Moths . d Malayan subregions. Palpi porrect, straight, the 2nd joint fringed above and belowwith hair, the 3rd prominent; maxillary palpi filiform; fronsrounded ; antenna? of male unipectinate for one-third length, thebasal joint emitting four teeth enclosing a hollow in front like thecalyx of a flower ; tibiae of male with the outer spurs minute ;abdomen with the anal tuft very large. Fore wing with veins 3,4, 5 from close to angle of cell; 7 approximated to 8, 9 for somedistance, 10 also approximated to 8, 9. Hind wing with veins 3,4, 5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosi
Moths . d Malayan subregions. Palpi porrect, straight, the 2nd joint fringed above and belowwith hair, the 3rd prominent; maxillary palpi filiform; fronsrounded ; antenna? of male unipectinate for one-third length, thebasal joint emitting four teeth enclosing a hollow in front like thecalyx of a flower ; tibiae of male with the outer spurs minute ;abdomen with the anal tuft very large. Fore wing with veins 3,4, 5 from close to angle of cell; 7 approximated to 8, 9 for somedistance, 10 also approximated to 8, 9. Hind wing with veins 3,4, 5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosingwith 8. 5085. Meroctena tullalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 649; Hmpsn. III. , pi. 172, fig. 31; 8. no. 4079. Bright yellow; palpi fulvous, white below. Eore wing withindistinct subbasal line, oblique antemedial line, black speck incell, and fuscous pale-centred discocellular lunule; a medialline from vein 2 to inner margin; a postmedial line from MEROCTENA. THLIPTOCERAS. 377 below costa to vein 5. Fig. 203.—Meroctena tullalis, rf a highly sinuous subniarginal line withthe area beyond it wing with discocellularlunule; indistinct postmedialline strongly bent outwardsbetween veins 5 and 2, belowwhich it is diffused ; a rufousapical patch and dark streaktowards anal angle ; bothwings with a black line at base of cilia, which are pure white with black points. Hab. Sikhiin ; Assam ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon; Burma; Pulo Laut;Java ; Amboina. Exp. 38 millim. Genus THLIPTOCERAS. Thliptoceras, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. , Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xviii, p. 113 (1896). Type, T. cascale, Swinh. Range. S. Africa; Japan ; Indian, Ceylonese, and Malayan sub-regions to N. Australia. Palpi porrect, straight, and about twice the length of head, the2nd joint fringed above and below with hair, the 3rd prominent;maxillary palpi filiform ; f rons rounded ; hind tibia? with the outermedian spur minute. Pore wing produced at apex; the outermargin oblique; veins 3 and 5
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