ARCTIIDiE. 



497 



Genus SICULIFER, nov. 



Type, S. bilineatus, Hnipsn. 



Range. Ivhasis. 



Palpi shoi't and porrect ; antennae of female nearly simple ; 

 tibiae with the spurs well developed ; anal tuft of female large. 

 Pore wing with the costa much arched towards apex, which is 

 strongly falcate ; vein 2 much curved ; 3 from before angle of 

 cell; 4 absent; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from angle of cell. 

 Hind wing with vein 3 absent ; 4, 5 and 6, 7 stalked ; 8 anasto- 

 mosing with the cell to middle. 



1393 b. Siculifer bilineatus, n. sp. 



2 • Head and thorax dark red-brown ; abdomen fuscous. Pore 



wing dark red-brown, tbe area 

 towards outer angle yellowish ; 

 a straight dark slightly oblique 

 medial line and erect postmedial 

 line ; cilia dark. Hind wing 

 fuscous, the cilia on anal half 

 pale. 



Hob. Khasis. Exp. 20 millim. 

 Types in coll. Elwes and B. M. 



Fig. 263. 

 Siculifer bilineatus, § • 



Genus EUCYCLOPERA. 



Eucyclopera, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1895, p. 294. 



Type, E. plagidisca, Hmpsn. 



Range. Bhutan. 



2 • Palpi porrect and short ; antennae minutely ciliated ; tibiae 

 with the spurs short ; abdomen with large anal tuft. Pore wing 

 short and broadly lanceolate ; the costa much arched ; the outer 

 margin oblique; veins 3, 4, 5 stalked; 6, 7, 10, and 11 from cell; 

 8, 9 absent. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from close to angle of 

 cell ; 6, 7 on a long stalk. 



1394 a. Eucyclopera plagidisca, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, 

 p. 294. 

 2 . Head whitish ; thorax and abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft 



grey. Pore wing whitish suffused 

 / with fuscous ; traces of sinuous 

 subbasal and medial dark lines, 

 the latter with a large round 

 spot on its inner edge on disk ; 

 a dentate postmedial liue from 

 the spot to near outer angle ; a 

 diffused curved sabmarginal band 

 not reaching the costa or inner 

 margin. Hind wing fuscous. 

 Hab. Bhutan. Exp. 16 millim. 

 VOL. iv. 2 K 



Fig. 264. 

 Eucyclopera plagidisca, 2 



