LAMPROTHRIPA; ASINDUMA; SELEPA. By M. Gaede. 395 
20. Genus: Lainprothripa 
The 2nd palpal joint only moderately haired, the third short. A tuft on the metathorax and two on 
the 2 first abdominal segments. Neuration normal. Anterior tibiae as in Ptisciana. To this genus belong 
also two of the few Sarrothripinae which have penetrated into the palaearctic regions: Lampr. lactaria described 
in Vol. 3, p. 291 and figured in Suppl. 3, pi. 23 b, and hampsoni Wilem. (Vol. 3, pi. 53 d); the former species 
from Siberia, the latter from Japan. The 4 other species of the genus are Indian. 
L. orbifera Hmps. (36 k). Forewing with a white double spot at the base and at the middle of the inner orbifera. 
margin, the rest of the wing copper-red and lilac. Interior line indiscernible. A large yellowish white spot in 
the cell-end and behind it, extending to the costal margin. The reniform macula in it represented by a fine 
black ring. A black spot behind the lower cell-angle. Exterior line black, edged with white outside, widely 
excurved as far as vein 4, then obliquely inward. Submarginal line silvery white. Hindwing yellowish white. 
24—26 mm. India, Burma. 
L. arcuosa B.-Bak. (38 k). Forewing greyish brown. A fine white line from the costal margin at the arcuosa. 
base excurved almost as far as the middle of the inner margin, behind it faded dark brown. Black dots in the 
cell-end and at the cross-vein. Exterior line white, edged with brown, obliquely outward as far as vein 6, then 
notched inward, incurved at vein 1; blackish behind it between veins 5 and 3. Submarginal line white, diffuse. 
Hindwing dark brown. 26 mm. New Guinea. 
L. gilvaria Hmps. Forewing tinged with red-brown at the basal half, the rest creamy white. Interior gilvaria. 
line of double streaks composed of erect black scales, oblique, undulate; a few black spots before it. A red-brown 
spot with black scales before the cell-end. Exterior line indistinct, also red-brown with black scales, outward 
below the costal margin, undulate as far as vein 4, then inward. A red-brown shadow behind the cell and red- 
brown spots before the margin. Hindwing creamy white, somewhat red-brown at the inner margin. 26 mm. 
Assam. 
L. scotia Hmps. Forewing of a bright red-brown, partly with a lilac gloss. Interior line double, extra- scotia. 
angular below the costal margin and in the submedian fold. Black erect scales in the centre of the cell and at 
the cross-vein. Exterior line edged with white, widely outward as far as vein 6, then it turns sharply round 
and very obliquely inward; the space behind it lighter, except a dark blotch below the costal margin as far 
as the submarginal line. The latter white, notched, finely edged with dark, parallel to the distal margin. Hind¬ 
wing reddish brown. $ lilac black with silvery scales as far as the exterior line as well as on the stripe behind 
it. 32 mm. Sikkim, Singapore. 
21. Genus: Asimluma Wkr. 
Like Lamprothripa, but the tibiae moderately haired. Type: exscripta Wkr. It contains only Indian 
species. 
A. exscripta Wkr. (37 a). Forewing olive green with a silvery gloss. A fine dark luna at the cross-vein, exscripta. 
edged with white outside. Light chocolate brown behind it except at the costal and inner margins, enclosing 
2 notched olive green lines. Hindwing copper-brown, lighter at the base. 25 mm. Perak, Borneo. 
A. olivana Swh. (36 k). Forewing olive green, with a silver gloss. Indistinct dark lines in the basal area, olivana. 
Marginal area lilac brown, the green and brown border-line uniformly bent inward in the middle. Submarginal 
line grey, notched. Hindwing dark brown. 28 mm. Assam, Tonkin. 
A. elaeota Hmps. (36 k). Forewing olive yellow, red-brown behind the middle, except at the anal angle, elaeota. 
Interior line olive brown, olique, edged with grey lead-colour on both sides. At the cross-vein an olive yellow 
luna with 2 black dots. Exterior line fine, olive yellow, excurved below the costal margin, then vertical, olive 
green behind it at the costal margin. Hindwing dark brown. 25 mm. 1 9 from Travancore (South India). 
22. Genus: Selepa JUr. 
Palpi long, porrect, somewhat hairy. Thorax without a tuft, a few short ones on the abdomen. Anterior 
tibiae hairy in front and behind. Neuration normal. Type: celtis Mr. The genus is almost equably represented 
in the Indian and African Regions. 
S. stigmatophora Hmps. is distinguished by a black androconial spot on the hindwing below the cell, stigmato- 
Forewing copper-brown, somewhat grey. Interior line bent, brown. Erect scales in the middle of the cell phora 
and also at the cross-vein. Exterior line double, obliquely excurved as far as vein 4, angled there and undulate 
to the middle of the inner margin. Submarginal line fine. Hindwing brownish white. 20 mm. 1 $ known from 
Sikkim. 
S. nigralba Hmps. (37 a). Forewing blackish brown, a large white spot at the middle of the costal margin, nigralba. 
otherwise with indistinct markings. Interior line blackish, finely white inside, excurved in the middle. A white 
dot in the middle of the cell, erect black scales at the cross-vein. The black exterior line strongly excurved from 
