130 ARCTIADJE. 



Genus CTENOSIA, nov. 



Type, C. p.^rrfriphora. 



Proboscis I'uWy devi'lopcd ; pnlpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons ; 

 anlennte of nmli? bipectinate, with short branches ending in a bristle; tibia; 

 with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing long 

 and narrow ; vein '2 from towards end of cell, oblique; 3, 4 on a long stalk; 

 6, 7, 8, and lU stalked; t) absent; 10 from bcvond 7; U free. Ilind wing 

 with vein 2 from towards end of cell; 3, 4 stalked; 5 absent; 6, 7 stalked; 

 8 from middle of cell. 



*252. Ctenosia psectriphora. 

 Pusiola psectriphora, Distant, A. M. N. H. (7) iii. p. 462 (1899). 



Fig. 77. — Ctenosia psectriphora, (^ . 



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cJ . Orange-yellow : abdomen greyish towards base ; palpi at tips 

 and fore tibiae tinged with fuscous. Fore wing with the inner area 

 very slightly tinged with fuscous. Hind wing rather paler orange- 

 yellow. 



JIab. Transvaal, Pretoria (Distant), J typet in Coll. Distant. 

 E.rj). 36 millim. 



Genus ILEMA. 



Type. 



Eilema, Hiibn. Vcrz. p. 165 (1827) caniola. 



S^siropha, Hiibn. Verz. p. 16.5 (1827) sororcula. 



Teulisna, Wlk. Jouru. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 109 (1862) . plagiata. 



Teyulata, ^Ylk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 110 (1862) . tumida. 



Corcura, Wlk. Journ. Liun. Soc., Zool. vi. p. 110 (1862)... chiloides. 



Manuka, Wllgrn. Wieu. Ent. Mon. vii. p. 145 (1863) ... gracilipoinis 



Cossa, Wlk. xxxi. 233(1864) basigera. 



%ca, ^\ak. xsxv. 1889(1866) chiloides. 



Diastrophia, Feld. Eeis. Kot. p. 4 (1874) chiloides. 



Eucrcaga, Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 106 (1874), non descr arcidifera. 



Tarika, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 14 varana. 



Simarcea, Moore, P.Z. S. 1878, p. 14 basinota. 



Gandhara, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 15 griseola. 



Co/Zfte, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 16 griseola. 



Kaiha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 16 depressa. 



Capissa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 19 vagesa. 



Dolgoma, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 20 reticidaia. 



Macofasa, Moore, P.Z. S. 1878, p. 24 tortricoides. 



Zadadra, Moore, P. Z.S. 1878, p.25 distorta. 



Prahkasa, Moore, P.Z.S. 1878, p. 25 venosa. 



Thgsanoptj/x, Hrapsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 74 (1894) tetragona. 



LopJioncura, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 78 (1894) uniformis. 



JEdwa, Turner, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr. 1899, p. 10 ... decreta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, hardly reaching beyond the frons, 

 the 2nd joint fringed with hair below ; frons rounded ; antenna; of male with 

 cilia and bristles, rarely serrate or pectinate; tibiae with the spurs rather short ; 

 abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing long and narrow, sometimes 

 shorter, the costa arclied towards apex, the termen short ; vein 2 from middle of 

 cell, curved towards base ; 3, 4 on a long stalk, rarely shortly stalked or from cell 



