318 N0CTUID2E. 



the submarginal line straighter, and with a dark sinus on it below 

 middle. 



In the type from Poona the postmedial and submarginal lines 

 have gilded scales on them ; in the Campbell pur specimen the head, 

 thorax, abdomen, and base of fore wing are ochreous. 



Hab. Simla ; Campbellpur ; Karachi ; W. India. Exp. 19 

 millim. 



2045. Xanthoptera melancMsBna, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, 



p. 148. 



tf . Head and thorax black-brown ; abdomen paler. Fore wing 

 purplish black-brown ; a postmedial pale band, which is traversed 

 by a dark line slightly excurved beyond the cell ; traces of a sub- 

 marginal line becoming pale towards outer area. Hind wing dark 

 fuscous. 



Hab. "N. Canara. Exp. 17 millim. 



2046. Xanthoptera excisa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 455 ; C. fy S. 



1834. 

 Acontia qnintana, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 455, pi. 27, fig. 13 ; 

 C. 8f S. no. 1847. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen olive-brown. Fore wing white ; an 

 olive-brown basal patch with black marks on its outer edge ; an 

 indistinct antemedial waved line ; a broad medial leaden-grey band 

 with a black spot on it at end of cell, and some waved blackish 

 marks towards its outer edge ; a waved postmedial line ; outer area 

 grey, with a waved submarginal line on it. Hind wing pale fuscous, 

 with an indistinct pale medial line. 



Some specimens have hardly any white on each side of the post- 

 medial line ; others are large and dark ; the form quintana is 

 without olive and brown tints, the grey of outer area of fore wing 

 broken into patches. 



Hah. Simla ; Dharmsala ; W. India ; Coimbatore. Exp. 18-22 

 millim. 



2047. Xanthoptera nigripalpis, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1965 ; C. $ S. 

 no. 1842. 

 Hiccoda dosaroides, Moore, Lep. Aik. p. 135 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. hi, 

 pi. 150, fig. 16 ; C.Sf S. no. 1818. 



Ochreous. Tore wing with some dark specks on costa ; traces 

 of waved subbasal, antemedial, medial, and postmedial rufous 

 lines, the last recurved beyond the cell ; reniform large, rufous, 

 and suffused with fuscous ; cilia pinkish, chequered with black. 

 Hind wing fuscous, the cilia ochreous ; underside with cell-spot 

 and postmedial line. 



Hab. N. W. Himalayas ; throughout Peninsular India and Ceylon. 

 Exp. 18 millim. 



