GAEUDINIA. 



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Hah. Assam; Centr. India, Belgaum {Watson)., 2 5 ; Ceylox, 

 Nawalajjitya {Green), 1 c? , 1 $ ; Uurma, Moulmein {Cleric), 1 $ , 

 type Jlavicostina, llangooii, 1 c5' ; Singapore {Ridley), 1 $ ; Java, 

 Eatavia, 1 J , 1 $ type. Exp. 18-20 millim. 



Genus GARUDINIA. 

 Garudinia, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 69 (1882) 



Type. 



latana. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, slender, not reaching vertex of 

 head ; antennaj of male ciliated ; tibiie with the spurs rather long. Fore wing 

 rather narrow, the costa arched, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from middle of cell, 

 curved at base ; 5 absent ; 6 from below upper angle ; 9 absent ; 10, 11 free ; 

 male with a strong costal fold extending to well beyond middle. Hind wing 

 with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 5 from well above angle ; male with veins G, 7 

 coincident ; 8 from towards angle of cell ; the apical area strongly excised, and 

 the costa strongly arched ; female with veins 6, 7 stalked. 



Sect. I. Fore wing of male with the cell very long ; a fringe of long hair on 

 subcostal nervure ; vein 1 b bent npwards beyond middle and 2 bent 

 downwards so as almost to meet ; 3, 4 from cell ; 8 absent. Hind 

 wing with patches of androconia on upperside near lower angle of 

 cell and below costa towards apex; the subcostal nervure fringed with 

 ecales below ; the cell long and veins 3, 4 from angle of cell. 



A. Fore wing with postmedial patch not extending to costa ... biplagiata. 



B. Fore wing with postmedial band extending to costa sinmlana. 



547. Garudinia biplagiata. (Plate XXV. fig. 17.) 

 Garudinia biplagiata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 498 (1896). 



c? . White ; palpi, antennae, and fore and mid legs above blackish ; 

 abdomen dorsally tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft ochreous. Fore 

 wing with large purplish-black patch from middle of cell to inner 

 margin, rounded above and extending from near base to well beyond 

 middle ; a similar semilunar oblique postmedial patch from below 

 costa to middle of termen and tornus. Hind wing semihyaline, 

 suffused with fuscous towards termen. 



Hab. Bhutan, 2500 feet {Duchjeon), 1 S type. Exj). 18 millim. 



548. Garudinia simulana. 



Tospitis simulana, Wlk. xxviii. 429 (1863) ; Kii-by, Cat. Het. p. 30.5, 



White ; abdomen dorsally tinged with fuscous, the anal tuft pale 



ochreous. Fore wing with 

 purple-black antemedial patch 

 from middle of cell to inner 

 margin, rounded above and ex- 

 tending on inner margin from 

 near base to beyond middle ; 

 an oblique band from co.sta 

 beyond middle, its inner edge 

 sinuous, its outer slightly qx^- 

 F'ig.m.~Ganidi7iia simulana, S- \- ^^^^^ below costa and below 



