Moths . N. H. (6) xvii, p. 204. Head, thorax, and abdomen white marked with black ; wingswhite. Tore wing with black suffusion on basal costal areacrossed by a subbasal white line ; a curved antemedial white linedefined by black; the inner medial area black; the discal andapical areas orange; a waved postmedial white line defined byblack, running out to angles on veins 6 and 3, then retracted to-below angle of cell; a fuscous and deep red patch on middle ofouter area crossed by a submarginal white line, defined outwardlyby black near costa and angled on vein 6; cilia fuscous at apexand middle.
Moths . N. H. (6) xvii, p. 204. Head, thorax, and abdomen white marked with black ; wingswhite. Tore wing with black suffusion on basal costal areacrossed by a subbasal white line ; a curved antemedial white linedefined by black; the inner medial area black; the discal andapical areas orange; a waved postmedial white line defined byblack, running out to angles on veins 6 and 3, then retracted to-below angle of cell; a fuscous and deep red patch on middle ofouter area crossed by a submarginal white line, defined outwardlyby black near costa and angled on vein 6; cilia fuscous at apexand middle. Hind wing with broad medial black band traversedby waved white ante- and postmedial lines and with a prominentquadrate w7hite spot at lower angle of cell; outer area tinged withorange. Hab. Khasis. Exp. 12 millim. Genus CANGETTA. Cangetta, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 314 (1886). Type, C. rectilinea, Moore. Mange. W. Africa ; Khasis ; Ceylon. Palpi upturned and hardly reaching vertex of head, the 2nd joint. CANGETTA. PETTA. 137 fringed with hair below, the 3rd conically scaled; maxillary palpi aslong as the labial and dilated with scales at extremity ; irons flatand oblique ; antennae annulated with rings at the joints ; legs longand slender, the tibiae somewhat hairy. Fore wing somewhatnarrow; the apex rectangular; the cell short; veins 3, 4, 5stalked ; 6 from well below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 wing with the cell very short; vein 3 from the angle; 4, 5on a long stalk ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing stronglywith 8. 4499. Cangetta rectilinea, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 314, pi. 182, fig. 3; C. $ 8. no. griseolalis, Hmpsn. III. Set. ix, p. 176, pi. 174, fig. 12. White suffused with fuscous; palpi blackish, the 3rd jointwhite. Pore wing with the base of costa blackish; almost straight blackish ante- and postmediallines, the latter slightly definedwith whitish towards costa; ablack marginal line, towardsapex becoming maculate andinwardly defined by
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