406 NOCTDID^. 



and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line represented by double 

 black spots below costa and cell ; antemedial line black defined by 

 purplish grey on inner side, oblique, interrupted below costa and 

 angled outwards above inner margin ; claviform moderate, de- 

 fined by black ; orbicular with slight whitish annulus defined 

 by black, rather elongate elliptical ; reniform white defined by 

 black and with some black irroration in centre, narrow above and 

 with its lower extremity produced; postmedialline rather indistinct, 

 defined by greyish on outer side, bent outwards below costa, excurved 

 to vein 4, then incurved, some pale points beyond it on costa ; sub- 

 terminal line formed of white lunules defined on inner side by 

 dentate black marks and with slight black marks on outer, slightly 

 angled outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; a terminal series of small black 

 lunules ; cilia brownish white with black line near base. Hind wing 

 whitish suffused and irrorated with brown especially on terminal 

 area ; a slight discoidal lunule, indistinct sinuous postmedial line, 

 and diffused whitish subterminal band ; cilia brownish white with 

 dark line near base ; the underside ochreous, the costal and terminal 

 areas irrorated with brown, a dark discoidal lunule, sinuous post- 

 medial line, and diffused subterminal band. 



Hah. SiKHiM Tibet, Chumbi Valley, in Coll. Elwes. Exii. 34 

 millim. 



2597. Trichoridia herchatra. (Plate CV. fig. 27.) 



Crymodes herchatra, Swinh. A, M. IJ. H. (6) xii. p. 260 (1893) ; Hmpsu. 

 Moths Ind. ii. p. 231. 



Head and thorax black mixed with white and yellow hairs ; 

 palpi yellow on inner side ; pectus and legs mostly yellow, the tarsi 

 black ringed with yellow ; abdomen greyish mixed with brown, the 

 anal tuft yellow. Fore wing black-brown irrorated with golden 

 yellow, the veins purplish grey irrorated with white ; subbasal line 

 represented by small black spots below costa and cell, defined by 

 golden yellow on outer side and with yellow patch above vein 1 ; 

 antemedial line indistinct, black defined by grey and white on inner 

 side, oblique, slightly waved ; claviform small, defined by black ; 

 orbicular and reniform small, the former with greyish centre irro- 

 rated with white and slight yellow annulus defined by black, oblique 

 elliptical, the latter narrow with black centre and yellow annulus 

 defined by black, open above and below ; an indistinct medial line 

 oblique from costa to lower angle of cell, then incurved; postmedial 

 line black defined by grey and white on outer side, bent outwards 

 below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; sub- 

 terminal line formed of golden-yellow striae on black spots, angled 

 outwards at veins 7, 4, 3 ; cilia brown and yellow intersected with 

 yellow and with slight waved black line through them. Hind wing 

 ochreous tinged with brown, the veins and terminal area suffused 

 with brown ; a slight discoidal lunule, sinuous postmedial line, and 

 difl'used subterminal band defined by whitish on outer side towards 

 tornus ; cilia golden yellow mixed with black ; the underside pale 



