DISCORDIA. 187 



it ; a marginal dark line. Hind wing yellower. Underside with 

 the costal area of each wing reddish . 

 Hob. Poona. Exp. 20 millim. 



4629. Discordia basalis, n. sp. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey suffused with fuscous. Fore 



wing grey irrorated with black ; 

 the basal area black-brown, 

 bounded by a curved white line ;. 

 a whitish submarginal line ex- 

 curved between veins 6 and 2 ; 

 a blackish apical patch continued 

 as a very indistinct oblique band 

 across the submarginal line to 

 Fig. 112. — Discordia basalis, rf . \. middle of inner margin; a 



marginal series of dark specks. 

 Hind wing paler, with indistinct pale curved submarginal line, the 

 area beyond it suffused with fuscous ; a marginal dark line. 

 Hah. Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 16 millim. Type in B. M. 



4630. Discordia siniferalis, n. sp. 



"White, marked with olive-brown and fuscous. Fore wing with 

 an olive-brown patch on basal inner area and black marks on 

 costa and inner margin; two indistinct fuscous medial lines arising 

 from a mark on costa ; a postmedial oblique line forming a deep 

 and very prominent sinus to near outer margin between veins 

 6 and 4 filled in with fuscous, and with a black mark beyond it 

 near apex and another near inner margin ; a marginal series of 

 black specks. Hind wing fuscous, with some black marginal 

 specks. 



Hab. Ceylon (Pole). Exp., <$ 14, $ 16 millim. 



Subfamily HYDROCAMPHNLE. 



Moths of usually very slender build with the legs very long. 



Proboscis present. Fore wing with vein 7 from the cell ;. 

 10 stalked with 8, 9, except in a small percentage of specimens of 

 some species of NympJiula and Oligostigma amongst Indian forms, 

 and in a few species which occur in other faunas — this character,, 

 though highly characteristic of the subfamily, not having become 

 very stable ; these exceptions may be discriminated from the 

 Pyraustince by their long maxillary palpi dilated at the extremity.. 

 Hind wing with the median nervure non-pectinate. 



The larvae of some species of Nymphula feed on w r ater-plants 

 and are fitted for a life below the surface of the water. 



