LITHOSIOPSIS. —SIMPLICTA. oo 
the former curved, the 
latter angled below costa ; 
an indistinct submarginal 
line angled at middle; a 
marginal series of black 
specks. Hind wing fus- 
cous. Underside with cell- 
Fig. 15.—Lithosiopsis torsivena, S. }. spot to hind wing and post- 
medial line to both wings. 
Hab. Bhutan (Dudgeon). Exp. 30 millim. Type in B. M. 
Genus SIMPLICIA. 
Simplicia, Gwen. Delt. et Pyr. p. 51 (1854). 
Libisosa, Wik. Cat. xvi, p. 187 (1858). 
Culicula, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, p. 178 (1864). 
Aginna, Wik. Cat. xxxiii, p. 1022 (1865). 
Nabartha, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 234 (1885). 
Type, S. rectalis, Ev., from Europe. 
Range. Palearctic, Oriental, and Australian regions. 
Palpi sickle-shaped, the 2nd joint reaching above vertex of head, 
the 3rd long and naked; antenne minutely ciliated in male; 
thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Fore tibia of male covered 
by a sheath containing masses of flocculent scales. Fore wing with 
the apex somewhat rounded; the areole very narrow, with vein 
10 given off far beyond it in male, from it in female; the disco- 
cellulars almost obsolete. Hind wing with vein 5 from near lower 
angle of cell. 
Sxor. I. (Simphcia). Antenne of male not knotted and 
contorted. 
(2794. Simplicia schaldusalis, Wik. Cat. xvi, p. 180. 
ee "Culicula bimarginata, Wik. Journ. Linn. Soc, vii, p. 178. 
Nabartha marginata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 234, pl. 177, fig. 2; 
C. § S. no. 3040. 
Pale ochreous brown. Fore wing with a straight submarginal 
line, with diffused fuscous on its inner side, the area beyond it 
grey ; obscure ante- and postmedial waved lines approaching each 
other towards inner margin ; a speck at end of cell. Hind wing 
with the submarginal line similar but angled at vein 2. 
Hab. Ceylon ; Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo. Exp. 40 millim. 
“| 2795, Simplicia marginata, Moore, Lep. Ath. p. 195, pl. 6, fig. 19; 
C. & S. no. 3001. 
Differs from schaldusalis in the submarginal line of fore wing 
being bent outwards to apex. 
Hab. Sikhim; Bombay; Nilgiris: Ceylon; Rangoon. zp. 
26 millim. 
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