BY E. MEYRICK. 



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31. LozosTOMA, Staiut. 



Forehead with a more or less raised fillet between antenna'. 

 Antennte 4, in ^ minutely ciliated, basal joint with small apical 

 scale-tooth. Labial palpi moderate, porrected or diverging, some- 

 what loosely scaled anteriorly, terminal joint shorter than second, 

 somewhat obtusely pointed. Posterior tibiae rough-haired, median 

 spurs much above middle, inner very long. Forewings: lb simple, 

 3 sometimes obsolete, 5 out of 7, nearly obsolete, 6 out of 7, 7 to 

 costa, 8 absent, 9 out of 7, cell sometimes open between 9 and 11, 

 Hindwings |, elongate-lanceolate, cilia 3 ; transverse vein and 

 upper margin of cell largely obsolete, veins all separate. 



A genus probably of moderate extent, characteristic of the 

 Indo-Malayan and Australian regions. Imago with forewings 

 lanceolate, long-pointed. The larval habits are at present quite 

 unknown, though some of the species are plentiful. 



1. Crown of head yellow or whitish-ochreous 2. 



Crown of head fuscous or dark fuscous 6. 



2. Thorax wholly dark fuscous 3. 



Thorax mostly yellowish , 4. 



3. Forewings with dark fuscous dorsal streak from 



base 225. scalena. 



Forewings without such streak 226. comptdla. 



4. Fillet fuscous 228. stereodeta. 



Fillet wliitish-yellowish 5. 



5. Forewings with yellowish spot on middle of costa.. 235. nehnlaris. 

 Forewings without such spot 234. sfenocraspeda. 



6. Posterior dark area reduced to a terminal streak... 7. 

 Posterior dark area extending to costa beyond 



middle 8. 



7. Prominence of terminal streak reaching half across 



wing 232. micranthes. 



Prominence of terminal streak reaching g across 



wing 233. tristicta. 



S. Forewings with yellow anteapical costal spot 9. 



Forewings without such spot 10. 



9. Thorax posteriorly yellowish 230. orthotis. 



Thorax wholly dark fuscous 227. chonyma. 



10. Back of Hllet light ferruginous 231. protodoxa. 



Back of fillet not ferruginous 229. rttractella. 



