BY A. J. TURNER. 603 



66. DiPLODESMA CELATARIA. 



Thalera celataria Wlk., Cat. Brit. Mus. xxxv. p. 1614; Idiochlora 

 contracta Warr., Nov. Zool. 1896, p.l07; Eiichloris thcdassica 

 Turn., Trans. Roy. Soc. 8. Austr. 1904, p.221. 



Antennal ciliations in ^ 1. Palpi in -^ 1^, terminal joint 

 very short; in ^ 2, terminal joint |. In two ^ examples from 

 Port Darwin the discal dots are obsolete. 



N.A.: Port Darwin, 2, 10— N.Q.: Kuranda, 3, 4, 10,12, Also 

 from Sula Islands and India. 



Uen. 19. H E M I T H e a . 



Heraithea Dup., Lep. France, iv. 2, p. 233; Hmps., Moths Ind. 

 iii. p.490. 



Face smooth. Tongue well developed. Palpi in ^ moderate, 

 terminal joint sliort; in ^ long, terniinal joint long. Antennae 

 in (J more or les.s serrate, ciliated, in $ simple. Tliorax not 

 crested, slightly hairy beneath. Abdomen with a series of 

 minute dorsal crests. Posterior tibise in ^ dilated, with a short 

 terminal process, middle spurs absent; in ^ with all spurs pi'esent. 

 Hindwings with a strong rounded costal expansion at base; 

 frenulum in ^ present but slender, retinaculum close to base of 

 forewing; frenulum in $ obsolete. Forewings with 3 and 4 

 connate or short-stalked, 11 free or rarely anastomosing with 12. 

 Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 approximated 

 to cell near base, rapidly diverging; discocellulars nearly straight, 

 moderately oblique. Type, H. strigata Miill., from Europe. 



With the preceding and two following genera it forms a closely 

 connected natural group, whose affinities are not ver}' clear. 

 Nemoria Hb., which is closely allied, differs in the absence of 

 abdominal crests. 



1. Cilia whitish 69. pesina. 



Cilia greenish or grey 2. 



2. Wings with white lines 67. insularia. 



Wings with green lines and white dots 68. pdlucidula. 



