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Fig. 145. — Elusa bipars, tf. 



and nearly straight submarginal series of specks, which are darkest at 



centre ; the orbicular a reddish speck ; 

 the renif orm figure-of-8 shape and grey 

 with dark centre. Hind wing fuscous, 

 or almost white in some Nilgiri and 

 Ceylon specimens. 



$ with the postmedial area of fore 

 wing paler red-brown ; the hind wing 

 darker. 



Ilab. Nagas ; Kilgiris ; Ceylon ; 

 Andamans. Exp. 22-26 millim. 



1851. Elusa cyathicornis, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vi, p. 194. 

 Differs from bipars in being ferruginous. Fore wing uniform 



in colour, with the lines and stigmata very indistinct ; the cilia 

 dark. Hind wing dark reddish. 



Hdb. Sikhim ; Margharita, Assam ; Nagas ; Borneo. Exp. 24 

 millim. 



1852. Elusa antennata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 146; C. $ S. no. 2228. 



S • Differs from bipars in having an obscure curved ante- 

 medial line to fore wing ; a straight submarginal line close to the 

 margin. 



Bab. Sikhim. Exp. 28 millim. 



Genus ARBOKICORNUS, nov. 



Type, A. ruber, Hmpsu. 



Range. Nagas. 



Palpi long, porrect, aud smoothly scaled ; antennae of male bipec- 

 tinate ; eyes naked and not lashed ; thorax smoothly scaled ; 

 abdomen with dorsal tufts ; tibiae without spines. Fore wing short 

 and broad, the apex rounded ; veins 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind 

 wing with veins 6, 7 stalked. 



1853. Arboricornus ruber, n. sp. 



S . Head and thorax dark red-brown ; abdomen paler, with the 

 dorsal tufts dark. Fore wing dark red-brown, with a glossy 

 texture and almost uniform, except for three pale specks on costa 

 towards apex. Hind wing paler. 



Fig. 146.— fArboricornus ruber, <$ . \. 



Bab. Nagas, 6000 feet (Doherty). Exp. 24 millim. 

 coll. Elwes. 



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