Moths . Fig. 47.—Ancylosis niveicostella, J • Hab. BombayB. M. Ceylon (Green). Pore wing dull red-brown;a broad pure white costalfascia irrorated with a fewpink scales; below the costalfascia is a leaden-colouredfascia aloug median nervuresending three spurs downto vein 1; a bright red spotat outer angle and marginalseries of dark specks. Hindwing yellowish white. Exp. 18 millim. Type in Genus EUZOPHERA. Stenoptycha, Von Hein. Schmett. Deutsch. i, 2, p. 190 (1863), prseocc. Melia, Von Hein. t. c. p. 209, prasocc. Euzophera, Zell. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) v, p. 456 (1867). Type, E. biviella, Zell.,
Moths . Fig. 47.—Ancylosis niveicostella, J • Hab. BombayB. M. Ceylon (Green). Pore wing dull red-brown;a broad pure white costalfascia irrorated with a fewpink scales; below the costalfascia is a leaden-colouredfascia aloug median nervuresending three spurs downto vein 1; a bright red spotat outer angle and marginalseries of dark specks. Hindwing yellowish white. Exp. 18 millim. Type in Genus EUZOPHERA. Stenoptycha, Von Hein. Schmett. Deutsch. i, 2, p. 190 (1863), prseocc. Melia, Von Hein. t. c. p. 209, prasocc. Euzophera, Zell. Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) v, p. 456 (1867). Type, E. biviella, Zell., from Europe. Range. Neotropical, Palsearctic, and Ethiopian regions ; India;Ceylon. Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 2nd joint fringedwith scales at extremity ; the 3rd joint well developed and acumi-nate ; antennae of male somewhat thickened. Pore wing long and. EUZOPHERA. 73 narrow ? the apex rounded; vein 3 from before angle of cell;4, 5 usually stalked; 8, 9 stalked ; 10 usually free. Hind wingwith vein 2 from before angle of cell, which is long; 4 absent;6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing strongly with 8. Sect. 1. Maxillary palpi triangularly scaled and flattened againstthe frons ; mid and hind tibiae fringed with hair on outer side;hind wing with veins 3, 5 stalked. 4342. Euzophera perticella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 32; id. Mon. Phyc. pi. xxxii, fig. 1; no. 4605. Head and thorax pale rufous and grey; abdomen pale. Forewing pale rufous ; the costal area to beyond middle and the apical area suffused with grey;a black line from middleof costa, very stronglydentate, being retractedalong subcostal and mediannervures almost to base ofwing, bent outwards inFig. 48.—Euzophera perticella, $. {-. and below cell to beyond middle of wing, and termi-nating on inner margin before the middle ; a slight pale discocellularmark; a postmedial min
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