OROSAGROTIS. MESEMBRETJXOA, 



IS-; 



subbasal liue from costa to submedian fold ; the antemedial line 

 slightly defined by brown on inner side, slightly waved, oblique 

 from costa to above inner margin, where it is strongly angled ; 

 claviform defined by black ; orbicular and reniform with brown 

 centres and pale brown annuli defined by black, the former small, 

 round, the latter narrow ; the postmedial line minutely dentate, 

 angled outwards at vein 7, then very oblique, defined on outer side 

 by pale brown emitting streaks defining the dark veins to the sub- 

 terminal line, which is pale, defined by dentate black marks on 

 inner side, angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a 

 fine terminal dark line and line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale 

 fuscous brown, the cilia white with brown line at base : the under- 

 side whitish, the costal and terminal areas suffused with brown, a 

 slight discoidal point. 



Hah. Kashmir, Kardong, 14,000 ft. {McAHhur), 1 6 type. 

 Eocp. 30 millim. 



Genus MESEMBREUXOA, nov. 



Type, M. chiknsis. 



Proboscis rather slight; palpi with tlie 2ncl joint oblique, extending about 

 the length of head and fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd moderate, 

 porrect ; frons with truncate conical prominence with flat vertical corneous 

 process at middle; eyes round; antennte of male bipectinat.e with rather 

 long branches to extremity ; head and thorax clothed with rough hair and 

 scales; tibiae strongly spined. Foi-e wing with veins 3 and 5 from close to 

 angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form 

 the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 

 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked. 



242. Mesembreuxoa chilensis, n. sp. 



Head and thorax red-brown mixed with white ; abdomen red- 

 brown. Fore wing reddish brown, with darker irroration forming 

 a fascia above vein 1 ; the su.bbasal line double, black, filled in with 

 whitish from costa to vein 1 ; the antemedial line similar, augled 

 outwards in cell, excurved below it and more strongly above inner 



Fig. 49. — Mesembreuxoa chilensis, (^ . \. 



margin ; orbicular and reniform small, pale, defined by black, the 

 former round ; the postmedial liue irregularly dentate, defined by 

 whitish on outer side, bent outwards below costa, incurved in discal 

 fold and more strongly in submedian fold; the subterminal line 

 represented by a series of pale marks ^ith dentate black spots on 



