ALTHA. 397 



across the middle from the median nervure to lower edge ; traces 

 of two postmedial lines, with a costal black speck at their origin ; 

 a pale brown suffusion towards outer angle. Underside of fore 

 wing suffused with black below the costa and median nervure. 

 End of abdomen with some fulvous hairs. 

 Hab. Sikhim ; Nagas. Exp. 40 millim. 



B. Male with distal half of antenna; serrated. 



887. Altha nivea, Wlk. Jourri. Linn. Soc. vi, p. 173. 



Candyba punctata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 132, fig. 4 ; C. fy 8. 



no. 1326 (nee Wlk.). 

 Belgorsea subnotata, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 497. 



The wings broader and rounder. 

 Pure white. Fore wing with a 

 black dot beyond lower end of 

 cell and two on outer margin be- 

 low apex. Hind wing with two 

 black dots on outer margin 



t^- <vro ^T^- » i below apex. Underside with 



Fig. 2(3. — Altha nivea, rf . \. , n F . . , . 



costa or tore wing black. 



In a fresh specimen from Sikhim prominent olive markings 

 appear on the fore wing as patches in and below the cell and 

 forming an irregular postmedial band. 



Candyba punctata,~WYs.., is from Brazil, and the genus is distinct 

 from Altha. 



Hab. Simla; Kulu; Sikhim; Sibsagar ; Banchi ; Ganjam ; S. 

 India ; Ceylon. Exp. 30 millim. 



888. Altha lacteola, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 193. 



cJ . Differs from nivea in the fore wing being slightly 

 blotched and streaked with orauge in a similar manner to adala, 

 but not nearly as much ; no black spot beyond end of cell and 

 only a trace of the subapical dark streak. Hind wing slightly 

 suffused with ochreous except on costal and inner areas. Under- 

 side with the costa of fore wing white. 



There is a single specimen from Ceylon in coll. Swinhoe of a form 

 with the wings as much marked with red as in JSarosa conspersa. 



Hab. Rangoon ; Ceylon. Exp. 24 millim. 



Sect. II. Bore wing with vein 7 from the cell. 



A. Fore wing with vein 10 from before end of cell. 



889. Altha adala, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 418 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 132, 



figs. 3, 3 a (larva) ; C. 8? S. no. 1318. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing brownish white. Bore wing 



