Moths . brown at sides; thorax yellowish brown ; abdomen pale. Fore wing yellowish white; the basal area irrorated with dark scales; a slightly oblique double medial dark line becoming orange at costa, the area beyond it whitish, followed by a series of dark streaks in the interspaces, then a series of orange streaks on the n,. 7 , J°j 77 ,. , veins on the inner side of theDiptychophora adspersella, o • %• ? i -it -,-, fuscous submargmnl line, which is angled outwards to the margin at vein 5; two black marginal specks below middle ; cilia silvery fuscous. Hind wing yellowish white, with dark m
Moths . brown at sides; thorax yellowish brown ; abdomen pale. Fore wing yellowish white; the basal area irrorated with dark scales; a slightly oblique double medial dark line becoming orange at costa, the area beyond it whitish, followed by a series of dark streaks in the interspaces, then a series of orange streaks on the n,. 7 , J°j 77 ,. , veins on the inner side of theDiptychophora adspersella, o • %• ? i -it -,-, fuscous submargmnl line, which is angled outwards to the margin at vein 5; two black marginal specks below middle ; cilia silvery fuscous. Hind wing yellowish white, with dark marginal line on apical area. Underside of fore wing fuscous, the marginal area pale, yellow at apex. Eab. Dharmsala; Ceylon. Exp. 10 millim. Genus PLATYTES. Platytes, Guen. Eur. Microlep. Ind. Meth. p. 86 (1845).Ptychopseustis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 521. Type, P. cerussella, Schiff., from Universally distributed. Proboscis well developed. Palpi porrect, extending two to c2. 20 pyraliDjE. three times length of head and clothed with rough hair ; maxillary-palpi triangularly scaled; frons rounded; antennae of maleminutely serrate and ciliated ; tibia with the spurs nearly wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle,7 straight and well separated from 8, 9, Avhich are sometimescoincident; 10 free ; 11 usually oblique. Hind wing with vein 3from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle or stalked; 6 fromupper angle ; 7 anastomosing with 8. Sect. I. {Platytes). Fore wing with the outer margin notindented at vein 6. A. Fore wing with vein 11 anastomosing with 12. 4185. Platytes diatrseella, n. sp. Head, thorax, and abdomen white tinged with wing white, the interspaces streaked with olive-brown andirrorated with long olive-brown scales, leaving the veins broadlywhite; a marginal series of dark specks. Hind wing white,slightly suffused with olive fuscous. Hah. Xhasis. Exp. 40 millim. Types in coll. Eothschild B.
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