Classification of the Pyrallda'.. 505 



origin ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from 8 before 9 ; 10, 11 free. 

 Hindwing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 well separated 

 at origin ; 0, 7 from upper angle. 



Type. Hypoxia corticalip, Schiff., S. V., p. 123. Centr. Europe. 



Genus Aglossa. 



Aglossa, Latr., Precis Charact. Gen. Ins., p. 145, 

 (1796). 



Pliilotis, Bag., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1891, p. 81. 

 Agriope, Rag., Ann. Soc. Eat. Fr., 1894, p. 163. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi upturned well in front of frons, the 

 2nd joint fringed with hair in front and reaching vertex of head, 

 the 3rd long ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales at extremity ; 

 antenna of male ciliated and with long setiferous spines ; hind 

 tibia; fringed with hair on outer side towards base. Forewing long 



Aglossa dimkliatns, ^, | (from Moths Ind., vol. i.). 



and narrow ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 closely approxi_ 

 mated or stalked ; 6 from upper angle. Hindwing with vein 3 

 from angle of cell ; 4, 5 closely approximated or stalked ; 0, 7 from 

 upper angle. 



Sect. I. Veins 4, 5 of each wing closely approximated 

 for about one-tliird length. 



Type. (1). Aglossa pinuuinalis, Linn., Faun. Suec, Europe,Syria, 



1350, p. 351 Persia, Af- 



Aglossa asiatica, Ersch., Hor. Ent. Ross., ghanistan, 



viii., p. 317 (subsp.) N.-W. Hi- 



Jg-Zossa aZ(//cZ-i'<t, Christ., Hor. Ent. Ross., malayas. 

 X., p. 41 (subsp.). 



Aglossa stiratjieldii, Curt., pi. 455 (ab.). 



