BRACHARTHRUM.—DAXATA, om 
postmedial crenulate dark lines; a marginal series of black 
specks. 
Hab. Nilgiris. Exp. 36 millim, 
Genus FALCIMALA, nov. 
Type, F. atrata, Butl. 
Range. N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim. 
Palpi sickle-shaped, the 2nd joint reaching above vertex of head, 
the 3rd long; antenne ciliated ; abdomen with large dorsal tutit 
on first segment; tibiz naked. Fore wing long and narrow ; the 
apex somewhat acute; vein 6 from below angle of cell; 7 from 
angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with veins 3,4 and 6,7 
stalked, 5 from middle of discocellulars. 
2840. Falcimala atrata, But/. Ill. Het. vii, p. 88, pl. 134, fig. 6. 
Head and thorax fuscous; abdomen paler, with the dorsal tuft 
dark. Fore wing dark brown, irrorated with blue scales; waved 
black subbasal, antemedial, 
postmedial, and submarginal 
lines; the postmedial with 
dark suffusion inside it; a 
pale spot at end of cell; a 
marginal series of dark 
specks. Hind wing pale 
fuscous. 
Hab. Dharmsala; Sikhim. ep. 20 millim. 
Fig. 24.—Falceimala atrata, 3. }. 
Genus DAXATA. 
Daxata, Wik. Cat. xxxiii, p. 1108 (1865). 
Type, D. biyungens, W1k. 
Range. Ceylon. 
Palpi with the 2nd joint reaching above vertex of head, the 3rd 
with a tuft of hair on the inner side; antenne of male with long 
bristles and cilia; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled; tibiz 
naked. Fore wing with veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to form a 
short areole. Hind wing with vein 5 from middle of discocellulars ; 
cilia of both wings crenulate. 
2841. Daxata bijungens, Wik. Cat. xxxiii, p. 1109; Moore, Lep. 
Ceylimis plu li/4, tie 9's Cig: Simo, 2750. 7, 
6. Reddish brown, suf- 
fused with fuscous and with 
a purplish tinge. Fore wing 
withsubbasal, antemedial, and 
postmedial waved black lines, 
the last highly bent outwards 
round cell; the mediai area 
deeper purplish, with a black 
speck at end of cell; a pale submarginal lunulate line; some pale 
EZ 
Fig. 25.—Dacata hijungens, 3. }. 
