Moths . pped with white except atmiddle. Hind wing with discocellular dark lunule with white spoton its outer side; a white-edged postmedial line bent outwardsbetween veins 5 and 2 ; the cilia white-tipped except at apex andmiddle. Underside entirely suffused with white. Eab. Formosa ; Dharmsala; Sikhim; Bombay ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ;Tenasserim. Exp. 22-30 millim. B. Antennce of male without the curved tuft from based joint;the fronted tuft less developed. 5090. Archernis dolopsalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. fuscilunalis, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 131, pi. 155, fig. 22. Differs from
Moths . pped with white except atmiddle. Hind wing with discocellular dark lunule with white spoton its outer side; a white-edged postmedial line bent outwardsbetween veins 5 and 2 ; the cilia white-tipped except at apex andmiddle. Underside entirely suffused with white. Eab. Formosa ; Dharmsala; Sikhim; Bombay ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ;Tenasserim. Exp. 22-30 millim. B. Antennce of male without the curved tuft from based joint;the fronted tuft less developed. 5090. Archernis dolopsalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. fuscilunalis, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 131, pi. 155, fig. 22. Differs from tropicalis in the fore wing having a dark spot in thecell and dark discocellular lunule ; hind wing with no white spotbeyond the discocellular lunule. The typical male form from Ceylon and Borneo has the frontaltuft rufous and more developed than in the Nilgiri form fusci-lunalis, and on the fore wing has a white spot between the twocell-spots. Eab. JSTilgiris ; Ceylon; Burma ; Borneo. Exp. 26-34 380 Sect. II. (Archernis). Antennae of male normal. 5091. Archernis humilis, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xiv, p. 146. S • Grey suffused and irrorated with fuscous brown ; palpiwhite below. Fore wing with indistinct oblique slightly sinuousdark antemedial line; an indistinct dark discocellular speck; bothwings with a dark postmedial line slightly excurved below costaand more so between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below end ofcell; a marginal series of dark specks and dark line through thecilia. Underside grey, with the marginal line reduced to specks. Hah. Khasis ; Nagas. Exp. 20 millim. 5092. Archernis nictitans, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xiv, p. 146. $. Ochreous grey-brown; palpi white below; frons wing with white discocellular spot with black marks on eachside of it; both wings with a minutely dentate postmedial linebent outwards between veins 5 and 2; a marginal series of darkspecks and fine pale line at base of cilia. Underside whitish, withdiscocellul
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