Fig. 117. 



STMPHONIA. — MUSOTIMA. 199 



4652. Symplionia multipictalis, n. sp. 



(5 . White ; head, thorax, and abdomen variegated with pale 

 brown and black ; wings variegated and striated with yellow-brown, 

 sepia, and black. Fore wing with the more prominent markings 

 consisting of an irregular dark medial band conjoined to some 



yellow-brown patches beyond it, 

 and with black spots on it at 

 end of cell and on vein 1 ; a 

 subraarginal series of spots most 

 prominent from below costa to 

 vein 4, followed by some brown 

 marks inside the margin, and a 

 Symphonia multipictalis, <$.}. series of black marginal spots 



from costa to the angle. Hind 

 wing with the more prominent markings consisting of some black 

 marks at and below end of cell; some black marks below apex, 

 followed by a red-brown patch ; a marginal series of black spots. 

 Hub. Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 18 millim. TypeinB.M. 



Genus MUSOTIMA. 

 Musotima, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 288. 



Type, M. aduncalis, Feld., from New Zealand. 



Range. S. India ; Ceylon ; Australia ; New Zealand. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint not reaching vertex of head, and 

 thickly fringed with hair, the 3rd well developed and spatulate at 

 extremity ; maxillary palpi short and filiform ; frons rounded ; 

 antennas of male thickened and flattened, with appressed serrations ; 

 tibiae with the spurs long and equal ; male with a tuft of long hair 

 springing from base of fore coxae. Pore wing with the apex pro- 

 duced and acute ; the outer margin excised below apex ; vein 2 

 curved and arising near angle of cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 from 

 above angle ; 7 straight and well separated from 8, 9, 10 ; male 

 with a more or less prominent foveal depression in cell. Hind 

 wing with the outer margin excised below apex and towards anal 

 angle ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 7 from 

 before upper angle. 



Sect. I. Outer margin of fore and hind wings deeply excised below 

 apex ; three indentations towards anal angle of hind wing. 



4653. Musotima suffasalis, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 178 pi. 171, fig. 20 



S . Head and thorax fuscous and white. Pore wing yellow ; the 

 base fuscous and white ; a very obscure antemedial dark line with 

 a whitish patch beyond it on costa, angled on median nervure, and 

 with fuscous suffusion beyond it on inner area ; a postmedial 

 white band from costa to vein 4, where it is bent inwards to a 

 sharp point at lower angle of cell, its inner edge defined by a black 

 spot on costa and line crossing the retracted portion ; a sinuous 



