MILTOCHEISTA. Ill 



or less conjoined series ; a spot at end of cell ; the veins o£ the 

 outer area broadly streaked with blue-black, the bases of the 

 streaks enlarged and almost conjoined into a curved line. Hind 

 wing pale flesh-colour ; inner area yellowish ; veins of outer area 

 broadly streaked with blue-black. 



Hab. Burma. Exp. 36 millim. Type in B. M. 



1437. Miltochrista Strigipennis, Herr.-Schaffer, Samml. aussereur. 



Schmett. no. 437. 

 Lyclene discistriga, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 32 ; C. fy S. no. 680. 

 Lyclene terminata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 33 ; C.fy S. no. 692. 

 Lyclene sinica, Moore, A.M.N. H. (4) xx, 1877, p. 87. 

 Lyclene inconspicua, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 32 ; C.fy S.no. 683. 



Ochreous ; fore wing with a series of basal streaks ; a medial 

 slightly curved line; outer area with fine black streaks on the 

 veins. 



The form sinica =inconspicua has a reddish-orange tone. 



Hab. China ; Sikhim ; Khasis ; Nagas ; Tenasserim ; Sumatra ; 

 Borneo. Exp., S 22, $ 33 mm. 



C. Fore whig ivith a series of postmedial species or blotches 

 conjoined into a band. 



1438. Miltochrista fuscalis, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 50, pi. 139, fig. 9. 



$ . Head ochreous ; thorax orange, the tegnlse and vertex 

 spotted with black ; abdomen fuscous, with an ochreous anal tuft. 

 Pore wing fiery red ; the costa and median nervure streaked with 

 black at base ; a large subbasal fuscous patch coalescing with an 

 oblique band ; a spot on discocellulars joined to a large patch 

 occupying the whole outer area; cilia ochreous. Hind wing 

 ochreous, with traces of an oblique medial band ; some specimens 

 with the apex suffused with fuscous. 



Hab. Nilgiri plateau. Exp. 22-32 millim. 



1439. Miltochrista suffusa, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 49, pi. 139, fig. 18. 



2 • Head, thorax, and fore wing flesh-pink ; abdomen fuscous, 

 with an ochreous anal tuft. Fore wing with a basal black spot ; 

 a subbasal fuscous band coalescing with an oblique band ; the 

 discocellulars black ; a curved postmedial band with some spots 

 beyond it ; a series of submarginal specks. Hind wing fuscous ; 

 the outer margin flesh-pink ; cilia fuscous. 



Hab. Mlgiris, W. slopes, 3000 feet. Exp. 28 millim. 



1440. Miltochrista rnbricosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 30, pi. 3, fig. 1 ; 



C. % S. no. 706. 

 Lyclene curvifascia, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 49, pi. 139, fig. 17. 

 Lyclene ochracea, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 51, pi. 139, fig. 26. 



Differs from suffusa in the medial band of the fore wing being 

 widely separated from the antemedial band ; the postmedial band 



