Moths . scales. Fore wing withveins 3, 4, 5 from close to angle of cell; 6 from below upperangle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked :5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 stalked. 2793 a. Progonia reniferalis, n. s^. J . Grey mottled with brown. Bore wing with subbasal blackcostal striga; a highly crenulate antemedial line arising from an oblique costal striga ; anoblique dark chocolate re-niform spot with ochreouscentre and traces of fuscousline from it to inner margin;a dentate postmedial line,very oblique and straight278 from costa to vein 6; an Progonia reniferalis, J. i. irregul
Moths . scales. Fore wing withveins 3, 4, 5 from close to angle of cell; 6 from below upperangle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked :5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 stalked. 2793 a. Progonia reniferalis, n. s^. J . Grey mottled with brown. Bore wing with subbasal blackcostal striga; a highly crenulate antemedial line arising from an oblique costal striga ; anoblique dark chocolate re-niform spot with ochreouscentre and traces of fuscousline from it to inner margin;a dentate postmedial line,very oblique and straight278 from costa to vein 6; an Progonia reniferalis, J. i. irregularly dentate pale submarginal line ; a mar-ginal series of dark specks. Hind wing paler; with indistinctpostmedial line angled at vein 2 ; traces of a pale waved submar-ginal line ; a marginal dark line, and ochreous line at bast of with the reniform mark Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 22 millim. Type in B. M. 2800. Omit Egnasia nubifascia and Ceylon and insert under2804, Adrapsa xocxuiDiE. 539 2834 a. Mastigophorus pranalis, n. sp. 3 . Reddish brown slightly suffused with purple ; palpi fuscousslightly mottled with grey. Fore wing with indistinct wavedantemedial and medial lines; a white speck in cell and largefuscous speckled ochreous discocellular patch ; a double postmeclialsinuous line angled below costa and excurved round lower angleof cell. Hind wing fuscous brown; both wings with sinuoussubmarginal series of white specks. Underside fuscous, with sub-marginal series of pale specks. 5 . Pore wing with two discocellular black specks replacing theochreous patch. Hab. Puttalam, Ceylon {Pole). Exp. 36 millim. Type in B. M. 2840 a. Falcimala lativitta, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1883, p. 29; C. 8c 4297. $ . Palpi with the 2nd joint much more thickly clothed on bothsides with long hair. Pale yellowish brown ; palpi red-brown atbase; abdomen with the dorsal tuft dark. Pore wing irroratedwith red-brown; two brown subbasal spots ; a curved rufous ante-medial l
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