Moths . e atorigin of vein 2, then obliqueto inner margin beforemiddle; a curved submar- —Loryma recusata, tf. f, ginal white .line ™tli the area beyond it not Irroratedwith black; a white line followed by a fine black line on themargin. Hind wing whitish, with traces of an oblique fuscouspostmedial line with diffused fuscous inside it near costa; amarginal black line. Hah. Bhutan ; Bombay ; Ceylon; Borneo. Exp. 26 millim. Genus CONSTANTIA. Constantia, Rag. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. , Rag. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. , Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p.


Moths . e atorigin of vein 2, then obliqueto inner margin beforemiddle; a curved submar- —Loryma recusata, tf. f, ginal white .line ™tli the area beyond it not Irroratedwith black; a white line followed by a fine black line on themargin. Hind wing whitish, with traces of an oblique fuscouspostmedial line with diffused fuscous inside it near costa; amarginal black line. Hah. Bhutan ; Bombay ; Ceylon; Borneo. Exp. 26 millim. Genus CONSTANTIA. Constantia, Rag. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. , Rag. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. , Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. , Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. , Rag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. 61. Type, C. colcliicalis, , from E. Europe and Syria. Range. S. and E. Europe; S. Africa ; Armenia ; Arabia; Persia ;Sind. Proboscis absent; palpi porrect, downcurved, about the lengthof head, and thickly scaled, the third joint minute ; maxillarypalpi thickly scaled; antennae with the basal joint thickly tufted. 184 PYEALID^E. with scales in front; mid and hind tibiae of male with the outerspurs short. Tore wing with the costa nearly straight; the innerand outer margins forming a nearly even curve; vein 3 frombefore angle of cell; 5 from above angle; 6 from upper angle;7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with the discocellularshighly angled; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from slightlyabove angle; 6, 7 from upper angle. Sect. I. Antennas of male bipectinated for two-thirds length. A. (Palura). Fore wing with vein 9 given off from 8 beyond 7. a. Fore tuing with vein 5 widely separate from 4 at base. 4622. Constantia vulgaris, Butl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 621; C. $ 8. no. 4522. Pale brown irrorated with black. Pore wing with whitishantemedial band with black inner edge from the cell to innermargin aud with two curves in it; two blackish marks in end ofcell; the postmedial band arising from a whitish spot on costanear apex, then fuscous and curved inwards to lower angle of celland te


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