. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. TVC' — CUANlUl'IKJl'vA. f)! and with slight dark streak in submedian fohl from beyond it to termen; an indistinct rather diffused brown subterminal line excurved at middle and with slight dark streaks beyond it in the interspaces ; a terminal series of slight dark strite with dark Fisr. 15. -Tycrcuoiia ohliquu, (^. beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing greyish brown with very indistinct diffused subterminal baud ; the underside white slightly tinged with brown, a blackish discoidal bar, minutely waved brown postme
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. TVC' — CUANlUl'IKJl'vA. f)! and with slight dark streak in submedian fohl from beyond it to termen; an indistinct rather diffused brown subterminal line excurved at middle and with slight dark streaks beyond it in the interspaces ; a terminal series of slight dark strite with dark Fisr. 15. -Tycrcuoiia ohliquu, (^. beyond them on the cilia. Hind wing greyish brown with very indistinct diffused subterminal baud ; the underside white slightly tinged with brown, a blackish discoidal bar, minutely waved brown postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 5, and brown terminal band narrowing to apex and vein 1. Hah. SiKHiJi {Dudgeon, Pilcher), 2 J; Bhutan {Dwhjton)^ 1 $; Assam {Badgley), 2 c? , 2 5 . Exp. 40-44 millim. Genus CRANIOPHORA. T ype. Craniophora, Snell. Vlind. van Ned. p. 262 (1872) ligiidri. Jiisulcia, Chapman, Eut. Rec. i. p. 28 (IS'JU) ligustri. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2ud joint reaching about to middle of frous and moderately friuj^ed with hair in front, the .3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, round; antennae simple and laminate in both sexes; thorax clothed with scales mixed witli some hair, the prothoras without crest, the metathorax witli divided crest; tibiiE moderately fringed with hair; abdomen with dorsal series of crests and rough hair at base. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and slightly crenulate ; veins 't and 5 from near angle of cell; ti from upper angle; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins y, 4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 frum upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. A. Fore wing with prominent black fascia in submedian fold extending to termen. «. Fore wing with the claviform large, defined by black nigrlvitta. h. Fore wing with the claviform absent fasciuia. B. Fore wing without prominent
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