Moths . outer spurs about two-thirds lengthof inner. Fore wing with the apex produced, the outer marginoblique ; vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4,5 from angle; 7 straightand not approximated to 8, 9 ; male with a fovea below the cellat origin of vein 2. Hind wing with the costa lobed and fringedwith hair near base; the cell extremely short and the discocellularsproduced for a long way along median nervure so that veins 3, 4,5appear to be stalked; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosingstrongly with 8. 5147. Parbattia vialis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 225, pi. 7, fig. 30; C. fy 8. no. 4538. c?. Head f
Moths . outer spurs about two-thirds lengthof inner. Fore wing with the apex produced, the outer marginoblique ; vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4,5 from angle; 7 straightand not approximated to 8, 9 ; male with a fovea below the cellat origin of vein 2. Hind wing with the costa lobed and fringedwith hair near base; the cell extremely short and the discocellularsproduced for a long way along median nervure so that veins 3, 4,5appear to be stalked; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosingstrongly with 8. 5147. Parbattia vialis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 225, pi. 7, fig. 30; C. fy 8. no. 4538. c?. Head fuscous ; palpi black, white below; thorax whitish ; abdomen black ringed withwhite. Tore wing blackishbrown to the postmedial line,which is nearly straight fromcosta to vein 5, then incurvedto middle of inner margin, thecell and area below it varie-Fig. 215.—Parbattia vialis, tf. \. gated with grey; black spots in cell and on discocellularsand two streaks on bases of veins 3, 4; a pale band beyond the. 400 pyealidjE. postmedial line, very broad towards inner margin; the marginalarea black-brown, wide towards costa. Hind wing pale, with aseries of dark specks on the veins from costa to vein 2 just beyondthe middle ; the marginal area suffused with fuscous, with a seriesof black specks on the Sikhim. Exp. 32 millim. Genus DISCOTHYEIS. Discothyris, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvi, p. 473 (1895). Type, D. ferruginata, Moore. Range. Sikhim. Palpi porrect and triangularly scaled, the 3rd joint hidden byhair; maxillary palpi filiform ; frons rounded ; antennas of maleciliated ; tibiae with the outer spurs about half the length of wing with the costa arched towards apex, which is acute; theouter margin angled at vein 4 ; vein 3 from close to angle of cell;4, 5 from angle, 7 curved and approximated for a short distance to8, 9, to which 10 also is approximated. Hind wing with the outermargin produced to a point at vein 6 and excurved at middle;vein 3 from angle of cell
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