Moths . traversed by a silvery line across apical area con-tinued as double brown lines to inner margin; the marginal spotsas in superbella. Hind wing whitish, tinged with fuscous towardsouter margin. Some specimens have a fuscous tinge. Hab. Europe ; Aden ; Afghanistan ; Punjab ; Karachi; Mhow ;Poona. Exp. 20 millim. Genus STENOCHILO. Stenochilo, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 950. Type, S. canicostalis, Hmpsn. Range. Sind; Calcutta. Palpi porrect, extending about one and a half times length ofhead and smoothly scaled ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales atextremity; frons with a conical prominenc
Moths . traversed by a silvery line across apical area con-tinued as double brown lines to inner margin; the marginal spotsas in superbella. Hind wing whitish, tinged with fuscous towardsouter margin. Some specimens have a fuscous tinge. Hab. Europe ; Aden ; Afghanistan ; Punjab ; Karachi; Mhow ;Poona. Exp. 20 millim. Genus STENOCHILO. Stenochilo, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 950. Type, S. canicostalis, Hmpsn. Range. Sind; Calcutta. Palpi porrect, extending about one and a half times length ofhead and smoothly scaled ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales atextremity; frons with a conical prominence; antennae of femalesomewhat annulate ; tibiae with the outer spurs about two-thirdslength of inner. Eore wing long and very narrow; the apexrectangular; the inner margin lobed towards base; vein 3 fromnear angle of cell; 4, 5 well separated at origin; 6, 7 shortlystalked ; 10 and 11 free. Hind wing with vein 3 from near angleof cell ; 4, 5 from a point in female, 5 absent in male ; 6,7 STENOCHILO.—MACBOCHILO. 25 4201. Stenochilo canicostalis, Mnpsn. S. 1895, p. 950. Eeddish brown irroratecl with grey; the head, collar, and costal area of fore wingvery thickly irrorated,the last with white spotbelow middle of cell;traces of a submarginalline and marginal seriesof specks. Hind wingFig. 15.—Stenochilo canicostalis, $. }. hyaline white. Hab. Sind; Calcutta. Exp., S 26, $ 30 millim.
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