164 KOTODONTIDJi. 



short stiff branches reaching the apex in male. Fore wing rather 

 long, the outer margin evenly curved, a tuft of scales on inner 

 margin ; vein 6 from angle of cell ; 9 and 10 anastomosing with 

 8 to form the areole. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 

 running close along 7 to towards the end of cell. 



Sect. I. Female with antenn® pectinate. 



294. Hyperaeschra pallida, Bull. A. M. N. H. (5) vi, 1880, p. 65 ; III. 

 Ret. vi, pi. 104, fig. 6 ; C. <§■ S. no. 1530. 



$ . Head and thorax brown and grey. Fore wing grey suffused 

 with brown, especially along inner margin, beyond the lower angle 

 of cell, and at apex; a black streak from the base below median 

 nervure ; a short streak in the cell above the origin of vein 2, one 

 beyond the cell between veins 3 and 4, and two subapical streaks ; 

 a waved postmedial dark line. Hind wing pale brown. 



Eab. Sikhim ; Singapore. Exp. 54 millim. 



Sect. II. Female with antennas ciliate. 



295. Hyperaeschra basistriga, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 400 ; Butl. Ill 

 Ret. vii, pi. 125, figs. 5 & 6; C. | S. no. 1168a. 



c? . Differs from pallida in being darker ; the dark streak from 

 the base of the fore wing shorter and broader; the paired ante- 

 and postmedial waved lines more distinct, as also is the submar- 

 ginal series of lunules ; no black streak in the cell above vein 2 ; 

 a black streak on the discocellulars. Hind wing white. 



2 . Hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hah. Kangra; Dharinsala. Exp., S 52, $ 56 millim. 



296. Hyperaeschra tenebrosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 815; C. 8? S. 

 no. 1524. 



S . Dark brown : fore wing with a pale fascia on inner area, 

 extending and narrowing along the outer margin to the apex : a 

 large pale patch on the apical portion of the costa ; indistinct den- 

 tate postmedial and submarginal lines. Hind wing duller brown. 



Eab. Sikhim. Exp. 58 millim. 



297. Hyperaeschra basalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 813; C. $• S. 

 no. 1190. 



Head, thorax, and the basal two thirds of fore wing dark pur- 

 plish red-brown, the vertex of thorax and base of fore wing paler, 

 the latter with pale streaks ; outer area of fore wing greenish grey ; 



