DIDtJGA. 



541 



Fig. 397. — JDiduga trichophora, (f . 



Sect. III. (Didugci). Antennse of male ciliated. 



A. Fore winp; of male with a tuft of hair on inner margin, vein 11 anasto- 



mosing with 12 ; hind wing with costal folrl on underside on basal 

 half of costa, and fringe of hair on upperside on terminal half; a tuft 

 of long hair on uppei'side below base of cell ; the claspers long and 

 tufted with hair. 



1156. Diduga trichophora, n. sp. 



c? . Head, tegulse, patagia, and mesothorax orange : palpi and 

 Irons blackish ; metathorax and abdomen fuscous ; legs yellow, 



tinged with fuscous above. 

 Pore wing dark fuscous ; an 

 orange costal fascia with 

 strongly crenulate lower edge, 

 irrorated with a few dark scales ; 

 an antemedial dark striga from 

 costa ; a crenulate terminal 

 band with whitish inner edge. 

 Hind wing reddish brown. 

 Hab. PuLO Laut {Doherty), 1 6 ; Bali (Doherty), 1 d type. 

 E,V2J. 16 millim. 



B. Fore wing of male with vein 11 free; hind wing without 



costal fold or tufts of hair. 



a. Fore wing with crenulate yellow costal fascia. 



a\ Fore wing uniform fuscous, except the costal fascia 



and terminal band flavicostata. 



6'. Fore wing becoming dull rufous towards inner margin, ritfidisca. 



b. Fore wing with yellow postmedial spot only on costa fumipcnnis. 



1157. Didiiga flavicostata. 



Pitane flavicostata, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxii. p. 92, pi. x. f. 8 (1879) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 32.5. 

 Lidvga coctafa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 535, pi. 211. ff. S, 9 (1887) ; 



Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 96 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 362. 

 mduga fulvicosta, Hmpso. 111. Het. viii. p. 52, pi. 140. f. 16 (1891); 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 362. 



Head, tegulae, base of patagia, and mesothorax orange- 

 yellow ; palpi, irons, metathorax, pectus, legs, and abdomen fuscous. 



JFore wing fuscous; an orange- 

 yellow costal fascia with strongly 

 crenulate lower edge, the costal 

 edge black towards base, and ante- 

 and postmedial points on costa ; a 

 crenulate whitish to orange ter- 

 minal band expanding at vein "S ; 

 the costal fascia often irrorated with 

 black scales. Hind wing fuscous. 

 Ab. 1. fulvicosta. Fore wing with the terminal band obsolescent 

 above vein 3. 



Hah. NiLGiRis (//fflm^^ow), 1 '^ , ty^tQ fulvicosta ; Ceylon (G^rfcn, 

 Pole), 3 (5,5 5 , type costata ; Burma, Toungoo (De JViceville), 1 $ 

 PuLO Laut (Dohertij), 1 d' ; Java, 1 d ; Celebes. Ex^. 16-18 

 millim. 



Fig. 398. 

 Diduga flavicostata, cj'. \. 

 (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



