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CXVII. DAHIRA.— Typiis : nibiyinosa. 



Dahirii Moore, Prne. Zool. Soc. Land. p. 390 (1888) (type : riiljiginosa). 

 Amhulijx, Butler, lllustr. Typ. Spechn. Lep. Het. B. M. vii. p. 2 (1889). 



c?. Genal process large, triangular, curved backwards. Head with mesial 

 cariniform crest, which is most distinct between antennae. Eye lashed. Palpas 

 rounded, somewhat projecting. Antenna fusiform, narrowed at base, gradually 

 fining to a slender hook, strongly compressed, fasciculated ciliae long; end-segment 

 akort. Spines of abdomen weak. Midcoxal merum somewhat angulate. Tibiae 

 unarmed ; spurs short, midtibial ones equal in lengtli, long terminal one of 

 hindtibia shorter than the tibia is broad; no comb; ])ulvillus and paronychium 

 not reduced. Wings entire; forewing elongate, subfalcate, apex acute; cross-veins 

 of hindwing slightly obli(iue, D^ longer than D^ 



i. Tenth tergite elongate, convex above, concave beneath, apex entire; sternite 

 nearly as long as the tergite, broader, triangular, extreme tip sinuate. Clasper 

 sole-shaped; with large friction-scales, irregularly arranged in four rows, besides 

 some additional enlarged scales, extreme tip of these scales truncate; harpe 

 (PI. IL. f. 6) produced into a long ventral process, which is spatulate and 

 somewhat twisted. Penis-sheath (PL LIV. f. 30) with a long dentate and curved 

 process at the right side, ending in two points, and a much shorter, also dentate, 

 lobe at the left side. 



? and early stages not known. 



JIab. N.W. India. 



One species. 



Allied to Ampelopkaga. 



434. Dahira rubiginosa. 



*Duhha riiljhjliiijsii Moore, Pruc. Ziwl. Soc. Loud. p. 391 (1888) (Mundi, N.W. Himal. ;-Mus. 



Brit.) ; Cot. & Swinb., OU. Moths hid. p. 726. n. 61. A (1889) ; Kirby, Cut. Lep. Hot. i. p. 662. 



n. 1 (1892). 

 Ambuli/x riibighiom, Butler, Jl/ualr. Ti/p. Sjiecim. Lcji. Hel. B. M. vii. p. 2 (1889) ; Hamps., in 



Blanf., Faiimi, Brit. Jnd., Moths i. p. 78. n. 105 (1892). 

 Ambidyx rubresceiis Butler, Lu. p. 20. t. 121. f. 2 (1889) (nom. nov. loao'rub'njinosa). 



S. In wing-form reminding one of Oxyambuli/x, with which it has erroneously 

 been associated by Bntler and Hampson. 

 /M. N.W. India. 

 Only one specimen known, which is in the British Museum. 



CXVIII. AMPELOPHAGA.— Typus : riibigiitOM. 



Diilfjihiln, Walker {wui Laspeyres, 1809), U«l Lr/i. Am. II. .1/. viii. p. 161! (1856) (partim). 

 Choeiuciiin/ia, Mc'Ui-trie's {iioii Duponcbol, 1835), F.niim. Corp. .liiiiii. .Mux. Petr., Lip. Siip/il. il. p. 91 



(1«57). 

 l-:iil„o, B„iH(iuval («.-« Walker, 185i;), S/mr. Cen. Lq). Hit. i. p. 178 (1875). 

 Aiiijfc.t'tj,l,(ii/o lirumer & (iruy, in Motnch., ICl. Enl. i. p. (il (1852) {nom. iiuksi-r.) ; Bull., I'lijiilio i. 



p. lO-l ( IHMl J (typus : riibnjiiiosii), 

 AcoKmeryj; Holland (non UoiHduval, 1875), Traim. Amer. P.iit. Sor. xvi. p. 71 (1889). 

 IJeilijihila {Ampclujihioja), Staudingcr, in Kom., .\/ini. L!p. iii. p. 230 (1892). 



