424 



LASIOCAHPID^E. 



only the female is known, and it may be a distinct species from 

 fusca =fasciata. 



Hob. Dehra Dun ; Bombay ; Nilgiri Plateau. Exp., tf 54, 

 5 56 millim. 



940. Lenodora semihyalina, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 196, 



pi. vi, figs. 10, 16. 



c? . Reddish brown with a yellow tinge ; fore Aving with an 

 indistinct ochreous band from the outer margin below the apex to 

 inner margin before middle ; hind wing with a large pale subapical 

 patch. 



5 . Ochreous grey, with faint traces of the oblique band of the 

 fore wing. 



Hub. Sagas ; Rangoon ; E. Pegu ; Bassein. Exp., <$ 40, $ 

 48 millim. 



Genus ESTIGENA. 

 Estigena, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 426 (1859). 



Type, E. pardalis, "Wlk. 



Range. Arabia ; throughout India and Ceylon ; Burma ; Java. 



Palpi very long and slender, varying somewhat in length. 

 Antsnnae with the branches short. Begs with the spurs very 

 minute. Pore wing long and narrow, the outer margin very 

 obliquely rounded ; veins 6, 7, 8 stalked; the stalk of veins 9 and 

 10 long. Hind wing produced and oval in shape ; veins 3, 4, 5 

 stalked ; 8 curved and met by a bar from 7 ; the accessory costal 

 veinlets numerous and prominent. 



941. Estigena pardalis, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1453 ; C. $ S. no. 1499 a. 

 Estigena nandina, Moore, Lep. E. I. Co. p. 427 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. ii, 



pi. 142, figs. 1, 1 a ; C. §• S. no. 1499. 



3 . Palpi blackish ; head and thorax red-brown, with a dark 

 stripe on the vertex ; abdomen paler. Pore wing red-brown, or 



Fig. 295. — Estigena pardalis, tf . \. 



pale ochreous-brown, suffused with fuscous and crossed by four 

 indistinct waved dark lines ; a black speck at end of cell. Hind 



