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LEPIBOPTERA INDICA. 



portion of the wing, the outer and lower portions irrorated and mottled with brown. 

 J I indwiiig with, the whole surface irrorated with brown and with a few metallic pale blue 

 atoms here and there, indications of some sub-basal spots and medial and discal bands 

 formed by their dark brown outlines broken up and obsolete hindwards, a sub-marginal 

 line of angulated lunules with some dark shadowing on the lower half of the margin. 



Female like the male above and below. 



Expanse of wings, $ ? 1-j^ inches. 



Habitat. — Burma. 



Distribution. — The type in the B. M. came from Llaulmein, its tails are broken ; 

 Watson records it from Chin Lushai, and Doherty from Lower Tenasserim ; our 

 description is from the type, our figures from Watson's Chin Lushai examples. 



Genus MAHATHALA. 



Mahatliala, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 702. de Niceville, Butt, of India, iii. p. 282 (1890). 

 Bethune-Baker, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1903, p. 20. 



Forewing, vein 12 reaches costa much before end of cell, on less than half its 

 length, 11 emitted at about the middle of the cell, 7 at the end, 10 half-way between 

 them, 9 out of 7 at about two-thirds, and is rather long ; upper discocellular short, 

 straight, and outwardly oblique, the lower much longer, slightly inwardly oblique, vein 5 

 emitted from upper end of lower discocellular, 4 from the lower end of the cell, 3 from 

 before the end, 2 from the middle, bent a little downwards near its base ; wings broad, 

 short. Costa highly and evenly arched, apex acute, outer margin slightly concave from the 

 apex to vein 2, then slightly convex obliquely to the hinder angle, which is nearly 

 round, hinder margin nearly straight, nearly as long as the costa. Hindwing, 

 vein 8 highly arched at its commencement, sinuate, bent upwards 

 at its termination in the middle of the costa, 7 emitted a little 

 beyond the middle of the cell, and is strongly arched, 6 from 

 the upper end in a line with the sub-costal vein, 5 from the 

 middle of discocellulars, 4 from the lower end of cell, 3 from a 

 little before the end, 2 from two-thirds ; upper discoidal straight, 

 and inwardly oblique, the lower very slightly concave, and also 

 inwardly oblique, thus forming a < shape ; sub-median vein 

 nearly straight, internal nervure short and sinuous ; costa higlily 

 arched at base, then convex, turning up to an angulated point 

 at the apex, outer margin rounded, a spatulate tail at the end 

 of vein 2 ; the wing slightly produced at the end of veins 1 and 3, anal lobe well 

 formed, abdominal margin excavated above it. Antennse very short, one-third the 



Genitalia of Mahatliala 

 ameria. 



