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ARCTIADiE. 



Genus UTRICULIFERA. 

 Utriailofera, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 81 (1893) 



Type. 

 juscapex. 



Proboscis fully developed ; paljji porrect, reaching just beyond the frontal 

 tuft; antennte of male ciliated; tibia: with tlie spurs moderate. Fore wing 

 short and rather broad ; vein 2 from middle of cell, somewhat curved at base ; 

 3 and 5 from close to angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 

 from beyond 9; U*, 11 tree, oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 from near 

 angle of cell ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from 

 towards end of cell. 



Sect. I. Antenna; of male with a very large hoUowed-out vesicle at extremity 

 of basal joint ; abdomen with large lateral tufts of hair from 3rd 

 segment ; fore wing with a fold at base of inner margin containing 

 tufts of hair. 



610. Utriciilifera fuscapex. 



Utrmdojerafuscapex, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 82, pi. 158. ff. 7, 17 (1893) ; 

 id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 95. 



Grej'-brown ; abdomen fuscous, the lateral tufts of male and anal 



tuft paler ; the vesicle on antennje 

 black; the frons ochreous. Fore 

 •svins; with the basal area suffused 

 with brown ; the costal edge dark 

 towards base : faint traces of a 

 curved antemedial line ; two points 

 on discocellulars ; a triangular 

 Pig. 205. apical blackish patch extending to 



IJtriculif era fuscapex, S ■ \- middle of termen. Hind wing 

 (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) fuscous. 



Hah. Belgattm {JVatsoii), 1 $ ; Ceylon, Nawalapittya (GV^m), 

 2 c? , 1 $ type ; Lotjisiades, Rossel I. {Meek), 1 S . Exi^ 16 millim! 



Sect. II. Male with the antennae, abdomen, and fore wing normal. 



611. Utriculifera macroplaga, n. sp. 



cJ . Head and thorax yellowish white ; frons and abdomen above 



black. Fore wing yellowish 

 white ; subbasal, antemedial, 

 and postraedial black points 

 on costa ; a largo fuscous 

 postmcdial patch from sub- 

 costal nervure to inner mar- 

 gin, its inner edge straight, 

 its outer rounded ; some 

 black points on costa towards 

 apex and on termen below 



Fig. 206. — UtricuHJera macroplaga, (^ . 



apex. Hind wing and underside of fore wing fuscous. 

 Hah. Ptjlo Latjx (Dohertij), 2 J , type. Exj). 12 millim. 



