CLOSTEEOJIOEI'H. 



177 



$ . Hind wing wholly ochreous. 



Bab. Bombay, Kanara ( Ward), 1 $ , Ivarwar (Bell), 1 $ ; Ceylon, 

 Kandy (Mackwood), 1 6 ; Burma, Moulmeia (Clerk), 1 £ type. 

 Exp. '34-40 millim. 



Genus CLOSTEROMORPHA. 



Closteromorpha, Feld. Reis. Nov. p. 3 (1874), non descr. 



Type. 



reniplaga. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slenderly scaled, the 2nd joint 



reaching vertex of head, the 3rd long; frons smooth; eyes large, round; 

 antennas of male almost simple ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and 

 without crests; mid tibia? moderately fringed with hair; hind tibiae of male 

 dilated with a fold on upper side containing a fringe of large scales ; abdomen 

 without crests. Fore wing broad, the apex rounded, the termen slightly 

 excised from vein 3 to tornus; vein 2 somewhat curved upwards; 3 and 5 

 from near angle of cell; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing ample ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent 

 from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with 

 the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with the apical chocolate patch cornucopia- 



shaped reniplaga. 



B. Fore wing with the apical chocolate patch rounded below... modesta. 



4531. Closteromorpha reniplaga. 



Closteromorpha reniplaga, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 83. f. 16 (1874). 



<$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous ; tibiae with some 

 chocolate-brown. Fore wing bright rufous with a greyish tinge, 

 especially on inner area and terminal half ; subbasal line slight, 

 pale, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line pale, rather 

 oblique and slightly incurved ; orbicular and reniform small, with 

 whitish annuli, the former narrow, elliptical, the latter bar-shaped, 



Fig. 61. — Closteromorpha reniplaga, J . 



open below ; a large cornucopia-shaped chocolate-brown patch with 

 pale edges, extending on costa from above reniform to apex and 

 down to vein 3 where its apex is curved outwards, the pale post- 

 medial line arising from it, strongly incurved, then erect ; a ter- 

 minal series of chocolate-brown striae from below apex to vein 2, 

 below which there is a small round spot ; cilia rufous with a fine 

 pale line at base. Hind wing deep red-brown ; cilia with a fine 

 VOL. ix. x 



