COSTAECHA. STICTOSIA. 293 



Genus COSTARCHA. 



Type. 



Costarcha, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii. p. 53 (1891) indihtincta. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, short, and not nearly reaching 

 •vertex of head ; aiitenmi; bipectinate, the branches fine and at right angles to 

 fihaft ; tibiae with the spurs long. Fore wing thinly scaled ; the costa arched 

 at base and towards apex; the cell long; vein 2 from ju.st beyond middle; 

 5 from long before angle ; 5 from just above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from 

 towards end of cell ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 from angle ; fi, 7 stalked ; 8 from 

 middle of cell. 



616. Costarcha indistincta. 



Costarcha indistbicta, Hmpsn. 111. Het. viii. p. 53, pi. I-IO. f. 22 (1891) ; 

 id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 94 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 362. 



(5 . Grey tiuged with pale brown; head and extremity of abdomen 

 tinged with fuscous. Fore wing irrorated with fuscous ; the costal 



edge black towards base ; 

 oblique indistinct subbasal and 

 antemedial lines from costa 

 to median nervure, where the 

 latter is 'strongly angled, then 

 reduced to an obHque series of 

 points ; an indistinct dark 

 ¥ig. 210.— Costarcha hidisflncia, c^. \. mark on middle of costa : in- 



(From Moths Ind. vol, ii.) j- i- <. ^ t i i i, 



^ ' distinct postmedial and sub- 



terminal series of points angled beyond the cell, then oblique ; 

 a fuscous patch on costa towards apex and terminal series of points. 

 Hind wing paler. 



Hab. NiLGiRis {Hampsoii), 2 (S , type. Exj). 28 millim. 



Genus STICTOSIA, nov. 



Type, S. flexilisana. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi slender, porrect, extending to just beyond 

 the irons ; antennte of male ciliated ; tibiaj with the spurs long. Fore wing 

 short and broad, the costa arched ; vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 3 from 

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

 7 from beyond 9; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with vein 2 from towards angle of 

 cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 coincident in male, on a long 

 stalk iu female ; 8 from beyond middle of cell, with a small patch of aiidroconia 

 on it in male, and the subcostal nervure bent downwards towards angb 

 of cell. 



6] 7. Stictosia flexilisana. 



Conchylis flexilisana, Wlk. xxviii. 362 (1863), J. 



Tottpifis decid>itana, Wlk. xxviii. 431 (1863) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 3 55, 



Tosjntis illatalis, Wlk. xxx. 994 (1864), J . 



c? . Head and thorax ochreous, irrorated with dark scales ; 

 abdomen pale, the extremity ochreous. Fore wing yellow-brown, 

 irrorated with black scales; a black point on subcostal nervure 



