Moths . gh the cilia darker. Hab. Hambantota, Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 14 millim. Typein B. M. Genus ENDOLASIA, nov. Type, E. melanoleuca, Hmpsn. Range. Sind. Palpi upturned and reaching above vertex of head, the 2nd jointin male greatly dilated and hollowed out to receive the brush-likemaxillary palpi; frons smooth; antennae of male with a sinus atbase of shaft with a ridge of scales in it. Fore wing with thecosta arched at middle; vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3, 4, 5-stalked; 10 free. Hind wing with the cell nearly half the lengthof wing; vein 2 from close to angle of cell; 3, 4, 5 stalked j6,
Moths . gh the cilia darker. Hab. Hambantota, Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 14 millim. Typein B. M. Genus ENDOLASIA, nov. Type, E. melanoleuca, Hmpsn. Range. Sind. Palpi upturned and reaching above vertex of head, the 2nd jointin male greatly dilated and hollowed out to receive the brush-likemaxillary palpi; frons smooth; antennae of male with a sinus atbase of shaft with a ridge of scales in it. Fore wing with thecosta arched at middle; vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3, 4, 5-stalked; 10 free. Hind wing with the cell nearly half the lengthof wing; vein 2 from close to angle of cell; 3, 4, 5 stalked j6, 7 stalked, 7 approximated to 8. 4347. Endolasia melanoleuca, n. sp. 5 . Maxillary palpi ochre-ous ; head and thorax black ;abdomen fuscous. Fore wingblack, with a broad whitenearly erect antemedial band,its outer edge tinged withjrjff 49_ brown; a small ochreous tri- Endolasia melanoleuca, $. \. angular postmedial spot on costa. Hind wing pure white,Hal. Mitras Canal, Sind. Exp. 18 millim. Type in B. SANDRABATIS. 75 Genus SANDRABATIS. Sandrabatis, Bag. Mori. Phyc. {Rom. Mem. vii) p. 203 (1894). Type, S. crassiella, Rag. Range. JN\E. and S. India ; Ceylon. Palpi upturned, in female with the 2nd joint reaching abovevertex of head, the 3rd well developed and acuminate, the maxillarypalpi filiform ; in male the 2nd joint of palpi is very long, hollowedout, and containing tbe maxillary palpi, which end in a brush ofvery long hair, the 3rd joint short; frons with a tuft of longhair; antennae of male with a thick ridge of scales on base ofshaft; thorax with ridges of large scales along the coxae; midtibiae dilated with a fold containing a tuft of long hair; hind tibiaefringed on outer side with very long coarse hair. Fore wing ofmale with a large patch of thick raised scales on basal inner areaand tufts of raised scales on the antemedial line below costa; thecosta produced to a rounded lobe at middle, of which the femalealso has slight traces ; vein 3 from angle of cell; 4, 5 sta
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