180 



AECTIAD^. 



372. Mantala tineoides. 



Ma7i(alu tineoides, Wlk. Joiirn. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 109 (1862) ; Swinh. 

 Cat. llct. Mu8. Oxon. p. 1 V.K i-l. iv. f. 23. 



Fulvous yellow-brown. Fore wing with black spot on middle of 



costa, with an indistinct 

 difluscd fuscous line from 

 it to inner margin, inter- 

 ruj)tt'd in male by the fringe 

 of scales ; a diffused indis- 

 tinct fuscous subterminal 

 line. Hind wing pale 

 brownish yellow, darker to- 

 wards termcn. 



Hab. Borneo, Sarawak 



Fig. 96. — Mantala tineoides, cT . 1 . 



( Wallace)^ 1 $ , type t 6 in Mus. Oxon. ; PuLO Laut {Doherty), 

 2 d , 2 2 . Exp. 20 millim. 



Genus BITECTA. 

 Bitecta, Hcjl. 0. E.Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxv. p. ccccxi (1891). 



Type. 

 murina^ 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi povrect, the ord joint long, slender, and 

 extending about the length of head ; antenna; of male with bristles and cilia ; 

 tibia' with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with rough hair, the terminal 

 segment and clasijers with long hair. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa 

 arched at middle, the inner margin arched ; a fringe of hair in basal half of 

 cell and the median and subcostal nervures approximated ; a fringe of hair 

 below medial part of costa and the costal edge turned over on upperside ; 

 vein 2 from middle of cell, curved at base ; 3, 4 shortly stalked; 5 absent; the 

 lower discocellular very short and vein G from near lower angle of cell ; 7 from 

 upper angle; 8, 9 stalked ; 10 from cell, curved at base; 11 free. Hind wing 

 with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 absent ; 7 from before upper 

 angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



373. Bitecta murina. 



Lithosia murina, Heyl. C. K. Soc. Ent. Beige, xxxv. p. ccccxi (1891) ; Kirbv, 

 Oat. Het. p. 915. 



S . Grey-brown : abdomen yellowish grey, blackish towards 

 extremity, the genital tufts yellow. Fore wing with darker streaks 



Fig-197. — Bitecta murina, c? . !• 



on the veins ; the basal part of costal area pale yellowish, the costal 

 edge blackish, the fringe of scales below costa leaden grey. Hind 

 wing yellow, the outer third pale brown. 



Bah. BoKXEo, Kina Balu ; Java, Arjuno, 3000 ft. (Doherty), 1 6 t 

 Preanger typo t d in Coll. Heylaerts. Exp. 32 millim. 



