62 EUPTEBOTID^. 



S . Fore wing with three indistinct waved medial bands ; an 

 oblique dark band from apex to centre of inner margin ; a sub- 

 marginal indistinct baud. Hind wing with traces of medial and 

 submarginal bands in some specimens. 



2 . Fore wing with the medial waved lines and submarginal line 

 very indistinct. 



The colour in typical plumipes is reddish brown, in the female 

 very dark vinous brown ; in the form quadrifasciata brownish 

 ochreous, in similis and cmescens yellow. 



Bab. Ceylon. Exp., <$ 64, $ 70 millim. 



82. Eupterote vialis, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1879, p. 409 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. ii, 



pi. 134, fig. 4 ; C. $ 8. no. 1436. 



S . Differs from plumipes in the hairs of the thorax being tipped 

 with yellow. Fore wing without the medial and submarginal lines ; 

 the oblique band inwardly dark brown, outwardly yellow. 



Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 71 millim. 



Sect. II. Female with patches of raised scales at outer angle of 

 fore wing on underside and at apex of hind wing on upper- 

 side. 



83. Eupterote citrina, Wlh. Cat. iv, p. 905 ; C. fy 8. no. 1376. 



c? . Antennae rufous ; head, collar, and prothorax fuscous ; meso- 

 and metathorax pale yellowish white ; abdomen pale reddish 

 brown clothed with yellow hair; wings uniform pale yellowish 

 white. 



$ . Antennae, head, and thorax yellowish w T hite ; the patches of 

 raised scales ochreous. 



Bab. Deccan ; Bombay ; Central India, and ? Sikhim. Exp., 

 6 84, $ 50-86 millim. 



84. Eupterote unicolor, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 65, pi. 142, fig. 8. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown. "Wings vinous red- 

 brown ; an almost obsolete postmedial line, curved below the costa, 

 and with traces of some spots beyond it ; the abdomen and costa of 

 hind wing sometimes yellowish. 



5 . Paler ; fore wing with antemedial and medial lines curved 

 below the costa ; both wings with the postmedial line, but no spots 

 beyond ; the patches of raised scales vinous. 



Bab. Madras ; Nilgiris. Exp., 3 72, $ 68 millim. 



Genus NISAGA. 



Nisaga, Wlh. Cat. iv, p. 885 (1855). 



Type, JV. simplex, Wlk. 



Range. Assam and throughout S, India. 



