22 A. WATSON 



Other material. BM(NH). India : 2 <$, 2 $, Assam, Khasis, 1894 ; 1 <$, 1 $ 

 Cherrapunji, vii.1893 ; 4 (J, Darjeeling, 20.vii.1886, 6.iii.i889 (Elwes, Pitcher) ; 

 1 <$, Shillong, 26.x. 1918. 1 $, Bengal ; 1 £, N. India ; 1 <$. Sikkim : 3 J, 3 $, 

 14.ix.1888, 1889, 8.vii.i89i, ix.1909 (Elwes, Dudgeon, M oiler). Bhutan : 1 $. 

 Burma : 1 $, 1$, Upper Burma, Htawgaw, 6000 ft. (Swann) ; 1 <$. N. E. Burma, 

 Kambaiti, 7000 ft., 9.VL1934 (Malaise) ; 3 <J, Mt. Victoria, Pakokku, Chin Hills, 

 2200 m., 5-30. vi. 1938 (Heinrich). China : 1 $, Kwanhsien [this may prove to 

 represent a new subspecies] . 



Paralbara perhamata (Hampson) comb. n. 

 (PI. 1, fig. 299 ; Text-figs. 12-15) 



Drepana perhamata Hampson, [1893] : 33°- 



Albara perhamata (Hampson) Warren, 1922 : 468. [Figs.] 



Albara perhamata (Hampson) ; Gaede, 1931 : 32. 



This species apparently forms a superspecies with spicula, from which it is distin- 

 guished only by the genitalia. It is separable from muscularia by the absence of 

 orange-brown scaling on the costa, collar and antenna, by the very pale postmedial 

 fascia on the fore wing, and by the usually yellowish brown distal half of the hind 

 wing, bordered proximally by a double postmedial fascia. The male and female 

 genitalia are also diagnostic. 



Wing. <$ 16-0-19-9 mm. (12) ; $ 21-5 mm. (1). 



Distribution. N. E. India and Sikkim. 



Material examined. Type. I select as LECTOTYPE a $ syntype in the 

 BM(NH) labelled : Jaintia [N. E. India], 2-4000, Oct. 87 ; Drepana perhamata 

 Hmpsn $ ; Coll. H. J. Elwes ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 950. 



Other material. BM(NH). India : 7 <$, Assam, Khasia Hills ; 1 $, Naga 

 Hills, 1500 ft., ix-x.1889 (Doherty). Sikkim : ix.1909 (M oiler). 



Paralbara spicula sp. n. 



(PI. 1, fig. 298 ; Text-figs. 16-19) 



The male and female genitalia distinguish this species from perhamata ; in particular, the 

 shape of the seventh sternite, uncus, and the elongate gnathus processes and socii in the male, 

 and the ostial plate in the female. 



Wing. 6* 14.5-17° mm - (5); ? 4 2 -5 m m - (*)■ 



Holotype £. S. China : [Kwangtung], Linpging, v. 1922 (Hone) ; Drepanidae 

 genitalia slide No. 947. In the Museum Koenig, Bonn. 



Paratypes. Museum Koenig, Bonn. China : 2 $, Kwangtung, Lingping, 

 3. v. 1922 (Hone) ; 1 (J, Kwangtung, Canton (Hone). 



Other material. 1 $, without abdomen, from Fukien, Kuatan, in the Museum 



