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exterior margin oblique, convex ; costal vein extending two-thirds the margin ; first 

 subcostal branch emitted at one-half before end of the cell ; second trif urcate, emitted 

 from end of the cell, third and fourth at equal distances from base of second, fifth 

 also from end of the cell and touching third near its base ; discocellular very slender, 

 radials from near upper and lower end ; middle median one-sixth before end of the 

 cell, lower at one-third before its end ; submedian curved : hindvving triangularly 

 ovate ; costal vein straight, extending to apex ; two subcostals emitted beyond end 

 of the cell ; discocellular concave anteriorly and angled near lower end, radial from 

 the angle ; two upper medians from some distance beyond end of the cell, lower at 

 one-third before its end ; submedian and internal vein straight. Body small ; palpi 

 small, porrect, laxly squamose, second joint projecting beyond the head, third joint 

 short ; legs squamose ; antennae setulose. 



HICCODA DOSAROIDES (Plate 150, Fig. 16). 

 Iliccoda dosaroides, Moore, Desc. Lep. Coll. Atk. p. 13.5 (1882). 



Pale ochreous-yellow : forewing with a large quadrate dark brown discocellular 

 spot, a costal streak above it, some speckled spots at its base, a curved duplex streak 

 below the cell, and a transverse discal sinuous pale yellow line with brown points ; 

 a slight brown fascia below the apex ; a marginal row of brown dots : hindwing 

 cinereous-grey. Body pale ochreous. Underside ochreous-yellow, numerously 

 covered with brown speckles. 



Expanse A inch. 



Has much the appearance of Dosara, a genus of Pyrales. 



Genus NARANGA. 



Naranga, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 359; Desc. Lep. Coll. Atk. p. 134. 



Wings small : forewing elongated, narrow, acute at the apex, exterior margin 



oblique : hindwing slightly elongated and narrow. Veins similar to those in 



Xanthodes. Palpi small, smooth, slightly ascending, third joint minute, slender, 



short ; legs slender, smooth. 



NARANGA DIFFUSA (Plate 150, Fig. 17). 

 Xanthodes diffusa, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. p. 779 (1865). 

 Naranga diffusa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 359. 



Forewing yellow, \\-ith a slight medial oblique short purplish-red baud, a less 

 distinct streak below the apex, and a spot above posterior angle : hindwing whitish- 

 yellow. Body, palpi, and legs above yellow. 

 Expanse f inch. 

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