Moths . t. Lep. Het. p. 56 (1892). ZYGJEmDM. — NEOCASTNIIDvE. 471 810 a. Alophogaster serraticornis, n. sp. c? • Antennae with roughly scaled serrations. Antennas black,with the tips white; head, thorax, and abdomen scarlet, the laswith black dorsal bands. Fore wing scarlet, with a large semi-circular black apical patch. Hind wing hyaline, the veins black;the outer margin suffused with fuscous; some scarlet hairs oninner area. Bab. Khasis. Exp. 30 millim. Types in coll. Elwes and B. M. Vol. I, P. 289. Family NEOCASTNIID^E. Differs from the Gastniidce (Vol. I, p. 10) in the proboscis beingabsen
Moths . t. Lep. Het. p. 56 (1892). ZYGJEmDM. — NEOCASTNIIDvE. 471 810 a. Alophogaster serraticornis, n. sp. c? • Antennae with roughly scaled serrations. Antennas black,with the tips white; head, thorax, and abdomen scarlet, the laswith black dorsal bands. Fore wing scarlet, with a large semi-circular black apical patch. Hind wing hyaline, the veins black;the outer margin suffused with fuscous; some scarlet hairs oninner area. Bab. Khasis. Exp. 30 millim. Types in coll. Elwes and B. M. Vol. I, P. 289. Family NEOCASTNIID^E. Differs from the Gastniidce (Vol. I, p. 10) in the proboscis beingabsent. Both wings with vein 1 c absent, the cell open, and noveinlets in the cell. Genus , Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 285. Type, JV. nicevillei, Hmpsn. Range. Tenasserim ; Palawan; Borneo. Proboscis absent; palpi with the 2nd joint very slender, long,curved obliquely upwards and reaching far above vertex of head,the 3rd short; antennas gradually thickening into an elongate club. Fig. 251.—Neocastnia nicevillei, tf. {. tapering to a point at apex ; tibiae and tarsi very thickly set withspines ; mid and hind tibiae with minute terminal pairs of wing broad; the costa arched at base and towards apex,which is acute ; the outer margin rounded; the inner marginlobed before middle; vein 1 a joined by a spur given off from 1 b ;1 c absent; 2 and 3 at even distances before end of cell; 4, 5 from 472 APPENDIX. a point; the cell open; 7, 8 on a long stalk from 6; 9, 10 on along stalk from 11. Hind wing with the costa arched near base ;the apex rectangular; the outer margin rounded; two internalveins; veins 2 and 3 shortly stalked from the median nervure;4, 5 from a point; the cell open; 6, 7 from a point; 8 running,along the subcostal nervure for a short distance, then suddenlyarched. 615 a. Neocastnia nicevillei, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 286. § . Head and thorax golden rufous, the vertex of head metallicblue-green; abdomen black, suffused w
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