32 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. 1917. 



Ethopia roseilinea. 



Eehopia roseilinea Wlk., xxxi. 233 (1863) ; Swinh., Cat. Het. Jhis. Oxon. ii. pi. vii. f. 4; Hmpsn., 



Rom. Mem. viii. p. 458. pi. 53. £. 6. 

 Grambomorpha aurora Voll., Tijd. v. Ent. xvi. p. 246. pi. 12. f. 2 (1873). 



Philippines, Mindanao ; Salawati ; Dntch N. Guinea ; S'Entrecasteanx Is., 

 Fergusson I. 



Gen. Tirathaba. 



Type. 



TiVa<^6a Wlk., XXX. 961 (1864) mundetta 



.a/wcm/to Wlk., XXXV. 1739 (1866) mundella 



Harpagoneura Butl, A. M. N. H. {5). XV. p. 242 {ISS5) complexa 



Coleoneura Rag., Noiiv. Gen. p. 52 (1888) ........ trichogramma 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi of male short, upturned, thickly scaled, 

 of female downcurved and extending about twice the length of head ; maxillary 

 palpi slight ; frons with tuft of hair ; antennae short and almost simple. Fore- 

 wing narrow, the apex shghtly produced, the termen evenly curved ; the cell in 

 male typically about two-thirds length of wing ; vein 3 from just before angle 

 of cell ; 4 from angle ; 5 typically from well above angle ; the discocellulars 

 angled inwards ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 staUsed, 7 from before 9 ; 

 10, 11 from cell ; the male typically with small glandular swelling at base of 

 costa on underside and the cell clothed with silky androconia ; female with 

 vein 3 typically from near angle of cell and 4, 5 strongly stalked. Hindwing 

 with veins 3 and 5 from angle of cell or stalked, 4 absent ; the discocellulars 

 angled inwards to near base ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 touching 8 at a point ; 

 the male with fringe of hair from below basal part of costa on upperside. 



Sect. I. (Harpagoneura). Forewing of male with an elongate brand beyond 

 upper angle of cell, the subcostal neuration and terminal area distorted ; the 

 cell extending to about three-fourths of wing. 



(1) Tirathaba acrocausta. 



t Harpagoneura acrocausta Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897. p. 79 ; Hmpsn., Horn. Mem. viii. p. 466. 



pi. 54. f. 9. 

 Mucialla fuscolimbalis Snell., Tijd. v. Ent. xliii. p. 308. pi, 17. ff. 10. II (1900). 



Philippines ; Java ; Celebes, Sangir I. ; D'Entrecasteaaz Is., Fergusson I. ; 

 Louisiade Is., St. Aignan ; Queensland, Cedar Bay. 



(2) Tirathaba trichogramma. 



Heteromicta trichogramma Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886. p. 273 ; Rag., Rom. Mem. viii. p. 461. 



pi. 51. f. 13. 

 Coleoneura tacanovella Rag., Nouv. Gen. p. 52 (1888). 



Piji. The larva eats into young coconuts. 



(3) Tirathaba complexa. 



t Harpagoneura complexa Butl., A. M. N. H. (5). xv. p. 242 (1885) ; Rag., Rom. Mim. viii. p. 465. 

 pi. 54. f. 7. 

 Ellice Is. 



