Moths . ginretracted to below angle of cell. Hind wing with pale discocellularspeck; a pale maculate postmedial line, highly bent outwardsbetween veins 5 and 2 and ending near anal angle; a fine paleline at base of cilia. Underside suffused with Khasis ; JSagas ; Tenasserim. Exp. 34 millim. Genus SYLEPTA. Sylepta Hiibn. Verz. p. 356 (? 1818).Notarcha, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 310 (praeocc).Patania, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 209 (1888).Praniadea, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. , Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. , Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vi, p. 476 (1890).Haritalodes, Warr
Moths . ginretracted to below angle of cell. Hind wing with pale discocellularspeck; a pale maculate postmedial line, highly bent outwardsbetween veins 5 and 2 and ending near anal angle; a fine paleline at base of cilia. Underside suffused with Khasis ; JSagas ; Tenasserim. Exp. 34 millim. Genus SYLEPTA. Sylepta Hiibn. Verz. p. 356 (? 1818).Notarcha, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 310 (praeocc).Patania, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 209 (1888).Praniadea, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. , Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. , Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vi, p. 476 (1890).Haritalodes, Warr. H. (6) vi, p. , Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vi, p. 477. Type, S. amando, Cram., from S. America. Range. The tropical and warmer temperate zones. Palpi upturned aud reaching vertex of head, the 2nd jointmoderately and evenly scaled in front, the 3rd short, naked, andblunt; maxillary palpi filiform; frons rounded; antennae ofmale ciliated; tibiae smoothly scaled, with the outer spurs about. SYLEPTA. 329 half the length of inner. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angleof cell; 7 curved and approximated to 8, 9, to which 10 also isapproximated. Hind wing with the cell short; vein 3 from theangle; 4, 5 somewhat approximated for a short distance; 6, 7from upper angle. Sect. I. (Patania). Hind tibiae of male with a large tuft ofhair and long flattened scales on inner side before the medialspurs. 4955. Sylepta concatenalis, Wik. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1408; C. fy S. no. 4299. S . Fuscous brown with a cupreous tinge; palpi below, pectus,legs, and abdomen below yellowish white. Fore wing with ochreousspeck in end of cell; a postmedial lunulate ochreous mark expandingon the costa and extending down to vein 3 ; a slight ochreous markon costa before apex. Underside with the basal half of wings paleyellowish. Hah. Sikhitn. Exp. 30 millim. Sect. II. Hind tibiae of male fringed with long black hair on outerside ; abdomen with paired tufts of black hair from base below ;hind wing with
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