78 



ARCriAD.E. 



stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 

 5 from ju3t above angle ; G, 7 very stroagly stalked ; 8 from near end of cell. 



100. Arcliinola pyralidia. 



Arckinola pi/ralid/a, Hinpsn. P. Z. S. 189G, p. 259, pi. i. f. 23. 



(S . Grey stronj:;ly inorated with fuscous. Fore wing with slight 



blackish mark at base of costa; 

 the tufts of scales near base 

 and at middle and upper angle 

 of cell very slight ; an erect 

 fuscous antcmedial line : the 

 ])Ostmedial line indistinct, 

 curved from costa to vein 3, 

 where it is retracted to below 

 angle of cell. Hind wing 

 paler brownish. 

 Exj), 16 millim. 



Fig. 2'l.—Archino[a pyralidia, (£ . ^ 

 Hah. Adex (2\urse\ 1 6 t^'pe. 



Genus MELALEUCIA, nov. 



Type, M. ohliqitifasciata. 



Proboscis well developed. Palpi oblique, projecting about the length of head, 

 the 2nd joint roughly sc;ded above and below, the 3rd naked, acuminate; frons 

 smooth; antenna of female eimple, the bisal joint not tufted; tibiic with the 

 spurs well developed. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, .5 

 from angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9 stalked from before 

 angle; 10 absent; II oblique. Hind wing witli vein 3 from angle of cell; 4 

 absent ; 5 from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



161. Melaleucia obliquifasciata. 



Kola obliquifasciata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. .503 (1896). 



$. Head white; palpi at sides and antenna} blackish; togulae 

 and patagia white, the latter blackish at base; thorax and abdomen 



fuscous. Fore wing white, 

 with blackish patch at base 

 of costa edged with raised 

 black scales ; an oblique 

 black -edged fuscous band 

 irrorated Avith leaden scales 

 from middle of costa to 

 vein 1, somewhat constricted 

 at middle and incurved at 

 lower end, with a white 

 spot on it at middle and a tuft of raised black scales at lower angle 

 of cell ; an obscure irregularly sinuous subterminal line, with 

 patches of fuscous suffusion Ijcyond it extending on inner half to 

 the oblique band ; cilia blackish. Hind wing brownish fuscous, 

 with dark discoidal point and fine terminal line. 

 JIah. Ceylon (Green), 1 $ type. Exp. 14 millim. 



Fig. 23. — Melaleucia ohliquifasnata, $. 



