anca. 
aequisecta. 
pammeces. 
squammige¬ 
ra. 
aleuca. 
costata. 
viridistriga. 
dbbreviata . 
hyalophaea 
hemithyris. 
374 LOPHOPTERA. By M. Gaede. 
middle of the cell, a larger one behind it, continued to the costal margin as an undulate line. Submarginal line 
composed of similar black spots, and 2 spots at the apex. A series of black lunae near the distal margin. Hind¬ 
wing brownish white, broadly dark at the margin. $ 38 mm. Salomons. 
S. anca Sivh. Forewing light brown, somewhat brownish ochreous, costal and inner margins grey. A 
brown spot at the apex, a brown longitudinal band through the centre of the wing. A similar shorter band at 
the anal angle, edged with white outside, this edge being continued upward by white lunae at the distal margin. 
Besides a white interior line. Hindwing greyish white, diaphanous, dark at the margin, broadest at the apex. 
$42 mm. Assam. 
S. aequisecta Trnr. Forewing oblong, pale grey, somewhat brown at the middle of the costal margin 
and more extensively at the anal angle. Interior line double, undulate. Ring-macula pale, with a dark centre, 
coniform macula black, pointed. Median line black, from the middle of the costal margin to % inner margin, 
almost straight. Reniform macula broad, pale, with a dark centre. Exterior line double, excurved behind the 
cell, outside with three black dots below the middle and three before the submarginal line. Hindwing broad, 
diaphanous, the black marginal band disappearing at the anal angle. 50 mm. Queensland. 
S. pammeces Trnr. Body and forewing brownish white, erect scales at the lower cell-angle, dark brown 
outside at the costal margin, more broadly so at the anal angle from % inner margin to the middle of the distal 
margin, the border diffuse. In it the ends of a double exterior line at 4 / 5 inner margin and a large round white 
anal spot. Hindwing diaphanous, with a broad dark marginal band. 48 mm, 1 $ from Queensland. 
8. Genus: Lophoptcra Gn. 
This genus has already been dealt with in the palaearctic Volume 3 p. 289, since the otherwise Indian 
L. costata Mr. flies also in West China. Except 4 African species, the whole genus of which more than 50 forms 
are known now is Indo-Australian. Type: squammigera Gn. from India. 
L. squammigera Gn. (= vittigera Wkr.) (34 h). Thorax violettish grey, abdomen blackish. Forewing 
violettish grey, blackish brown at the costal margin, yellowish white below it. The double interior line and the 
median line only distinct above the inner margin. The coniform macula is a black spot. Submarginal line double, 
notched, white, distinct only in front. Hindwing hyaline iridescent at the base, with a broad black margin. 
30—36 mm. India, Ceylon, Tonkin, New Guinea, Australia. 
L. aleuca Hmps. (34 h). Body and forewing greyish brown with a lilac reflection, dark brown at the 
costal margin, narrower towards the apex. Interior line double, extra-angular in the submedian fold, median 
line parallel to it. Reniform macula brown, edged with black dots. A double dark exterior line and 2 submarginal 
lines. Hindwing hyaline at the base, the black margin very broad. 1 <$, 36 mm, from Queensland. 
L. costata Mr. (35 a and Vol. 3, pi. 53 b) has already been dealt with in the Palaearctic Part. It resembles 
squammigera. The black costal margin is broader, the brightening below it extends only to the exterior line, 
towards the inner margin it is more diffuse. Hindwing less hyaline at the base. The white stripe may be absent, 
narrow, or broadly flown out. 30—36 mm. India, Singapore. 
L. viridistriga E. Prout is somewhat like costata. Body dark brown. Forewing whitish, dark red-brown 
at the costal margin as far as the exterior line, lilac brown at the inner margin, paler behind the exterior line. 
A radial stripe below the cell as far as its end pale green. Exterior line double, dark, filled with pinkish white 
and edged with pinkish white outside, extra-angular at the cell-angles, otherwise parallel to the margin. Sub- 
marginal line pale. Hindwing still less hyaline than in costata. 36 mm. Burn. 
L. abbreviata Wkr. (35 a). Forewing dark red-brown, somewhat lighter in the median area. Interior 
line indistinct, double, extra-angular above the inner margin. Coniform macula and ring-macula indicated by 
erect scales, the indistinct reniform macula also edged with erect scales. Exterior line double, black, widely 
excurved below the costal margin, dentate. Submarginal line grey, edged just as dark outside as the exterior 
line. Hindwing bluish hyaline in the cell and its surroundings, the rest dark brown. 32 mm. 1 <§ each from 
Australia and New Guinea. 
L. hyalophaea Joann, resembles the African L. litigiosa Bsd. (Vol. 15, p. 178, pi. 17 d). Forewing narrow, 
greyish green, with erect black scales. Three black spots at the base. Interior line black, double, the costal margin 
brown in the middle. Median line oblicpie, inward. Exterior line almost vertical, with rows of dots on both sides. 
Submarginal line white, cutting a dark spot at the apex, forked at the anal angle. Hindwing darkened hyaline 
as far as behind the cell, blackish at the margin. $ 23 mm. Tonkin. 
L. hemithyris Hmps. (35 a) and the following phaeobasis are distinguished from the others by the dark 
basal area of the forewing. Forewing reddish greyish brown. Interior line dark, undulate, a row of black scales 
behind it. Median line oblicpie as far as below the cell, then inward, dark before it as far as the base. Reniform 
macula finely edged with black. Exterior line double, composed of rows of scales, black. S-shaped, another 
