Moths . 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 stalked;8, 9, 10 stalked and curved. Hind wing of male with the costaarched; the cell very short; vein 2 from angle; 3, 4, 5 stalked;6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. 4348. Sandrabatis crassiella, Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 204, pi. xviii, fig. 7. S. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown and fuscous;antennae with the ridge of scales, the frontal tuft, and a tuftbehind the antennae black. Fore win
Moths . 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 stalked;8, 9, 10 stalked and curved. Hind wing of male with the costaarched; the cell very short; vein 2 from angle; 3, 4, 5 stalked;6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. 4348. Sandrabatis crassiella, Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 204, pi. xviii, fig. 7. S. Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown and fuscous;antennae with the ridge of scales, the frontal tuft, and a tuftbehind the antennae black. Fore wing with the basal patch ofthick scales dark grey; the tufts on antemedial line black; therest of wing reddish brown, variegated with red and fuscous;a minutely dentate ochreous antemedial line bent outwards fromvein 3 to inner margin, with a series of black specks on its inneredge and short black streaks on the veins beyond it; a marginalseries of black specks. Hind wing fuscous brown, the cilia Fig. 50.—Sandrabatis crassiella, <$. \. 5 with the fore wing variegated with pale and dark red-brownshades or nearly uniform ; without the dark basal patch ; a blackstreak in base of cell; the antemedial line represented by an obliqueline from costa and a speck on median nervure. Hob. Bhutan ; Nagas ; Manipur; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 24-millim. 76 Genus , Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 25 (1888). Type, M. inconspicuella, Rag. Range. S. Africa ; Punjab ; Burma. Palpi upturned, reaching well above vertex of head, the 2ndjoint in male hollowed out and enclosing the maxillary palpi, whichend in a tuft of hair; frons smooth; antenna? of male thickenedand flattened, with a sinus at base with a ridge of scales in it;tibiae rather thickly scaled. Pore wing long and narrow; veins 2and 3 from close to angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked ; 10,11 free. Hindwing with vein 2 from near angle of cell; 3, 4, 5 stalked; 6, 7from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 4349. Microth
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