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some white points beyond it on costa ; an indistinct whitish 
subterminal line, excurved below vein 7 and at middle ; a 
terminal series of minute black spots and white striae at 
base of cilia which have some whitish at tips. Hind wing 
red-brown mixed with some whitish, the submedian fold with 
whitish streak ; a diffused blackish line from upper angle of 
cell to inner margin interrupted at submedian fold ; post- 
medial line whitish defined on inner side by black-brown, 
incurved below vein 4 ; subterminal line whitish defined 
on outer side by dark brown and forming a diffused whitish 
mark above tornus, rather interrupted, waved ; a terminal 
series of small black lunules ; cilia whitish at base and with 
some whitish at tips. Underside pale bluish grey tinged with 
reddish brown ; fore wing with a slight dark discoidal striga 
and faint postmedial line incurved below vein 4 ; hind wing 
with blackish discoidal striga, sinuous dark line from lower 
angle of cell to inner margin, sinuous dark postmedial line, 
and faint pale waved subterminal hue. 
$. Fore wing with the medial area brownish grey with some 
dark markings on costal and inner areas. 
Hah. Sikhim {Dudgeon), l 9 i Madras, Horsleykonda 
{Campbell), 1 $ ; Ceylon, Pundaloya {Green), 2 <$, 1 $ type. 
Exp. 20-22 millim. 
Genus L0PH0DAXA, nov. 
Type, L. labandina. 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and 
fringed w ith hair behind except tow ards base, the 3rd moderate, 
thickly scaled and with tuft of hair behind ; frons smooth, 
with slight ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae 
of male minutely serrate and ciliated ; thorax clothed almost 
entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly fringed 
with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests on three basal seg- 
ments. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly 
curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of 
cell ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9 stalked ; 
10, 11 from cell; male with a costal fold on underside ex- 
tending to beyond middle. Hind wing with the cell about 
half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully 
developed from well above angle of cell ; (5, 7 from upper 
angle of cell ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 
Lophodaxa labandina, n. sp. 
Head and thorax pale red-brown, the latter with blue- 
grey dorsal stripe ; abdomen dark brown mixed with grey ; 
antennae dark brown ; palpi dark brown w ith some rufous at 
