XANXnODTJLR. — BAtBURA. 



341 



Ab. 1. inquinata. Fore wing entirely red-brown except a grey 

 patch on middle of inner area, a postmedial patch ou costa extendin"' 

 to lower angle of cell, and a curved mark from apex to vein (5. 



Hah. Victoria, Melbourne (liai/nor, Lncas, Andersoa), 7 ^, 

 Burnside, 1 cJ . E.i^). 2-1 millim. Type 



t in Coll. Mevrick. 



Xanthodule semiochrea, Biitl, 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 355. 



717. Xanthodule semiochrea. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 384, pi. 9. f. 1 ; 



Fig. 243. — Xanthodule semiochrea, (^ . 



(S . Reddish brown; fnms 

 and vertex of head yellowish 

 white. Hind wing orange, 

 with apical bi'own patch and 

 very tine terminal brown line. 



Hab. Queensland, Peak 

 Downs, 1 c? type. Kiy. 18 

 millim. 



Genus XANTHOCRASPEDA. 



Xanthocraspeda, Hmpsn. Moths Iiid. ii. p. 121 (1804) , 



Type. 

 marc/inata. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi porrect, not extending beyond the frons, 

 which is clothed with rough hair ; antennre of male with bristles and cilia ; 

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

 long and narrow ; vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from long before angle ; 5 

 from well above angle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10 free; 11 

 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3 from 

 well before angle ; 5 from well above angle; 6, 7 on a long stalk; 8 from 

 towards end of cell. 



718. Xantliocraspeda marginata. 



Nudaria marginata, Wlk. xxxi. 274 (1864); Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii. p. 122; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 364. 



s. 



'-^T^te,' 



Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous yellow ; fore and raid 

 tibife and tarsi tinged with brown above ; 

 abdomen fuscous below except at ex- 

 tremity ; wings reddish brown. Foi'e 

 wing with the costa orange-yellow from 

 before middle to near apex ; the inner 

 margin yellow ; cilia yellow at tips. 

 Hind wing with the inner area yellow ; 

 cilia yellow at tips. 



Hah. S. India, Coimbatore (^Walliou,se), 

 1 S type. Exj). 22 millim. 



Fig. 244. — Xanthocraspcda 



marginata, (^ . \. 

 (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



Genus BALBURA. 



Typ' 



Balbura, Wlk. ii. 481 (1854) dorsisigna. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of heail, the 

 Isl joint fringed with hair ; aiitenn;e of male liipectinate, with siiort branches, 

 the apical third serrate ; tibiie with the spurs moderate. Fore wing rather 



