260 



APvCTlAD^. 



545. Lobobasis niveimaculata. 



Lobobasis niveimaculata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 498 (1896). 



S . Head, tegulfe, and front part of thorax and patagia pure 

 white ; palpi, frons, and antennae yellowish ; hind part of thorax 



rufous ; pectus, legs, and 

 abdomen yellowish. Fore 

 wing rufous ; a prominent 

 round white patch below base 

 of costa and a triangular patch 

 on inner margin beyond 

 middle extending up to vein 

 2 ; a yellow costal fascia from 

 above the subbasal white 

 patch to apex ; the termen 



Ficf. 175. — Lohohasis niveimaculata, (^ . 

 (From Moths Ind. vol. iv.) 



yellow, narrowing from costa to a point above tornus, its inner edge 

 rather irregular. Hind wing yellowish. 



2 . Fore wing with triangular yellow patch on middle of costa 

 with its apex on median nervure. Hind wing tinged with fuscous, 

 the termen and cilia yellow. 



JIab. SiKHiM (Pilcher), 1 c? ; Bhutan (Dudgeon), 1 J type ; Peeak ; 

 Sumatra (Ericson), 1 § . Kvj). 20 millim. 



'Genus PSEUDOBLABES. 



Pseudoblabes, Zell. Bull. Mosc. xxvi. (2) p. 512 (1853) 



Type. 



oophora. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porreot, not reaching beyond the frons ; 

 antenna of male ciliated ; tibiee with the spurs moderate. Fore wing short 

 and broad, the costa arched, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from middle of cell, 

 straight ; 3 from long before angle ; 5 absent ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 

 7. 8, and 10 stalked, 9 absent ; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle 

 of cell ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from towards 

 end of cell ; male with an elliptical patch of androconia on upperside below 

 costa towards apex, which is strongly excised down to vein 3. 



546. Pseudoblahas oophora. 



Fseiidoblabes oofhora, Zell. Bull. Mosc. xxvi. (2) p. 514, pi. iv. ff. 1-6 (1853) ; 



Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 97 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 376. 

 Conchi/Us flavicostana, Wlk. xxviii. 361 (1863). 



S . Head and thorax pale ochreous yellow ; frons and fore tibije 

 and tarsi fuscous ; abdomen dorsally tinged with fuscous except at 



base and extremity. Fore wing 

 dark purplish fuscous ; the ba^al, 

 costal, and terminal areas ochre- 

 ous white, the costal fascia ex- 

 panding into the cell at middle, 

 the terminal band narrowing 

 from costa to tornus. Hind 

 wing pale ochreous yellow, 



2 . Hind wing fuscous, cilia 

 yellow. 



Fig. 176. — Pseudoblabes oophora, J . 

 (From Moths Ind. a'oI. ii.) 



