of dentate brown marks, 

 angled inwards below vein 8 and above and below vein 5, excurved 

 below vein 7 and at middle ; a terminal series of black points from 

 apex to submedian fold. Hind wing semihyaline white, the inner 

 area tinged with crimson ; a terminal series of slight brown points 

 in the interspaces from apex to vein 2 ; the underside white, the 

 costa slightly tinged with brown, three black points on termeu 

 between apex and discal fold. 



Hab. Assam, Khasis, 1 d' fvp^- ^^^W- "^^ millim. 



