50 AECTIABiE. 



dentate subterminal whitish line and series of white points on 

 termen. Hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hah. China, Chekiang (Fryer), 1 5 , Foochau ; Assam, Khasis, 

 1 (S t^'pe. Exj). 24 millim. 



Genus DIALITHOPTERA, nov. 



Type, D. gemmata. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, extending about the length of 

 head, the 2nd joint roughly scaled above and below, the 3rd minute ; maxillary 

 palpi minute; frons veith tuft of scales; anteiiniiB in both sexes bipec-tinate, 

 the apical fourth serrate, the basal joint with ti.ft of scales ; tibias with the 

 spurs long. Fore wing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 5 from just 

 above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, and 10 stalked, 9 absent, male 

 with a fovea covered on upperside by a scale-flap above base of vein 10; 11 

 oblique. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked from angle of cf 11 ; 5 from near 

 middle of discocellulars : 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



103. Dialithoptera gemmata. 



Fisara gemmata, Hmpsu. Moths Ind. iv. p. 506 (1896) ; Dudgeon, J. 

 Bomb. N. H. Soc. 1899, pi. ii. f. 29. 



Head white ; palpi at sides, lower part of frons, and branches of 



antennae blackish brown ; 

 thorax yellowish white ; 

 pectus and legs fuscous ; 

 abdomen white tinged with 

 fuscous. Fore wing yel- 

 lowish white, the costal half 

 suffused with brown and 

 fuscous to middle ; silvery 

 blue raised scales on basal 

 Fig. lo.—Bialithojotera gemmata, S- !• a'^^a on costa and below cell, 



on medial part of costal 

 area and on the tufts of scales at upper and lower angles of cell ; 

 the postmedial line formed by silvery blue tufts of scales, obtusely 

 angled below costa and slightly angled inwards above vei)i 2 ; the 

 terminal area suffused with brown and fuscous except towards 

 costa ; the subterminal line irregularly sinuous, retracted to costa 

 and witb tufts of silvery blue scales on it. Hind wing fuscous. 



Hah. SiKHiM, 1800-3000 ft. {Dudgeon, PUclier), 2 c^ , 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 20 millim. 



Genus NIGETIA. 



Type. 



Nigetia, Wlk. xxxiv. 1505 (1865) formosali^. 



Proboscis well developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint broadly and qnad- 

 rately scaled in front, the .3rd short, naked ; maxillary palpi minute ; irons 

 with a tuft of scales ; antennse of male minutely serrate and fasciculate, the 

 basal joint with tuft of scales ; tibiaj with tlie spurs long. Fore wing elongate 

 triangular, the apex somewhat produced and acute ; slight tufts of scales at 

 middle and end of cell; veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from angle of cell or stalked 

 with 3,4; 6 from well below upper angle; 7,8,9, 10 stalked; II oblique. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4 strongly stalked from angle of cell ; 5 from middle 

 of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



