ELIBIA. 2S5 



$. Tenth sternite sinuate in distal aspect. About sixteen 

 large friction-scales, rounded- truncate, broad at end. Process 

 of harpe short, not dentate. Apex of penis-sheath asym- 

 metrical, both processes dentate. 



Hab. E. Himalayas (Sikkim ; Assam). Very rare, and 

 early stages unknown. 



87. Ampelophaga obliquifascia Hamps. (Fig. 71 B, $). 



Ampelophaga obliquifascia, Hampson, 1910, p. 87, pi. F, fig. 13 

 (Assam). 



Imago. — o$. Head and thorax grey slightly mixed with 

 reddish -brown, vertex of head and dorsum of thorax reddish - 

 brown ; abdomen grey, with broad dorsal, diffuse, reddish- 

 brown bands. Fore wing purplish-grey, tinged in parts 

 with reddish-brown ; subbasal diffuse reddish-brown marks in 

 cell and on SM 2 ; three rather indistinct, diffuse, waved, 

 antemedian brown lines ; a small discoidal dot ; a broad 

 blackish-brown band from middle of costa to outer margin 

 at R 3 , expanding into a large triangular patch on outer margin 

 extending almost to tornus ; a postmedian line slightly dentate 

 from costa to the blackish-brown band, then oblique and more 

 strongly dentate, with some fulvous-yellow on its outer side, 

 a waved line before it from M 2 to inner margin and two 

 waved lines beyond it from the band to the inner margin ; 

 a double brownish, slightly waved submarginal line from 

 costa to R 2 ; a wedge-shaped brown mark on outer margin 

 below apex ; cilia blackish-brown. Hind wing dark brown 

 tinged with red, the inner area greyish ; cilia rufous, whitish 

 at tips. Underside : breast orange-red ; fore wing fiery-red, 

 with the outer margin grey, some dark brown suffusion in 

 and below cell ; six indistinct waved lines in postmedian 

 area ; a pale yellow subapical lunule and two wedge-shaped 

 postmedian marks below M 1 and M 2 ; hind wing fiery-red, 

 the inner area greyish, marginal area brownish ; three indis- 

 tinct, minutely waved, red postmedian lines. Expanse : 

 9 78 mm. (one example). 



Hab. E. Himalayas (Khasi Hills). 



The larva and pupa have been very brieffy described by 

 Badgley, and appear to resemble those of others of the genus. 



Genus ELIBIA Walker. (Fig. 72). 



Walker, 1856, p. 148 ; Roths. & Jord., 1903, p 521 ; id., 1907, 

 p. 98. 



Genotype : dolichus (Westw.). 



Imago. — " <£$. Palpus large, rounded in side-view, third 

 segment above frons. Eye very large, not lashed. Abdo- 

 men very long. Tarsi long, hind ones twice the length of 



