Moths . the basal half dull ochreous,the outer half pale fuscous. Underside with indistinct curvedpostmedial line. Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 22 millim. Genus DILOXIA, nov. Type, , Hmpsn. Range. S. India. Palpi rostriform, downcurved at extremity and reaching wellbeyond the frons, which is rounded; maxillary palpi minute;.antennae of male with very long bristles and cilia ; build slight;legs long and slender, the tibiae smooth, the spurs long. Fore n2 180 PYRALID^E. wing broad; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle
Moths . the basal half dull ochreous,the outer half pale fuscous. Underside with indistinct curvedpostmedial line. Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 22 millim. Genus DILOXIA, nov. Type, , Hmpsn. Range. S. India. Palpi rostriform, downcurved at extremity and reaching wellbeyond the frons, which is rounded; maxillary palpi minute;.antennae of male with very long bristles and cilia ; build slight;legs long and slender, the tibiae smooth, the spurs long. Fore n2 180 PYRALID^E. wing broad; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ;6, 7 from upper angle. 4616. Diloxia fimbriata, n. sp. S. Grey with a rufous tinge; head, thorax, and abdomensuffused with fuscous; wings slightly irrorated with fuscous. Pore wing with the basalarea fuscous, bounded by thepale curved antemedial line;the medial area paler, witha prominent black cell-spotand black specks on costa,bounded by the pale sinuouspostmedial line, beyondwhich the area is more or. Fig. 105.—Diloxia fimbriata, <$. less suffused with fuscons. Hind wing with the basal area pale,bounded by a dark-edged curved pale medial line, with the areabeyond it pinkish. Underside more suffused with pink. 2 • More uniformly suffused with fuscous. Hah. Nilgiris (Hampsori). Exp. 24-30 milium Type in B. M. Genus , Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 6 (1863). Type, P. nigrivena, Wlk. Range. China; Sikhim; Khasis. Palpi rostriform and curving downwards at extremity, the endof the 2nd and 3rd joints tufted with long curved hair, forminga cavity in the male, in the female longer and slightly fringedwith, hair; maxillary palpi minute and filiform ; proboscis well de-veloped ; irons rounded ; antennas minutely ciliated; male with atuft of long hair from below the patagia; tibiae and tarsi fringedwith hair. Pore wing with the apex rounded; vein 3 from beforeangle of cell; 4, 5 from angle. Hind wing with vein 3 from nearangle of cell; 4, 5 from angle; 6, 7 stalked. 4617
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