136 notodontid^e. 



224. Gargetta curvaria, n. sp. 



<3 differs from costigera in the head being pale. Fore wing 

 with a greyish subbasal patch on inner margin, generally with a 

 dark patch beyond it ; no black streak at end of cell ; the orbicular 

 and reniform marks well denned and ochreous ; the waved line with 

 grey points postmedial ; the marginal points dark. Hind wing 

 with traces of a medial pale band. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Momeit. Exp. 42 millim. Type in B. M. 



Sect. II. (Thacona). Male with branches of antennae very 

 short ; the terminal half filiform. 



225. Gargetta ingens, Wlh. Cat. xxxv, p. 1823 ; Butl. III. Set. vi, 



pi. 104, fig. 9 ; C. % S. no. 4816. 



d . Head and collar black-broAvn ; thorax and abdomen pale 

 grey-brown ; the extremity of the latter ochreous. Bore wing 

 grey-brown, with large dark patches at middle of costa and apex 

 with strigae between them ; dark patches suffused with grey below 

 end of cell and at outer angle ; reniform indistinctly outlined with 

 grey; an indistinct pale waved submarginal line. Hind wing 

 slightly suffused with fuscous. 



Hah. Sikhim; Sylhet. Exp. 56 millim. 



Sect. III. Tore wing with vein 11 bent and touching areole ; 

 branches of antennae short, the terminal half filiform. 



226. Gargetta albimacula, n. sp. 



3 . Dull brown. Pore wing with very indistinct waved sub- 

 basal and antemedial lines ; a blackish streak between the orbicular 

 and reniform ; a waved postmedial Line with white points, and a 

 large white spot on inner margin ; a pale irregular submarginal 

 line ; a series of marginal white points ; a dark streak from apex. 

 Hind wing with the basal half whitish, with a dark medial line : 

 the outer area fuscous ; a marginal series of white points. 

 Eab. Sikhim. Exp. 50 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus TURNACA. 



Turnaca .Wlh. Cat. xxxii, p. 454 (1864). 

 Ambadra, Swinh., C. $ S. p. 183 (1887). 



Type, 1 . acuta, Wlk. 



Range. Bengal and throughout S. India. 



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

 smoothly scaled, the third short ; antennae with the branches short, 

 serrate at apex. Bore wing long and narrow, the apex very acute 

 in male, less so in female ; inner margin with a rounded lobe ; 

 vein 6 from angle of cell; 7,3,9,10 stalked; no areole. Hind 

 wing with veins 6 and 7 stalked ; a bar between veins 7 and 8. 



