GARGETTA. 



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Genus GARGETTA. 



Gargetta, Wlk. Cat xxxii, p. 455 (1864). 

 Thacona, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, p. 169 (1864). 

 Porsica, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1823 (1866). 



Type, G. costigera, "Wlk. 



Range. Himalayas ; Sylhet ; Burma. 



Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, the first two joints 

 hairy, the third short and naked. Fore wing long and narrow, 

 with a tuft of long hair in the male from below vein 1, near the 

 base ; vein 5 from the middle of discocellulars ; vein 9 anasto- 

 mosing with 8 to near apex ; the areole short, with vein 10 given 

 off from it. Hind wing with the costa arched at centre ; vein 5 

 from centre of discocellulars ; 6 and 7 stalked, 8 nearly touching 

 7 at middle of cell. 



Sect. I. (Gargetta). Male with branches of antennae of 

 moderate length and reaching apex, 



222. Gargetta costigera, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 455; Butt. III. Hei. 

 xi, pi. 103, fig. 6 ; C.SfS. no. 4821. 



Dull brown ; the head darker. Fore wing with the apex and 

 inner areas slightly suffused with grey; some short dark waved 



Gargetta costigera, tf . 



lines from the costa ; a black longitudinal streak at end of cell ; 

 an indistinct waved submarginal line with grey points on it ; a 

 series of marginal white specks. 



Hah. Mandi, N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim ; Moulmein. Eay?., 

 <S 46, $ 54 millim. 



223. Gargetta nagaensis, n. sp. 



<S differs from costigera in the head, thorax, and fore wing 

 being more uniform darker brown ; fore wing with the outer margin 

 more erect ; the streak in cell less prominent ; a straight white 

 marginal line to both wings instead of the grey points. 



Bab. Naga Hills, 6000 feet (Doherty). Exp. 62 millim. Type 

 in coll. Elwes. 



