﻿moths 
  from 
  Southern 
  India. 
  141 
  

  

  and 
  character, 
  and 
  is 
  quite 
  distinct 
  ; 
  in 
  this 
  genus 
  both 
  

   the 
  sexes 
  are 
  alike 
  in 
  having 
  heavily-plumed 
  antennae, 
  

  

  16. 
  Messata 
  acinia, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  <? 
  . 
  Of 
  a 
  uniform 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  tinged 
  with 
  ochreous 
  fawn-colour. 
  

   Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  two 
  brown 
  longitudinal 
  bands, 
  which 
  extend 
  from 
  

   the 
  apex 
  to 
  the 
  hinder 
  margin, 
  the 
  1st 
  at 
  one-third, 
  and 
  the 
  2nd 
  at 
  

   two-thirds, 
  and 
  are 
  joined 
  together 
  on 
  the 
  border. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  and 
  

   under 
  side 
  of 
  both 
  wings 
  unmarked 
  ; 
  plumes 
  of 
  antennsB 
  brownish 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  and 
  legs 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  Of 
  a 
  brighter 
  yellow 
  colour 
  ; 
  bands 
  paler 
  and 
  somewhat 
  in- 
  

   distinct 
  ; 
  other 
  characters 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  

   <? 
  ? 
  2^-2^5 
  in. 
  

  

  North 
  Kanara, 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  1886 
  {Wise) 
  ; 
  Khan- 
  

   dalla, 
  September, 
  1888 
  (Heivett). 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  M.flavida, 
  Moore, 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  

   1884, 
  p. 
  372, 
  from 
  the 
  Nilgiri 
  Hills 
  ; 
  differs 
  chiefly 
  in 
  

   having 
  two 
  bands 
  instead 
  of 
  three, 
  and 
  a 
  brown 
  body 
  

   instead 
  of 
  a 
  yellow 
  one. 
  

  

  GEOMETEITES. 
  

  

  EUSCHEMID^. 
  

   17. 
  Euschema 
  nelera, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

   ^ 
  2 
  . 
  Antennae 
  and 
  palpi 
  black 
  ; 
  both 
  wings 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  pale 
  

   purplish 
  colour, 
  bands 
  and 
  spots 
  purplish 
  black 
  ; 
  wings 
  thinly 
  

   clothed 
  ; 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  antennae 
  black, 
  a 
  yellow 
  band 
  behind 
  

   it 
  ; 
  thorax 
  pale 
  purplish, 
  suffused 
  with 
  yellow 
  ; 
  three 
  bands 
  across 
  

   the 
  thorax, 
  in 
  front, 
  behind, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  corresponding 
  with 
  

   similar 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  wings 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  yellowish, 
  with 
  bands 
  on 
  

   the 
  segments, 
  bright 
  chrome-yellow 
  tips, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  with 
  anal 
  

   tufts 
  of 
  that 
  colour. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  three 
  longitudinal 
  straight 
  

   bands 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  third, 
  the 
  lowest 
  the 
  longest, 
  and 
  commencing 
  

   across 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  ; 
  the 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  costa 
  elbowed 
  

   acutely 
  inwards, 
  and 
  terminating 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  lowest 
  band 
  ; 
  

   a 
  large 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  costa 
  ; 
  

   costal 
  line 
  between 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  band 
  also 
  purplish 
  black 
  ; 
  a 
  

   thick 
  distorted 
  discal 
  band, 
  which 
  bends 
  inwards 
  below 
  the 
  spot, 
  

   and 
  a 
  deep 
  marginal 
  band, 
  which 
  fines 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  large 
  spot 
  and 
  two 
  outer 
  bands 
  reaUy 
  cover 
  the 
  outer 
  third 
  of 
  

   the 
  wing, 
  leaving 
  two 
  pale 
  purplish 
  bands 
  of 
  spots. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  

   with 
  a 
  large 
  spot 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  cell, 
  which 
  runs 
  inwards, 
  paler 
  in 
  a 
  

   short 
  suffused 
  band 
  towards 
  the 
  abdominal 
  margin; 
  a 
  discal 
  

  

  