382 noctuidjE. 



spot; inner margin suffused with fuscous; an indistinct waved 

 submarginal Hue. Hind wing fuscous. 



5 . The basal area of the fore wing darker and without the 

 streak and spot. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp., S 26, £ 30 millim. 



2232. Argyrothripa niveidisca, n. sp. 



S . Head greyish ; thorax white ; abdomen pale fuscous, with 

 black basal dorsal tuft. Tore wiug white, pinkish towards the 

 apical area which is black ; a triangular black patch on centre of 

 inner margin ; some grey on outer margin. Hind wing pale, 

 slightly suffused with fuscous at apex. 



Hab. Tenasserim (Doherty). Exp. 24 millim. Type in coll. 

 T)ruce 



Genus NEOTHEIPA, nov. 



Type, N. punctistigma, Hmpsn. 



Range. Simla ; Khasis. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head and roughly 

 scaled, the 3rd short. Thorax with a high spreading tuft of scales 

 on vertex. Fore wing with the costa arched near base, of almost 

 even width thoughout ; vein 8 anastomosing with 9 to form the 

 areole which is short; the raised tufts very slight. Hind wing 

 with vein 5 from below centre of discocellulars and depressed at 

 origin ; 3 and 4 from angle of cell. 



2233. Neothripa punctistigma, n. sp. 



Head and thorax grey-brown : abdomen pale fuscous. Fore 

 wing greyish fuscous, the basal and medial costal areas suffused 

 with grey-green ; subbasal, ante- and postmedial waved lines, the 

 last excurved beyond the cell ; orbicular and reniform outlined by 

 specks of slightly raised black scales ; a diffused irregularly waved 

 submarginal line. Hind wing fuscous ; underside with cell-spot 

 and irregularly sinuous postmedial line. 



Hab. Simla (Harford). Exp. 30 millim. Type in B. M. 



2234. Neothripa glaucescens, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax grey-green mingled with black scales ; 3rd 

 joint of palpi black ; abdomen whitish with a fuscous tinge. Fore 



Fig. 212. — Neothripa glaucescens, <$. 



wing grey-green, the outer area fuscous except at apex ; numerous 

 white specks on basal area ; a dark patch at end of cell and another 



