12 



]SroCTUIDiE. 



in submedian fold ; the inner area and a broad terminal band 

 fuscous black : cilia wliite. 



Hah. Tibet, Kan Scban Mts., in Coll. Elwes. Exp. 26 millim. 



Sect. II. {Trichunarta). Antenuce of male ciliated. 



3. Ala ladacensis, 



Anarta ladakensis, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 108. f. 38 (1874) ; Hmpsn. Moths 

 Ind. iv. p. 508. 



Dark brown mixed with black. Fore wing irrorated with black ; 

 a minutely waved antemedial line with the orbicular stigma, a spot 

 below the cell and one on inner margin beyond it black ; the reniform 



Pig. 4. — Ala ladacensis, (^ , 



(From Moths lud. vol. iv.) 



large, black; a slightly curved and oblique, minutely waved post- 

 medial line ; a waved punctiform subterminal line and a terminal 

 series of points. Hind wing pale yellow, the basal and inner areas 

 suffused with black ; a discoidal point sometimes present ; a fuscous 

 subterminal mark on apical area. Underside whitish : fore wing 

 with the discoidal spot and subterminal band prominent. 



Hah. Kashmie, Ivardong, 14,OU0 ft. {MeArtlmr)^ 1 i^ ; Ladak> 

 typet $ in Coll. Eothschild. Ecvp. 22 millim. 



Genus HELIOLONCHE. 



Heliolonche, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p, 115 (1873) 



Type. 



inodicella. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending about the length of head, 

 the 2nd joint fringed with very long hair, the 3rd clothed with rough hair ; 

 head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with long rough hair ; frons not prominent, 

 with curved corneous plate below it; eyes smooth, narrow ovate; antennas of 

 male ciliated ; tibiaj clothed witli long hair; fore tibi^ short, broad, with long 

 curved claw on inner side and short claw on outer ; mid and hind tibiae 

 spined. Fore wing narrow, the apex produced, the termen obliquely curved ; 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 

 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areola; 11 from cell. Hind wing 

 with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 

 6, 7 shortly stalked. 



4. Heliolonclie modicella. 



Heliolonche modicella, Grote, Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat. Sci. i. p. 116, pi. 3. f. 12 

 (1873) ; Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 289. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black mixed with ochreous-grey hairs. 

 Eore wing purplish red, irrorated with black ; some black and 



