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rounded. Gnathos broadly bandlike, arms rounded sclerites, top a 

 large, transverse-oval sclerite. Valva strong, oval, moderately rolled 

 up lengtliA\dse; saccidus distinct, trapezoidal, upper angles slightly 

 prominent; disc of valva with a large rounded punctidate patch 

 (insertion of bristles) , costa with a long down-curved hook. Aedeagus 

 very large, stout, gradually narrowed, top \nth an oblique lobe; 

 cornuti, several patches of small spines. 



Sagalassa Walker, 1856 



Sagalassa eubrachycera, new species 



Figures 283, 664 



Male, 20 mm. Head dark fuscous, finely dusted wdth pale ochreous. 

 Antenna extremely short, over 1/4, bipectinate-cdiate, pectinations 

 over 1 ; basal 3/4 densely scaled above, these scales flattened, tip rather 

 obtuse; rather light grey, covering scales black, a broad orange band 

 beyond 3/4, followed by a broader black band, tip orange. 



Palpus with lower edge yello-w-ish white, elsewhere black, terminal 

 segment short, obtuse, black. Thorax fuscous densely strewn with 

 yello^vish, pectus similar but darker. Abdomen black with moderate, 

 leaden-grey posterior bands, on venter broader and pale yellowish. 

 Posterior tibia with long bristly hairs in middle above; valva light 

 yellow. 



Forewing elongate, rather narrow, strongly narrowed at base, 

 costa almost straight, faintly concave along more than anterior half, 

 at base and along posterior half slightly prominent and rounded; apex 

 and termen rounded, termen vertical. Rather dark lilac grey, reg- 

 ularly and densely irrorated throughout with pale orange yello\\"ish 

 (tips of scales). Markings rather ill defined, blackish gi'ey, less 

 densely irrorated with orange yello^^dsh (tips of scales narrow here) ; 

 an inwards-oblique transverse fascia from costa just beyond middle 

 to dorsum before middle, on costa forming a rectangular extension on 

 both sides, on dorsum a triangular one, only anteriorly an angulate 

 narrower fascia at 3/4, connected by a horizontal bar with preceding 

 above middle of wing, preceded and followed by pale bands of denser, 

 yellowish irroration; a rather broad terminal band of brighter yellow, 

 fine uToration. CUia bluish grey with a jet-black basal and a dark 

 grey apical band. 



Hind wing bronze black, a pale yellow slender line along 2/3 of 

 vein lb, clavate, top truncate; a rather large pale yellow oblique- 

 longitudinal oval patch along and below posterior half of lower edge 

 of cell and across its lower angle. Cdia pale grey, basal half bronze 

 blackish, tips in tomus whitish. 



Male genitalia: Tegumen slender and long, moderately dilated 

 apicad. Uncus not articulating, slightly narrower than tegumen, top 



