. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. SICITLTFEE.—TOKTEICOSIA. 291 Genus SICULIFER. Fig. 207.—Siculifer bilineatm, (^. (From Moths Ind. vol. iv.) Siculifer, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 497 (1893) bilineatus. Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, not nearly reaching vertex of head; antenna of male ciliated; tibiae with the spurs long. Fore wing with the costa strongly arched towards apex, which is very much produced and hooked ; vein 2 from rather beyond middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from well before angle; 5 absent; 6, 7, 8,
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. SICITLTFEE.—TOKTEICOSIA. 291 Genus SICULIFER. Fig. 207.—Siculifer bilineatm, (^. (From Moths Ind. vol. iv.) Siculifer, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 497 (1893) bilineatus. Proboscis fully developed; palpi obliquely upturned, not nearly reaching vertex of head; antenna of male ciliated; tibiae with the spurs long. Fore wing with the costa strongly arched towards apex, which is very much produced and hooked ; vein 2 from rather beyond middle of cell, curved at base ; 3 from well before angle; 5 absent; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 from beyond 9; 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards end of cell; 3, 4 stalked; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell; the inner margin of male with fold and fringe of rough hair on underside. 612. Siculifer bilineatus. Siculifer bilineatus, Hmpsn. Motlis Ind. iv. p. 497 (1896). (S . Head and thorax red-brown ; abdomen fuscous, the anal tuft ocbreous. Fore wing red-brown; a fine slightly curved and oblique fuscous medial line, the area from it to termen except above vein 6 yellowish ; a postmedial line oblique from costa to veia 6, where it is slightly angled, then erect ; the costa towards apex and cilia blackish. Hind wing yellowish, slightly tinged with fuscous towards termen ; the cilia fuscous from apex to vein 2. 5 . Hind wing pale fuscous. JSah. Assam, Khasis, 1 c?, 1 $ . Exp. 20 millim. Type t in CoU. Elwes. Oenus TOETRICOSIA, nov. Type, T. excisa. Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons ; antennae of male ciliated; tibite with the spurs long. Fore wing with the oosta strongly lobed near base, excised at middle, lobed beyond middle and excised at apex; the termen excised towards apex and strongly excurved at middle; vein 2 from middle of cell, somewhat curved at base; 3 from near angle ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from
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