Barsine flavicollis (Moore, 1878), comb. nov.

(Figs 9, 37)

Mahavira flavicollis Moore, 1878: 11, pl. 1, fig. 3. Type locality: “Darjiling” [= NE India, north of West Bengal, Darjeeling].

Type material examined. LECTOTYPE (Figs 9, 37) (designated herein): ♂, “Darjiling / ♂ / 83” (handwritten) // “Moore Coll. / 94–106” (printed) // round printed label with a red circle “Type” / printed label with QRcode “NHMUK010604656” // blue label “ Arctiidae genitalia slide No. (printed) 4663♂” (handwritten) (NHMUK).

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 15.5 mm in male. Male of B. flavicollis (Fig. 9) can be distinguished from those of B. hololeuca (Fig. 8) and B. laszloi (Fig. 10) by its longer lamellae of antennae and pale ochreous patagia. In addition, in B. flavicollis the blackish basal area of forewing costa is longer than that of B. hololeuca . The male genitalia of B. flavicollis (fig. 37) differ from those of B. hololeuca (Fig. 36) in narrower valva; slightly longer medial costal process with claw-shaped tip; longer and narrower, blade-shaped basal saccular process (almost trigonal, short and broad in B. hololeuca); narrower, longer and more strongly curved distal saccular process; smaller 1 st medial diverticulum; and slightly shorter and distally broader 3 rd medial diverticulum. The differences from B. laszloi are listed in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Female is unknown.

Distribution. North East India (north of West Bengal) (MOORE 1878).

Remarks. HAMPSON (1900) incorrectly cited the holotype label as “Sikhim”, while it is “Darjiling” (MOORE 1878).

In the NHMUK collection, there is only one male syntype of B. flavicollis, which we designate here as lectotype. Other, non-type specimens placed in the NHMUK collection under the name B. flavicollis belong to Macrobrochis pallens (Hampson, 1894) .