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M AUG AEODID^.— ERIID^. 
MARGAEODID^. 
HETEEOCNEPHES, Led. 
Eeterocnephes venosa. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 10.) 
Bronze-brown : wings shining; fringes silvery^ with a slender central greyish line; outer 
margin black : primaries with a large cuneiform costal patch beyond the middle, the fi-ont of 
this patch is golden ochreous and the back part white ; external area greyish white, crossed by 
l)lack veins and internervular streaks : secondaries with the costa and apical border whitish : 
head above with a semicircular patch in front and the margins pearly white ; edges of abdo- 
minal segments and anus with golden reflections. Wings below paler than above, the bases 
and internal areas greyish white : body below pearly white. Expanse of wings 28 millim. 
Dharmsala. 
BOTIDID.E. 
SCOPULA, Schr. 
Scopnla bisignata. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 11.) 
Primaries sericeous, pale golden or cupreous, with black discocellular spots ; the 
dentate-sinuate discal line almost or altogether obliterated ; fringe slightly paler than the 
rest of the wing : secondaries sericeous, greyish with golden reflections, darkest at apical 
border ; fringe pale golden ; costa white : body pale golden, the thorax slightly brownish. 
Wings below pale shining bronzy grey, fringes paler : body below creamy whitish, palpi 
uehraceous ; antennte pale golden. Expanse of wings 24 millim. 
Dharmsala. 
A common species. 
MELITTIA, Hiibn. 
Melittia ktilluana. (Plate CXXXV. fig. 12.) 
Melittia kulluana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 392, 
Near to M. chalciformis from Moulmein and Java ; it chiefly diflFers in the much 
narrower dark external border of primaries, and consequently in the much greater width of 
the hyaline area preceding it. Expanse of wings 30 millim. 
Kulu. 
Mr. Moore compares this with M. nepcha and M. indica ; the former is not in the 
Museum collection, the latter is less closely allied to it than M. chalciformis. 
