Tijdschrift voor entomologie . scat-tered brown scaling. Basal and antemedial fas-ciae absent, although position of latter ismarked on costa by one or two obscure whiteand black marks. Disc huffish brown. Postme-dial fascia narrow, white, edged with darkbrown, curved from costa, with slight zig-zag atabout Subterminal zone clouded with darkbrown. Pair of black sub-marginal spots charac-teristic of genus situated at and Apicalzone white, with a medial huffish yellow yellowish patches are also present in thesub-costal region of the disc. Ventral surfacedull, pale brown. C


Tijdschrift voor entomologie . scat-tered brown scaling. Basal and antemedial fas-ciae absent, although position of latter ismarked on costa by one or two obscure whiteand black marks. Disc huffish brown. Postme-dial fascia narrow, white, edged with darkbrown, curved from costa, with slight zig-zag atabout Subterminal zone clouded with darkbrown. Pair of black sub-marginal spots charac-teristic of genus situated at and Apicalzone white, with a medial huffish yellow yellowish patches are also present in thesub-costal region of the disc. Ventral surfacedull, pale brown. Cilia huffish, with dark bases(most outer cilia missing in available specimen). Hindwings pale brown, apical cilia with darkbrown bases, otherwise also pale brown. Wing expanse mm. Type. — Holotype 6, India, Khasia,Aug. 1894 (nat. coUr), Rothschild Beq. 1939—1,no abdomen (BMNH). Remarks. — I describe this species, despitethe missing abdomen, since it is clearly a newspecies of Roxita which could not be confused. Figs. 16, 17. Male and female genitalia of R. adspersella. 26 Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, deel 127, afl. 2, 1984


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