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two black dots. Median line bent, rusty yellow before it and the interior line. Ring-macula edged with black 
dots. Exterior line double, far outward below the costal margin, then vertical, undulate, filled with rusty yellow, 
behind it- a straight black line edged with rusty yellow. Submarginal line distinct, silvery, notched. Hindwing 
broadly hyaline. 18—24 mm. Ceylon, Singapore, Borneo, New Guinea. 
lucida. L. lucida Wilem. & West. Forewing pale greyish brown. Interior band dark brown, broader towards 
the inner margin. Reniform macula dark, edged with blackish. Exterior line pale greyish brown, edged with 
dark, undulate as far as vein 3, then inward. The area behind the exterior line as far as the margin dark. Sub¬ 
marginal line pale grey, proceeding from a blackish spot at the costal margin. Hindwing semihyaline, margin 
dark. 22 mm, 1 $ known from the Philippines. 
phaeoxista. L. phaeoxista Hrnps. (35 b). Like the preceding species similar to xista, but the hindwing of the only 
c? known is not hyaline. Forewing similar to xista in its colour and the brightening at the costal margin. Yellow¬ 
ish olive at the base. Interior line silvery, undulate. Median line as in xista, olive yellow inside. Reniform 
macula strangulated in the middle. Exterior line black, undulate, straight, a similar line behind it. Submarginal 
line straight, punctiform. 22 mm. 1 q from Ceylon. 
None of the following numerous species is similar to the other. 
plumbei- L. plumbeifascia Hrnps. (35 c). Forewing olive yellow. Interior line undulate, obliquely outward, edged 
fascia. w ith s il V ery grey inside. Ring-macula indicated by erect black scales. Median line faded brown, parallel to the 
interior line. Reniform macula edged by 4 dots of black scales. Silvery grey above it at the costal margin and 
at the middle of the inner margin. Exterior line formed of black dots, edged with silvery grey inside below vein 
5, the same outside, but not at the costal margin. Submarginal line brown, undulate, edged with silvery grey 
inside. Hindwing red-brown, yellowish brown at the base. 22 mm. One couple from the Andamans. 
chalybsa. L. chalybsa Hrnps. (= hampsoni Swh.) (35 c). Forewing silvery grey, a triangle at the base from the 
costal margin to vein 1 browner. Interior line indicated by two black streaks at the costal margin. Ring-macula 
indicated by erect black scales and the reniform macula by a reddish yellow luna. Median line dark, bent. Ex¬ 
terior line double, bent parallel to the margin, and another undulate black line behind it. Submarginal line dark, 
undulate. Hindwing red-brown. 20 mm. 1 $ from the Nilgiris. 
ferrinalis. L. ferrinalis Wkr. (35 a). Forewing red-brown with a lilac tinge on it, the inner margin as far as the 
exterior line rusty yellow, a white streak above it in the middle. Interior line indistinct, double, undulate. Erect 
black scales in and below the middle of the cell. A dark blotch at the middle of the costal margin. Reniform 
macula edged by fine black scales. Exterior line double, dentate, slightly excurved at the inner margin. Sub- 
marginal line blackish, indistinct. Hindwing dark brown. 30 mm. Borneo. Described in 1863; the species 
seems no more to have been found since. 
stipata. L. stipata Wkr. (35 c). Forewing pale red-brown. Interior line white, excurved below the costal margin, 
then strongly inward, another white line behind it. The ring-macula is a white dot, white scales behind it. The 
reniform macula is an oblique black streak with a white spot behind it. The median line is a brown streak at 
the costal margin, white from the cell, black scales behind it at vein 1. Submarginal line whitish, faded brown 
before it. Hindwing somewhat diaphanous at the base, darker brown at the margin. $ 26 mm. 1 9 from Borneo; 
now also known from Tonkin. 
negretina. L. negretina Hrnps. (35 c). Forewing somewhat like that of phaeobasis. Forewing greyish brown, darker 
as far as the median line. Interior line double, notched, vertical. Ring-macula and coniform macula composed 
of black scales. Median line straight, black, outward as far as the submedian fold, where it is angular. Reniform 
macula incompletely edged with black scales. Exterior line double, extra-angular at vein 6 and slightly so at 
vein 4, then inward. Submarginal line dark, indistinct. Hindwing dark brown, still darker at the margin. 
28 mm. 1 $ from Assam. 
luctuosa. L. luctuosa limps. (35 c). The base of the hindwing light reddish greyish brown, bordered by the curved 
brown interior line which is edged with white on both sides. The rest of the wing dark brown. Reniform macula 
indicated by white marginal scales. The blackish median line, the double exterior line and the double dentate 
submarginal line are scarcely discernible. One yellowish white spot each near the apex and anal angle, occurring 
also in the following species. Hindwing dark red-brown, somewhat lilac. 40 mm. 1 9 from Ceylon. 
lchasiana. L. khasiana Warr. Basal area of forewing as dark as the rest of the wing. The median line is obtusely excur¬ 
ved above and below the median vein. The double dentate exterior line is filled with yellowish orange. Submar¬ 
ginal line of black triangles, edged with orange out side, and with the two spots of luctuosa. Hindwing not different. 
coerulescens. — coerulescens Warr. has a bluish white spot in the base of the cell and in the middle, and below it a bluish white 
streak as far as the exterior line. The latter and the space before it also bluish. A few specimens from Assam. 
