356 THYEIDID^. 



Sect. II. Palpi with the third joint of moderate length ; antennae 

 nearly simple in both sexes. 



A. Outer margin of both wings nearly evenly curved. 



767. Rhodoneura acaciusalis, Jflk. Cat. xix, p. 901 ; C. # S. no. 4439. 

 Siculodes strigatula, Feld, Jteis. Nov., Lep. pi. 134, fig. 9. 



Head and collar brown ; thorax and abdomen pale, suffused with 

 reddish brown. Fore wing ochreous white, with numerous brown 

 specks and spots below the centre of costa, in the end of cell, and 



Fig. 245. — Bhodoneura acaciusalis, <$. \. 



over the whole of the inner area except the base ; the nervules 

 beyond the cell salmon-colour. Hind wing ochreous white ; the 

 whole medial area streaked and spotted with dark brown ; the 

 nervules beyond the cell salmon-pink. Underside striated with 

 chestnut, the nervules bright crimson ; veins 6, 7, 8 of fore wing 

 streaked with black. 



The form strigatula, from China, has the brown markings of the 

 body and wings obsolete ; the stria? brown and more prominent ; 

 underside with the chestnut suffusion of the hind wing obsolete. 

 In a Sikhim variety the hind wing has the striae very numerous 

 and bright pink on both upper and under sides. In another form 

 the striae of both wings are pink. In a small male from Burma 

 the striae are obsolescent and few in number. 



Hob. China ; Sikhim ; Moulmein. Exp. 22-32 millim. 



768. Rhodoneura multipunctata, Warr. MS. 



Differs from obliqualis in the head, thorax, and abdomen being 

 without brown suffusion or bands. Wings with less silvery sheen, 

 evenly striated with fuscous, and without lines ; fore wing with 

 two submarginal series of black dots ; hind wing with one series. 

 Underside with a costal series of black dots to hind wing. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Assam ; Burma. Exp. 34-40 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



769. Rhodoneura reticulalis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 616; C. $ S. 



no. 4376. 



$ . Head and thorax brown ; abdomen white, suffused with 

 brown. Wings white, reticulated with brown almost evenly over 

 the whole surface ; costa of fore wing slightly suffused with brown. 

 Underside with the reticulations rather more prominent. 



Hab. Andamans. Exp. 29 millim. 



