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XL. DOLBINOPSIS gen. iiov.— Typus : (/risea. 



Pseudusphh-r , Hampson (no« Burmeister, 1856), in Blanf., Fauna Bril. Intl., Moths i. p. 104 (IH'.iii), 

 Hyhnais, Kirby {iion Hiibner, 18-22), Nov. Zooi-. i. p. .SU (1804). 



S- Allied to DoUiin/f, of which it is a development. Palpus small. Pilit'er 

 with a few bristles as in l>. inexaeta. Antennal segments not quite touching one 

 another ventrally, penultimate segment longer than -high. Foretibia ending in 

 a naked thorn : no pnlvilliis, paronychium scarcely indicated ; first segment of 

 foretarsns longer than tibia (thorn excluded), shorter than segments 2 to .5 

 together ; tibiae rather smoothly scaled ; midtibia much longer tlian first tarsal 

 segment ; spurs very short, two pairs to hindtibia, the proximal pair almost 

 concealed under the scaling. SO- and R' of hind wing separate; R- from centre 

 of cell. Sexual armature of the J)olhiiia type. 



?. Unknown. 



Larva and chrysalis nnknowu. 



Hah. N.W. India. 



One species. 



The ])resence of the thorn on the foretibia and the absence of the pulvillus and 

 the paronychial lobes are the outcome of that kind of development accompanied by 

 reduction which we find so often among the Sphiiuficae. 



1~T. Dolbinopsis grisea. 



*Pstinlosphhix grhea Hampson, l.f. i. p. 104. n. Ili5 (181I"J) (Kiilu ; — Mus. Brit.). 

 Ihjhjicuf r/risea, Kirby, Cut. Lep. Ilel. i. p. 39. n. 7 a (IH',12). 



S ■ Resembles in pattern the species of Dolhina. Tenth abdominal tergite 

 (PI. XXVn. f. 6) broad, obtusely triangular, curved downward distally, more 

 suddenly narrowed from the point of curvature to the end; sternite (PI. XXVII. 

 f. 7) with a divided lobe, the two halves slender. (_'las])er without patch of 

 modified scales, broadly rounded, broadest beyond middle (PI. XXXIX. f. 10); 

 harjie with a finger-like ventro-distal process, and two dorsal processes, of which 

 the jjroxinial one is the narrower. Penis-funnel obliquely truncate ; penis-sheath 

 (PI. XXVIII. f. 3'.)) armed with a horizontal tooth pointing sinistro-laterad ; on the 

 inner side of the sheath oj)posite the tooth there is a patch of sjiines, which are 

 visible from the outer side as fine dots. 



?. Unknown. 



Ilah. Kuln, N.W. India. 



One S in the British Museum. 



XLI. DOLBINA.— Tyjms : tiuH-rd. 



M,nn,s;ia Walkt-r. iJ^l U/,. /««. /i. .U. viii. p. 208 (18,'-,(i) (partim). 

 S/ihhir, Boisiluval {nun Linne, ITfiH), Sjiec. Gin. Lep. Ilil. i. p. 117 (187.5). 

 I'kiikIiixjiIuii.i \ Butler t.ni)ii Burmeister, 185IJ), Tniiis. Zool. Soc. Loud. ix. p. (ill (IK77). 

 I)iilhhiii SlaiuJiiigfcr, in Rom., .Mint. Lep. iii. p. 1.55 (1887) (type : tuncrei). 

 ll/jlo;,„H, Kirby (nu„ Hiibner, IH-.'L'), Cat. Lep. Ilrt. i. p. Gi)4 (IK'.I'J). 

 .Mcijiiwilt.n, IloUischiia (inni Boisdiival, 1875), Nov. ZooL. i. p. HO (1834) 



d?. l)iftcrs from S,phbigulua and Kentochnjsoli.'i in the mncdi more robust 

 thorax and abdomen, in the stronger si>inulation of the latter, the jiresence of weak 



