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Genus ANACHROSTIS. 



Anachrostis, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 98 (1893). 



Type, A. nigripuncta, Hmpsn. 



Range. N.W. Himalayas ; Ceylon. 



Palpi upturned, the second joint reaching vertex of head ; 

 antennae minutely ciliated. Fore wing with vein 5 from angle of 

 cell; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from the angle; 8 and 10 

 stalked ; 9 absent. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 stalked ; 

 5 absent. 



Sect. I. Palpi with the 3rd joint minute : fore wing broad ; 

 hind wing with veins 6 and 7 stalked. 



1405. Anachrostis nigripuncta, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 98, pi. 162, 



fig. 19. 



2 • Pale yellowish brown ; head yellow- 

 ish. Pore wing with dark undulating ante- 

 and postmedial lines ; a black speck on disco- 

 cellulars ; an indistinct diffused waved 

 submarginal line ; some pale strigse on costa 

 towards apex ; a series of black marginal 

 Fig. 63. — Anachrostis specks. Hind wing ochreous, tinged with 

 mgripuncta, $. \. f uscous . 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 17 millim. 



Sect. II. Palpi with the 3rd joint longer : fore wing narrower ; 

 hind wing with veins 6 and 7 from cell. 



1406. Anachrostis bifasciata, n. sp. 



2 . Pale yellowish brown. Fore wing with a smoky-black 

 diffused antemedial somewhat irregular band, with a black line on 

 its outer edge ; a postmedial band broad at the costa and narrow- 

 ing to inner margin, with a black line on its inner edge, angled out- 

 wards at middle, and its outer edge irregular ; a marginal series of 

 black specks. Hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hab. Murree ; Simla (Harford). Exp. 20 millim. Type in B. M. 



1407. Anachrostis inconstans, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 393 ; Butl. III. 



Het. vii, pi. 122, fig. 11. 



<3 . Pale brownish ochraceous. Pore wing with two antemedial 

 black specks ; a spot at end of cell and speck below the end ; a 

 marginal series of specks. 



One specimen has a fuscous patch on costa of fore wing before 

 apex. 



Hab. Kangra. Exp. 19 millim. 



