432 ^JR. W. \VABKEIN' 0>' >EW GENERA AND [^P^. 18, 



Underside like upper, but with the darker tints stronger, especially 

 in the J • 



Expanse of wings 26 millim. 



Hub. Sikkim ; Naga Hills. 



[One male taken b}' myself at light at the Eangbi bungalow 

 near Darjiling, about 5500 feet elevation, on June 7th, and one 

 cJ by Doherty in September at 3000 feet. — //. J. E.'] 



Subfam. Scotoptebygin^. 

 Fam. Boarmidce, Guen. Phal. i. p. 213, part. 



SCOTOPTERIX PEEMUSCOSA, Sp. n. 



J . Fore wing greyish ochreous, with a pinkish tinge, slightly 

 dusted with darker, and suffused Avith pale brick-red and olive- 

 broAMi ; basal line blackish, thicker on the costa, forming an obtuse 

 subcostal angulation and a rounded sinus above the inner margin, 

 preceded by a more indistinct brownis>h line ; basal area irregularly 

 suffused with darker ; exterior line blackish, fine, forming a 

 largish curve outwards beyond the cell, then running obliquely to 

 the inner margin with one or two slight inequalities ; it is followed 

 immediately by an interrupted reddish-grey shade ; cell-spot dark, 

 with a dark costal blotch above it ; siibterminal line indistinctly 

 paler, forming 2 proniinent wedge-shaped markings, filled up with 

 blackish, below the costa and above the inner margin ; base of the 

 fringes couvexly scalloped ; the veins before the fringes blackish ; 

 the whole costa is finely, and the hind margin broadly, darker than 

 the rest of the wing. Hind wings with the exterior line and hind 

 margin as in the fore \\ings ; the basal half paler, without markings. 

 Underside clear pale ochreous, with distinct dark cell-spots and a 

 broad submarginal brownish fascia, paler towards the fringes. 



Expanse of wings 38 millim. 



Bab. Bhotan. 



[Specimens from Sikkim are smaller than the type. I have it 

 also from the Naga Hills and East Pegu. — H. J. E.'] 



SCOTOPTEEIX ALBISTELLARIA, Sp. n. 



d 2 • Wings dull leaden grey, plentifully irrorated \vith reddish 

 scales; the central fascia is preceded and followed by a narrow 

 band of the ground-colour; the central fascia is darkened by 

 blackish scales, and contains a whitish, black-ringed ocellus ; 

 beyond the central fascia are two narroA^' undulating fasciae of 

 mingled red and blackish scales, followed by a third paler fascia 

 of the ground-colour, aa hich is itself succeeded by an interrupted 

 reddish fascia ; fringes leaden grey, with a series of dark spots at 

 base. Hind AAings similar. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark grey, 

 tinged with reddish. Underside pale glossy grey, with hardly 

 any markings. 



Expanse of Avings 24 millim. 



Hab. Ivhasia Hills. 



[Taken by me in September at about 6000 feet.— 7/. J. E.^ 



