OVIPENNIS. MACH^EOPHORA. 



411 



3 from well before angle ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 

 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9; 10, 11 almost from a point, 11 curved. Hind 

 wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from before angle ; 5 from just 

 abo\e angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



*873. Ovipennis dudgeoni. 



Niiclaria dtidgeont,mwe8, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 388, pi. 32. f. 10; Hmpsn. 

 Moths Ind! ii. p. 104; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 361. 



2 . Head orange-yellow ; antennae fuscous except towards base ; 

 thorax fuscous, the patagia with orange patches at base and 



extremity ; legs fuscous, the 

 1st joint of tarsi white ; 

 abdomen fuscous. Fore wing 

 with black patch at base 

 followed by a whitish patch, 

 then a fuscous patch extend- 

 ing to near termen, bisected 

 by a yellow streak leaving the 

 inner and terminal areas yel- 

 low ; the costal area yellowish 

 white, expanding into a patch at apex ; cilia brownish yellow, 

 black towards apex. Fore wing with the basal area yellowish ; a 

 diffused postmedial fuscous patch ; the inner and terminal areas 

 yellow ; the apex white ; cilia yellow, fuscous towards apex. 



Hab. SiKHiM {Dudgton), 1 $ type f in Coll. Elwes. Exp. 

 26 millim. 



Fig. 322. — Ovipennis dudgeoni, 5- 



Genus MACH.aEROPHOIlA. 



Type. 



Machairo'phora, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 86 (1893) fulvipimcta. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons ; 

 antennte bipectinate, with short stiii' branches ; hind tibise with the medial 

 spurs absent ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing long and rather 

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

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

 becoming coincident with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of 

 cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from beyond 

 middle of cell. 



874. MacliEeropliora fulvipuncta. 



Machairophora fulvipuncta, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 86, pi. 159. f. 10 

 (1893) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 121. 



c^" . Black-brown ; head, tegulse, and 

 patagia with some fulvous hair ; tarsi, hind 

 tibise, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 orange-yellow ; wings clothed with hair- 

 like scales. Fore wing with more or less 

 prominent orange-yellow patch on middle 

 of inner area, and sometimes slight spots at 

 base and subterminal spots above veins 1, 

 2, 5, and 7. 



2 apterous {fide E. E. Green). 



Hah. Ceylon, Maskclyia {Green), 3 J , type. Exp. 20 millim. 



Fig. 323. — Machmrophora 



fvlinpvncta, (^ . \. 

 (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



