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Show 18 MR. F. MOORE ON THE L1THOSIID.E. [J five-branched, first very oblique and free, running close to costal near its end, second arising at some distance before end of the cell, third starting and curving downward from second at half its length, bifurcate, fifth from end of cell and touching the third near its base ; radial in a line with subcostal from end of the cell; discocellulars bent in the middle; median three-branched, two upper from one fourth beyond the cell. Hind wing narrow; abdominal margin short; two subcostal branches close to end of the cell; two upper median branches at nearly half length beyond. Type, M. gilveola (Lithosia gilveola) of Europe. MANULEA CALAMARIA, n. sp. Male. Pale glossy straw-yellow ; costal edge of fore wing at base dusky. Head, thorax, body beneath, and anal tuft brighter yellow; palpi black-tipped ; legs above, and tarsi entirely, black ; antennae yellow. Underside darker ; fore wing pale brownish luteous. Expanse ll inch. N.W. Himalaya. In coll. F. Moore. This species is allied to the European M. gilveola. SYSTROPHA, Hiibn. Systropha, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 166 (1816). Wings small. Fore wing short, narrow ; subcostal five-branched, first branch short, oblique, anastomosing partly with costal near its end, second at some distance before end of the cell, third trifurcate, lowest branch at some distance beyond the cell; upper discocellular shortest, lower oblique and bent inward near end; radial from angle of upper; two upper median branches at half distance beyond the cell. Hind wing broad. Type, S. aureola (Lithosia aureola) of Europe. SYSTROPHA DORSALIS, n. sp. Female. Fore wing straw-yellow, slightly ochreous along posterior margin : hind wing yellowish white. Head, thorax, legs, and abdomen at sides and beneath ochreous yellow ; abdomen above lilac-grey. Expanse ly^ inch. Darjiling (Atkinson). In coll. Dr. Staudinger. SYSTROPHA AURIFLUA, n. sp. (Plate II. fig. 7.) Fore wing glossy straw-yellow ; hind wing paler yellow. Thorax, head, legs, and anal tuft brighter yellow. Expanse 1T$ inch. Manpuri, N . W . India (Home). In coll. F. Moore. CHRYSORABDIA, Butler. Chrysorabdia, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 357. Fore wing-first subcostal branch contiguous to costal, second from before end of the cell and bent onto the third above its end third trifurcate, curved upwards ; radial from end of the cell; discocellulars |
