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half the length of inner. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle 

 of cell ; 7 curved and approximated to 8, 9, to which 10 also is 

 approximated. Hind wing with the cell short ; vein 3 from the 

 angle; 4, 5 somewhat approximated for a short distance; 6, 7 

 from upper angle. 



Sect. I. (Patania). Hind tibiae of male with a large tuft of 

 hair and long flattened scales on inner side before the medial 

 spurs. 



4955. Sylepta concatenalis, Wik. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1408; C. fy S. 



no. 4299. 



S . Fuscous brown with a cupreous tinge ; palpi below, pectus, 

 legs, and abdomen below yellowish white. Fore wing with ochreous 

 speck in end of cell; a postmedial lunulate ochreous mark expanding 

 on the costa and extending down to vein 3 ; a slight ochreous mark 

 on costa before apex. Underside with the basal half of wings pale 

 yellowish. 



Hah. Sikhitn. Exp. 30 millim. 



Sect. II. Hind tibiae of male fringed with long black hair on outer 

 side ; abdomen with paired tufts of black hair from base below ; 

 hind wing with a large tuft of black hair from inuer margin 

 near base. 



4956. Sylepta tibialis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 216 ; C. $ S. no. 4307. 



Pale ochreous yellow ; basal joint of antennae black ; fore legs 

 marked with black ; thorax spotted with black ; abdomen orange, 

 the base pale, with paired black spots on basal segments and 

 another pair before the anal tuft. Fore wing with subbasal and 

 antemedial bands; a medial band with pale mark on discocellulars, 

 and giving off an oblique line to join the submarginal band at 

 inner margin ; a marginal band continued along inner margin to 

 the submarginal band. Hind wing with oblique medial line 

 terminating at anal angle ; an oblique submarginal band joining 

 the marginal band, and both terminating on vein 2 ; both wings 

 with the cilia fuscous with a pale line at base. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Nilgiris. Exp. 22 millim. 



Sect. III. Hind tibiae, abdomen, and hind wing without tufts 



of hair. 



A. Antennae of male not excised at hase. 



a. Fore wing narrow, with the apex much produced and outer 

 margin ohlicpxe. 



a'. Hind iving with the outer margin angled at vein 2 ; antennae 

 of male with the shaft not fringed with scales. 



4957. Sylepta pronaxalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 688. 



Pardoinima acutalis, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p 171, pi. 174, fig. 16. 



S . Head and thorax ochreous and brown ; abdomen fuscous 



