Moths . m. Genus AGATH0DES. Agathodes, Guen. Belt. $ Pyr. p. 207 (1854).Stenurges, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 416. Type, A. ostentalis, Greyer. Range. Neotropical and Ethiopian regions ; India, Ceylon, andBurma; Malayan subregion to Smnbawa. Palpi upturned and hardly reaching vertex of head, the 2ndjoint broadly scaled in front, the 3rd porrect and lying on thehair of 2nd joint; maxillary palpi triangularly scaled ; frons flat;antenna? of male nearly simple ; mid and hind tibiae clothed withspinous hair on outer side, the outer spurs less than half thelength of the inner; abdomen long; male
Moths . m. Genus AGATH0DES. Agathodes, Guen. Belt. $ Pyr. p. 207 (1854).Stenurges, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 416. Type, A. ostentalis, Greyer. Range. Neotropical and Ethiopian regions ; India, Ceylon, andBurma; Malayan subregion to Smnbawa. Palpi upturned and hardly reaching vertex of head, the 2ndjoint broadly scaled in front, the 3rd porrect and lying on thehair of 2nd joint; maxillary palpi triangularly scaled ; frons flat;antenna? of male nearly simple ; mid and hind tibiae clothed withspinous hair on outer side, the outer spurs less than half thelength of the inner; abdomen long; male with lateral anal tuftsand the claspers and anal tuft extremely developed. Pore wingvery long and narrow; the apex produced and outer marginoblique ; veins 3, 4, 5 from lower angle of cell; 7 approximatedto 8, 9 for about one-third length, 10 also approximated to 8, wing with the cell long; vein 3 from angle ; 4, 5 approxi-mated for a short distance ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing,with AGATHODES.—GLYPHODES. 345 5005. Agathodes ostentalis, HUbn. Zutr. figs. 888, 834; Moore, Lev. Ceyl. iii, pi. 215, fig. 10; C. $ S. no. 4282. Pale fawn-colour; head and thorax marked with white; abdomen ringed with white and suffused with fuscous on dorsum except at base; the analtuft blackish. Fore wingwith the costa white; adiscocelhdar white lunule;a broad oblique medial pinkband with whitish edgesfrom cell to inner margin,then curved outwards andFig. WO.—Agathodes ostentalis, <$. J. continued as a diffused patch to near middle of outer margin ; a large semicircular white-edged apical mark ; cilia pink. Hind wing ochreous. Hob. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma; Andamans ; Java; Sumbawa. Exp. 26-40 millim. 5006. Agathodes modicalis, Guen. Belt. § Pyr. p. integralis, Wlh. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1529. Differs from ostentalis in being dark brown; abdomen withwhite dorsal tuft at base, the 2nd segment chestnut, the 3rd, 4th,and terminal segment fuscous. Fore wing
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