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Show 386 MR. W. WARREN ON NEW GENERA AND [Apr. 18, the middle, the other, consisting of a series of small curves, from | of inner margin into the apex ; cell-spot distinct brown; fringes rusty, deepest at their base. Hind wings with brown cell-spot, and one central transverse rusty-brown line. Face, vertex, collar, thorax, and abdomen yellow ; palpi, upper part of face, and front of thorax rusty-brown. Underside paler. Expanse of wings 46 millim. Hab. Sikkim. [Four examples of this species were taken in March by Mr. Knyvett's native collectors, and agree with a fifth sent by Moller. It seems a distinct species.-H. J. E.~] Subfam. DEILINIIN^E. APLOCHLORA, gen. nov. Iodis ?, Wlk. xxii. p. 544. Fore wings with costa evenly arched from base to apex; bind margin simply and obliquely curved; hind wings rounded, with a scarcely perceptible elbow in the centre of hind margin. Palpi extremely short; antenna? in 3 simple ; hind tibia? with 4 long spurs. Neuration as in Bapta. Although the green coloration of the species suggests an affinity with the Geometrinae, this is merely superficial; the hind wings are without a radial. Type, Aplochlora vivilaca, Wlk. (Iodis). APLOCHLORA VIRIDIS, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. fig. 7.) 3 . Fore wings pale green, without markings ; a small black discal dot; costa broadly yellowish ochreous ; fringes yellowish ochreous. Hind wings with dark discal dot and yellowish fringes. Underside whitish. Head, thorax, and abdomen glossy whitish. Expanse of wings 26 millim. Hab. Sikkim. [The only specimens I have seen were taken by Moller's collectors in the interior.-H. J. E.~] BAPTA GRISEOLA, sp. n. 3 . Fore wings iridescent white, thickly dusted with dark grey scales, with 2 dark grey transverse lines, one at ^ outwardly curved and running vertically to the inner margin; the other at §, also outwardly curved, and slightly indented above the inner margin; extreme costa and fringes yellowish; a large black cell-spot. Hind wings the same, but without the first line. Head, face, and thorax white ; abdomen white, freckled with grey. Underside dull iridescent white, without suffusion or markings of any kind. Expanse of wings 36 millim. Hab. Sikkim. [Taken at Darjiling in August bv m e and by Mr. Knyvett in May.-if. /. E.~] ' |
