MTHACODIA, o07 



5760. Lithacodia vialis. 



Acontia vialis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 135 (1882); Huipsn. Moths Ind. ii. 



p. 304. 

 Thal2Mchares hella, Staud. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlix. p. 264 (1888) ; id. Eom. 



Mem. vi. p. 569. pi. xi. f. 1 ; id. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 230. 



Head and thorax white tinged with reddish brown, the antennae 

 with fuscous ; palpi fuscous ; fore tibite fuscous ringed with white ; 

 abdomen white irrorated with brown, the crests black. Fore wing 

 with the costal area to near apex and the inner area to before 

 middle whitish, the costa tinged with dark brown, the end of cell 

 with rufous, the rest of wing blackish with a cupreous gloss and 

 mixed with purplish grej'', the termeu with whitish patches below 

 apex, at middle, and above tornus ; subbasal and antemedial lines 

 with slight black points on costa, the latter then verj' faint, whitish 

 and oblique to median nervure, then bounding the dark area, black 

 defined by white on inner side and inwardly oblique, a black point 

 before it in cell ; minute black points in and beyond lower angle 

 of cell from which to postmedial line there are slight white streaks 

 on veins 5 to 3 ; postmedial line whitish on costal area, then 

 double, black filled in with white, bent outwards below costa, 

 incurved at discal fold and below vein 4 and angled inwards below 

 vein 3 and at submedian fold ; subterminal line slight, whitish 

 defined on inner side by black suffusion, angled outwards at veins 7, 

 6, 4, 3 and inwards at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series 

 of black striae ; cilia purplish grey mixed with fuscous. Hind wing 

 ochreous whitish tinged with brown, a fine dark terminal line ; cilia 

 ochreous white with a slight dark line through them and pinkish 

 tips ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with fuscous, a small 

 discoidal spot and curved postmedial line. 



Ab. 1. hella. Fore wing with the terminal area much redder. 



Ab. 2. Hind wing dark brown with terminal ochreous white band. 



Hah. E. Siberia, Ussuri ; Japaw, Oiwake(Pi'y<?r), 1 c?, Yokohama 

 (Pryer), 3 d , 3 $ ; W. China, Chow-pin-sa, 1 5 , Moupin (Krichel- 

 dorf), 1 2 ; Punjab, 1 2 type, Dharmsala (Hocking), 3 (^ , 6 $ ; 

 SiKHiM (FilcJier), 1 cJ ; Assam, Khasis ; Pulo Ladt (Doherty), 1 cT • 

 Exp. 18-22 miUim. 



5761. Lithacodia marginalis. 



Acontia marginalis, Wlk. xxxiii. 782 (1865) ; Swinh. Oat. Het. Mus. Oxon. 



ii. pi. i. f. 9. 

 Malidtiha stolasa, Swinb. A. M. N. H. (7) xv. p. 154 (1905). 



Head and thorax pale ochreous suffused with rufous ; palpi 

 brown except at tips ; fore tibiae and the tarsi fuscous ringed with 

 white ; abdomen ochreous white mixed with dark brown, the crests 

 blackish towards tips. Fore wing ochreous white suffused with 

 bright rufous especially on costal area and terminal half; ante- 

 medial line rufous defined on inner side by whitish, inwardly 

 oblique below submedian fold ; two black points at the angles of 



