. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. o4J ARC ri A 1153. Diduga rufidisca. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 17.) Didtiffa rufidisca, Hiniwii. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1897, p. 439. $. Head, tegulae, base of i)ata?;ia, and mcsothorax brownish yellow : palpi and I'rons, metathorax and abdomen blackish; legs and ventral surface of abdomen paler. Fore wing with broad brownish-yellow costal fascia irrorated with a few dark scales, its lower cdi,'e whitish and strongly cremilatc, defined below by fuscous suti'usion shading off into dull rufous towards inner margin ; an obsc
. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths. o4J ARC ri A 1153. Diduga rufidisca. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 17.) Didtiffa rufidisca, Hiniwii. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1897, p. 439. $. Head, tegulae, base of i)ata?;ia, and mcsothorax brownish yellow : palpi and I'rons, metathorax and abdomen blackish; legs and ventral surface of abdomen paler. Fore wing with broad brownish-yellow costal fascia irrorated with a few dark scales, its lower cdi,'e whitish and strongly cremilatc, defined below by fuscous suti'usion shading off into dull rufous towards inner margin ; an obscure diseoidal spot; an irregular maculate whitish terminal band ; the spots below apex and above tornus large. Hind wing fuscous. J/ub. Assam, Khiisis, 1 2 type. Kvp. 12 millim. 1159. Diduga fiimipennis. Pi'idia fumipennh, Hmpsn. 111. Ket. viii. p. 52, pi. 140. f. 7 (1891); id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 90; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 364. S . Fuscous brown ; head and tegulse yellow ; legs and anal tuft yellowish. Fore Aving darker fuscous towards apex; apostmedial ill-defined yellow spot on cost a; the cilia yellow above tornus. Hind wing rather paler. 2 . Head and tegulae whitish ; fore wing with the yellow mark on costa reduced. Hah. XiLGiRi Plateau, 7000 feet (IFampson), 1^,12 type. 16-18 millim. Genus CONOSIA, nov. Tvjie, C. aspersa. Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, reaching as far as frons; antenna; of male with bristles and cilia; tibiiE with the spurs moderate; abdomen clothed witli rough hair. Fore wing with the costa nearly straight, the apex rectangular, the inner margin with slight tuft at tornus ; vein 2 from middle of cell. 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent; 0, 7 and 8, 9 on long sralks ; 10 free ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 1160, Conosia aspersa. Lifhosia aspersa. Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 104 (1S(')2); Kirby, Cat. Het. p. Lif/iosin xylhw
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