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arctiad.t;. 



Genus MITHUNA. 



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Nifhiiua, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 21 gnadrijyfat/a. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, not reacliing vertex of 

 head, and fringed with hair in front ; tibiae with the spurs moderate; ahdonieu 

 clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather short and broad, the eosta arched ; 

 vein 2 from middle of cell; 3. 4 stalked; 5 absent; 7,8,9, 10 stalked; 11 

 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 fr(nn well before angle of cell ; 

 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 abrcnt ; G, 7 ou a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with vein fi stalked with 7, 8, 9, 10; 10 from before 7; 

 anteunas of male bipectinatc. 



235. Mitliuna fiiscivena. 



Mithuna fiiscivena, Hnipsn. Moths Ind. iv, p. 495 (1896). 



Fuscous bro^vii. Pore wing with tlie veins streaked with fuscous. 

 Iliiid wing dull ochreous, the costal area tinged with fuscous. 



Fig. 64. — Mithiaia fuscivena, cJ. 



3 

 3^' 



Hah. Ceylox {Pole), 3 c? , 4 ? , type ; Borneo, Pulo Laut 

 (Doherty),! d" , 1 $ . Kvp. 16 millim. 



Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 6 from long below angle of cell ; antennoe of 

 male with bristles and cilia. 

 A. Fore wing with vein 7 from before 10. 



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23G. Mithuna quadriplaga. 



Mithuna quadriplaga. Moore, P. Z. S. 1S78, p. 21 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 

 p. ?^6 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 332. 



cJ . Head and teguloe orange-yellow ; palpi and thorax fuscous 



brown ; antennae brown ; abdomen 

 grey-brown, the anal tufts yellow. 

 Fore Aviiig brown, with some fuscous 

 at base of eosta ; a fuscous medial 

 spot on eosta with traces of a line 

 arising from it strongly excurved 

 from below eosta to cell ; an indistinct 

 irregular subterminal line most pro- 

 minent towards eosta. Hind wing 

 pale brown. 



5 . Head and tegulaj brown. 



Ilah. SiKHiM, 3 6 (Du'Ji/eon, Pilcher), 1 5 , Moore Coll., type 

 13HUXAN, 2 J {Dadyeon). Ejiji., S ^^, ? 2G millim. 



Fig. 6.5. 



Nifhuna qiiodriplnfia, 5. \. 



(From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



