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SIR GEORGE I1AMPSON ON THE 



wing with vein 2 from just before angle of cell ; 3 and 5 strongly 

 stalked, 4 absent ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 strongly anastomosing 

 with 7. 



Sect. I. Palpi of male upturned. 



A. Palpi of male hollowed out to contain the brush-like maxillary palpi ; the 

 antennae with sinus and ridge of scales at base of shaft. 



a. (Ambala). Antennae of male with rather long uniseriate branches, the apex 



ciliated. 



(1) *Hypsotropa CONTRASTELLA. 



Ambala contrastella Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 45 (1888); id. Rom. 

 Mem. viii. p. 370, pi. 38. f. 11. 

 Natal. 



(2) Hypsotropa fuscostrigella. 



Ambala fuscostrigella Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 45 (1888) ; id. Rom. 

 Mem. viii. p. 371, pi. 38. f. 10. 

 Punjab. 



(3) Hypsotropa subcostella, sp. n. 



Head and thorax white, the tegulse and patagia suffused with 

 red-brown ; antenna? red-brown ; palpi irrorated with red-brown ; 

 abdomen white, usually irrorated with brown and dorsally suf- 

 fused with fulvous yellow towards base; legs irrorated w T ith 

 brown. Fore wing white with a faint pink tinge, and strongly 

 irrorated with brown; an ochreous-brown fascia through the- 

 cell from base to apex, extending to just below the cell. Hind 

 wing white with a faint ochreous tinge. 



N. Nigeria, Zungeru (Macfie, Simpson), 1 J , 2 $ type ; 

 Br. E. Africa, N. Kavirondo, Maramas Distr., Ilala (Neave),. 

 2 6. Exp. 20-28 mm. 



(4) Hypsotropa pervittella, sp. n. 



Head and thorax white mixed with red-brown ; abdomen 

 white tinged with red-brown and dorsally suffused with fulvous 

 yellow towards base. Fore wing white thickly irrorated with 

 red-brown ; a red-brown fascia through the cell from base to 

 apex, the veins below r it streaked with white. Hind wing white 

 with the costa tinged with brown towards apex. 



Punjab, Ajmere, 1 <$ ; Bombay, Deesa (Nurse), 1 J , 1 $ 

 type. Exp. 20 mm. 



b. Antennae of male with uniseriate branches below the sinus only, then 



serrate. 



(5) Hypsotropa heterocerella. 



Hypsotropa heterocerella Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 54 (1896);; 

 id. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 371, pi. 52. f. 1. 

 Kashmir ; Punjab. 



