TASEMA. — LOPHOSOMA. 237 



492. Tasema nigra, n. sp. 



<3 . Differs from fuliginosa in being uniform smoky black, not 

 brown. 



2 • Tbe pectinations of antennae shorter than in fuliginosa ; end 

 of abdomen "with a tuft of ochreous hairs. 



Hob. Bernardmyo, Burma (Doherty). Exp., S 15, 2 17 millim. 

 Type in coll. Elwes. 



Genus L0PH0S0MA. 

 Lophosoma, Sioinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. p. 59, ined. 



Type, L. mpreum, Wlk. 



Range. Himalayas; Bengal; Ganjam; Andamans. 



Antennae bipectinate in male, simple in female, the terminal 

 portion thinner. Palpi short and porrect. Wings narrow ; outer 

 margin of fore wing oblique ; hind wing with vein 6 present. Mid 

 tibia with one pair, hind tibia with two pairs of minute spurs. 

 Abdomen with lateral tufts of hair on terminal segments. 



493. Lophosoma cupreum, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1596; C. fyS. no. 301. 



Irons, gense, and a few of the scales on collar and tegulae golden 



metallic. Antennae, vertex of head, 

 thorax, and fore wing dark brown, 

 shot with blue, especially in Sikhim 

 specimens ; metathorax metallic cop- 

 per; abdomen purplish, with cop- 

 pery bands to each segment ; lateral 

 tufts black, with a purple gloss. 

 Fig. 152.— Lophosoma Fore wing with basal hyaline streaks 



cupreum, rf . \. below the costa and median nervure ; 



a hyaline spot at end of cell and one 

 below it. Hind wing hyaline, with the costa and outer margin 

 black. 



Tascia, Wlk., type chrysoletus, in which this species has been 

 placed, is a very distinct African genus. 



Hob. Kulu ; Sikhim ; Andamans. Exp. 24 millim. 



494. Lophosoma qnadricolor, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1596; C. & S. 



no. 802. 



3 . Head, thorax, and fore wings brown, shot with green. 

 Hind wing with the costal area fuscous, the rest hyaline. Abdo- 

 men copper-coloured, the last two segments purplish. 



Hob. Bengal ; Ganjam. Exp. 20 millim. 



