Moths . angulation. Hind wing yellowishwhite, with the margin and base of cilia fuscous, developing into apatch at apex. Hab. Khasis. Exp. 20 inillhn. Types in coll. Elwes and B. M. ARCTIIDiE. 497 Genus SICULIFER, nov. Type, S. bilineatus, Hnipsn. Range. Ivhasis. Palpi shoit and porrect; antennae of female nearly simple ;tibiae with the spurs well developed ; anal tuft of female wing with the costa much arched towards apex, which isstrongly falcate; vein 2 much curved; 3 from before angle ofcell; 4 absent; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from angle of wing with vein 3 absent; 4
Moths . angulation. Hind wing yellowishwhite, with the margin and base of cilia fuscous, developing into apatch at apex. Hab. Khasis. Exp. 20 inillhn. Types in coll. Elwes and B. M. ARCTIIDiE. 497 Genus SICULIFER, nov. Type, S. bilineatus, Hnipsn. Range. Ivhasis. Palpi shoit and porrect; antennae of female nearly simple ;tibiae with the spurs well developed ; anal tuft of female wing with the costa much arched towards apex, which isstrongly falcate; vein 2 much curved; 3 from before angle ofcell; 4 absent; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from angle of wing with vein 3 absent; 4, 5 and 6, 7 stalked; 8 anasto-mosing with the cell to middle. 1393 b. Siculifer bilineatus, n. sp. 2 • Head and thorax dark red-brown ; abdomen fuscous. Pore wing dark red-brown, tbe areatowards outer angle yellowish;a straight dark slightly obliquemedial line and erect postmedialline; cilia dark. Hind wingfuscous, the cilia on anal halfpale. Hob. Khasis. Exp. 20 in coll. Elwes and B. Fig. bilineatus, § • Genus EUCYCLOPERA. Eucyclopera, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1895, p. 294. Type, E. plagidisca, Hmpsn. Range. Bhutan. 2 • Palpi porrect and short; antennae minutely ciliated; tibiaewith the spurs short; abdomen with large anal tuft. Pore wingshort and broadly lanceolate ; the costa much arched; the outermargin oblique; veins 3, 4, 5 stalked; 6, 7, 10, and 11 from cell;8, 9 absent. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from close to angle ofcell; 6, 7 on a long stalk. 1394 a. Eucyclopera plagidisca, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895,p. Head whitish; thorax and abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft grey. Pore wing whitish suffused/ with fuscous ; traces of sinuoussubbasal and medial dark lines,the latter with a large roundspot on its inner edge on disk;a dentate postmedial liue fromthe spot to near outer angle ; adiffused curved sabmarginal bandnot reaching the costa or innermargin. Hind wing Bhutan. Exp. 16 iv. 2 K
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