Moths . on. Palpi upturned and slender, the 2nd joint reaching above vertex ofhead, the 3rd long and acuminate, maxillary palpi filiform ; antennae?of male somewhat thickened and ciliated; mid and hind tibiaewith tufts of spinous hair on outer side at base and wing narrow ; vein 2 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 approxi-mated for a short distance ; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with the cellhalf length of wing ; vein 2 from well before angle ; 3 from angle ;4, 5 shortly stalked; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 4384. Hypsipyla robusta, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 365, pi. 184,
Moths . on. Palpi upturned and slender, the 2nd joint reaching above vertex ofhead, the 3rd long and acuminate, maxillary palpi filiform ; antennae?of male somewhat thickened and ciliated; mid and hind tibiaewith tufts of spinous hair on outer side at base and wing narrow ; vein 2 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 approxi-mated for a short distance ; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with the cellhalf length of wing ; vein 2 from well before angle ; 3 from angle ;4, 5 shortly stalked; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 4384. Hypsipyla robusta, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 365, pi. 184, figs. 4,4a (larva); Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 139, pi. vi, fig. 12; C. 8f S. no. pagodella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 10; C. fy S. no. 4566. Pale rufous brown irrorated with black and grey. Pore wing with the costal halfstrongly suffused withgrey : the veins allstreaked with black;some olive-yellow on baseof costa and mediannervure, on extremity ofmedian nervure and disco-cellulars ; traces of a dark. Fig. 56.—Hypsipyla robusta, $. sinuous medial line, with a dark patch beyond it on inner margin,and of a very highly dentate oblique dark postmedial line bent out-wards between veins 5 and 2. Hind wiug sernihyaline white ; the-costal area suffused with fuscous ; the ba^e of cilia pale rufous. Larva purplish grey, with a few short hairs ; somites spotted withblack and with a lateral series of red spots ; head and dorsal patch on2nd somite black. Peeds in the small branches of mahogany. Pupapurplish brown, in an elongate silken cover. Hab. Simla; Dharmsala; Sikhim; Ceylon. Exp., S 26-32,2 28-42 milhm. 90 pyralldjE. Genus PHYCITA. Phycita, Curt. Brit. Ent. vi, p. 233 (1840).Dioryctria, Zell. Isis, 1846, p. , Zell. Isis, 1848, p. , Blanch. Gays Chili, vii, p. 104 (1852).Guastica, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 80 (1863).Calguia, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 83 (1863).Volobilis, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. , Zell. Stettin, ent. Zeit. 1867, p. , Moore, Lep.
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