PHLEGETONIA.—THYRIODES, 85 
‘obliquely curved between those points; basal half of medial area 
suffused with black, the outer half white, except at costa, met at 
vein 6 by an oblique white band from costa before apex ; orbicular 
a white point defined by black; reniform with blackish centre and 
whitish annulus, constricted at middle; a diffused blackish medial 
shade; postmedial line double and oblique from costa to vein 6, 
filled in with white and defined by white on outer side, then 
represented by an obliquely curved series of black points on the veins 
slightly angled inwards at submedian fold, a tringular black mark 
beyond it on costa with two white points on it; subterminal line 
indistinctly double, incurved from costa to discal fold and with 
minute black streak on its inner side at vein 6, angled inwards at 
vein 5, then waved and ending at tornus; a fine waved terminal 
line with black points in the interspaces; cilia red-brown. Hind 
wing greyish suffused with fuscous brown especially on the veins 
and terminal area ; some blackish striz on vein 2 andon inner margin 
towards tornus; a diffused whitish medial band from lower angle 
of cell to inner margin and diffused whitish subterminal line from 
vein 5 to tornus; a waved black terminal line; cilia rufous with a 
white line at base; the underside whitish tinged with purple except 
below the cell, a black discoidal spot, diffused, curved, slightly 
waved medial line, double postmedial curved series of black points, 
traces of subterminal line at costa, middle, and tornus, and waved 
terminal line with black points at the interspaces, 
Hab, Br. N. Gurvea, Dinawa (Pratt), type tf ¢ in Coll. Bethune- 
Baker. Zwp. 28 millim. 
Genus THYRIODES. 7 
ype. 
Thyriodes, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 364 (1852) ...... ses ceeseeceeereee . flabelluin. 
Proboseis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to above 
vertex of head and fringed with hair in front and behind towards extremity, 
the 8rd long and fringed with hair behind towards extremity; frons smooth 
with flattened tuft of long scales above; eyes large, round ; antenna of male 
bipectinate with rather long branches to apex; thorax clothed almost entirely 
with scales, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; build slender; fore 
tibiz fringed with long hair; abdomen with dorsal crests on basal segments, and 
with lateral series of tufts, the paired anal tufts short. Fore wing long and 
narrow, the apex somewhat produced and acute, the termen evenly curved and 
slightly crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell, 6 from upper angle ; 
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing 
with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 fully developed from above angle; 6, 7 
from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 
Secr. I, Mid tibia of male with a fringe of scales covering a fold coutaining 
a fringe of scales; antennz of female bipectinate with short branches, 
6298. Thyriodes flabellum. 
Thyriodes flahellum, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 363, pl. 23. f. 11 (1852); Druee, Biol. 
Centr.-Am., Het. 1. p. 408. 
Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown mixed with purplish 
grey ; antenne with the basal joint white in front; tarsi ringed 
