SYLEPTA. 333 



4966. Sylepta verecunda, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xviii, p. 167. 

 Botyodes fraterna, Moore, Lep.Atk. p. 221, pi. 7, fig. 16 (praeocc.)^ 



C. $■ S. no. 4037. 



Differs from bipunctalis in being more ochreous. Fore wing 

 with hardly any fuscous suffusion on basal and inner areas ; the 

 spots in cell and on discocellulars reduced. Hind wing with the 

 outer area uniform fuscous, its inner edge almost straight and 

 only slightly indented at vein 5. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim ; Khasis ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon 

 Eocp. 28 millim. 



4967. Sylepta angustalis, Snell. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 585. 



Fulvous yellow ; palpi black at sides, white below ; male with 

 the anal tuft black. Tore wing with the basal area suffused with 

 fuscous to the postmedial line ; an obliquely sinuous fuscous ante- 

 medial line ; a spot in cell and discocellular lunule ; the post- 

 medial line minutely dentate, slightly bent outwards between 

 veins 5 and 2, then retracted to lower angle of cell, and expanding 

 into a spot above vein 1, the outer area fuscous, expanding in- 

 wards to the postmedial line above vein 5 and again expanding 

 on the inner margin. Hind wing with discocellular spot ; a 

 minutely dentate postmedial line highly bent outwards between 

 veins 5 and 2 ; the outer area fuscous, narrowing at middle. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Khasis. Eocjp. 30 millim. 



4968. Sylepta sabinusalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 708. 

 Botys imbutalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1442. 



Botys sublituralis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1452 ; C. fy S. no. 4076. 

 Notarcha butyrina, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 260. 

 Botys ruralis, Snell. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 588 (nee Scop.). 

 Notarcha dubia, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 136, pi. 155, fig. 16. 



Ochreous with a slight fuscous tinge. Pore wing with out- 

 wardly oblique sinuous antemedial fuscous line ; a speck in cell 

 and discocellular lunule ; the postmedial line nearly straight from 

 costa to vein 5, then bent outwards and minutely dentate to vein 

 2, along which it is retracted nearly to the cell. Hind wing with 

 discocellular spot ; a postmedial line highly bent outwards and 

 minutely dentate between veins 5 and 2 ; the marginal area slightly 

 suffused with fuscous. 



Specimens from the Khasi Hills are more fuscous in tone. 



Hab. N.W. and E. Himalayas ; Khasis ; Karachi ; Bombay ; 

 Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Borneo ; Java ; Celebes ; Sumbawa ; New Bri- 

 tain ; Solomons ; Fiji. Exp. 32-36 millim. 



4969. Sylepta ultimalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 659; Hmpsn. III. Het. 

 ix, pi. 172, fig. 8 ; C.$S. no. 4105. 



Olive-grey. Fore wing with the costa slightly ochreous ; traces 

 of a spot in cell and another on discocellulars ; an indistinct post- 

 medial line excurved from costa to vein 2, then retracted to angle 

 of cell and slightly excurved again. Hind wing with traces of disco- 



