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Sect. III. Antennae of male bipectinated, with short stiff 

 branches. 



2054 a. Xanthoptera pectinicornis, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, 

 p. 300. 



$ . Head and thorax rufous ; abdomen pale. Fore wing rufous 

 brown slightly suffused with fuscous ; the orbicular and renif orm 

 represented by a few ochreous scales ; a series of dark submarginal 

 marks forming an indistinct line. Hind wing pure white, the 

 costal and apical areas tinged with fuscous. 



Hah. Calcutta ; Ceylon. Exp. 18 millim. 



2080 a. Metachrostis metallica, n. sp. 



5 . Head and thorax black and chestnut-brown ; abdomen black 

 with pale rings. Tore wing with the basal area chestnut, with 

 some black at base and a black antemedial line ; the medial area 

 black, with bands of leaden-grey suffusion on its edges ; dark- 

 edged pale brown marks representing the orbicular and reniform ; 

 a pale brown and black minutely waved and curved postmedial 

 line; outer area dark brown and black, with interrupted sub- 

 marginal band of leaden suffusion ; an ochreous marginal line ; 

 some pale specks on costa towards apex. Hind wing black-brown. 



Hob. Ceylon {Pole). Exp. 22 millim. Type in B. M. 



2080 b. Metachrostis albimarginata, n. sp. 



§ • Pale ochreous irrorated with brown. Fore wing with 

 indistinct double sinuous antemedial brown line ; the reniform 

 with fuscous centre and black edge, and a diffused waved black 

 line from its inner side to inner margin, the area beyond it purple- 

 brown ; the black postmedial line very oblique from costa to vein 6, 

 then sinuous and at vein 4 incurved, the area beyond it white, with 

 a black patch on costal half between the postmedial and sinuous 

 fuscous submarginal line. Hind wing fuscous brown, with diffused 

 fuscous submarginal line, the area beyond it whitish especially at 

 apex ; both wings with a marginal black line ; cilia fuscous and 

 white. 



Hob. Bhuj, Cutch {Nurse). Exp. 16 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus Rivula. — Sect. II bis. Mid tibiae of male with very long 

 scales on inner side ; hind tibiae fringed with spinous hair on 

 outer side. 



2103 a. Rivula striatura, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 49, pi. i, 

 fig. 10. 



3 . Pale brownish ochreous. Pore wing with obscure brown 

 streaks at base and on veins of outer area ; a dark speck at end o£ 

 cell, with oblique pale striga from costa above it, and oblique 

 rufous-brown band from it to inner margin near base ; an obliquely 



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