NATADA. — TETRAPIILEPS. 



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Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown. Fore wing dark 

 silky red-brown : an oblique line, which is curved below the costa, 

 from near the apex to inner margin near base, the scales on its 

 inner side (especially below the costa and towards the inner 

 margin) more erect, giving exactly the appearance of ruffled seal- 

 skin ; a curved submarginal line. Hind wing and underside 

 paler. Fore tibia of male with a silvery-white spot. 



Hah. Himalayas ; Sind ; Poona ; Bengal ; Cachar ; Burma. 

 Exp., 3 60, $ 7 8 millim. 



Genus TETRAPHLEPS, nov. 



Type, T. brevilinea, Wlk. 



Range. Sikhim ; Nilgiris. 



Antennae of male bipectinated to tips. Palpi obliquely porrect, 

 projecting beyond frontal tuft. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9, 10 

 stalked together. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk. 



Sect. I. Antennae with the branches long ; fore wing with 

 the apex rounded. 



845. Tetraphleps brevilinea, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 475 ; C. $ S. no. 1308. 



Head, thorax, and base of abdo- 

 men dark brown, the remainder of 

 abdomen pale ochreous brown. 

 Fore wing dark red-brown ; the 

 basal area and costa slightly darker. 

 Hind wing pale ochreous brown. 

 Underside pale red-brown. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp., <S 36, 5 40 

 millim. 



Fig. 260. 

 Tetraphleps brevilinea, tf . 



Sect. II. Antennae with the branches shorter ; fore wing with 

 the apex produced. 



846. Tetraphleps crispa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 409, pi. 43, fig. 4. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, suffused with fiery 

 red above. Fore wing dark red-brown ; a dark speck at end of 

 cell ; a purplish gloss forming an oblique line from apex to middle 

 of inner margin ; another along outer margin. Hind wing aud 

 underside dull brown. Silvery-white spots at end of coxa, femur, 

 and tibia of fore leg. 



Hah. Sikhim. Exp. 38 millim. 



847. Tetraphleps nilgirica, Hmpsn. Ill Ilet. viii, p. 63, pi. 142, 



fig. 13. 



S . Differs from crispa in the head, thorax, aud abdomen being 

 chestnut-brown. Fore wing with the purplish oblique line rather 



