426 NOCTUIDJ. 



Genus TINOSOMA, uov. 



Type, T. hyperyihrum, Hmpsn. 



Range. Nagas ; Burma ; Andamans ; Borneo. 



Palpi upturned, reaching above vertex of head. Antennae very- 

 long. Abdomen slender and very long. Tore wing long and 

 rather narrow ; the costa arched ; the inner margin curved ; veins 

 6 and 7 from angle of cell; 8, 9, 10 stalked; hind wing with veins 

 3 and 4 from cell. 



Sect. I. Eore wing with the outer margin hardly excised between 

 the apex and vein 3. Antennae of male bipectinate. 



2343. Tinosoma hyperythrum, n. sp. 



$ . Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing pale red-brown. 

 Eore wing with traces of waved ante- and postmedial lines ; a 

 dark dot in end of cell; indistinct submarginal and marginal 



Fig. 241. — Tinosoma hyperythrum, 



series of dark dots. Hind wing and underside bright red ; the 

 latter with the apex of fore wing pale. 



Hah. Naga Hills, 2000 feet (Doherty) ; Andamans ; Borneo. 



Exp. 28 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



Sect. II. Eore wing with the outer margin highly excised between 

 the apex and vein 3. Antennae of male simple. 



2344. Tinosoma mirabile, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 237. 



$ . Head and thorax pale reddish ; abdomen fuscous. Eore 

 wing pale reddish, slightly irrorated with brown ; waved ante- and 

 postmedial lines, the latter excurved beyond the cell ; a series of 

 black submarginal specks, some brown suffusion at outer angle. 

 Hind wing pale brownish red ; underside pale, with indistinct 

 cell-spot and two black subapical spots. 



Hah. Eangoon. Exp. 20 millim. 



Sect. III. Eore wing with the outer margin slightly excised 

 between the apex and vein 3, from thence to outer angle ob- 

 lique and crenulate. Antennae of male simple. 



2345. Tinosoma bilinea, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 237. 



S . Pale reddish brown. Eore wing suffused with purplish and 



