54l' ARCTIAD.E. 



115S. Diduga rufidisca. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 17.) 

 Diduga rufidisca, Hmiwii. Juiirn. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1897, p. 439. 



$. Head, tegulae, base of patagia, and mesothorax brownish 

 vcUow ; palpi and tVons, metatborax and abdomen blackish ; legs 

 and ventral snrface of abdomen paler. Fore wing with broad 

 brownish-yellow costal fascia irrorated with a few dark scales, its 

 lower cdi,'e whitish and strongly creniilate, defined below by fuscous 

 suffusion shading off into dull rufous towards inner margin ; an 

 obscure discoidai spot ; an irregular maculate whitish terminal liand : 

 the snots Ijelow apex and above tornus large. Hind wing fuscous. 



llah. Assam, Khasis, 1 $ type. Exp. 12 millim. 



1159. Diduga fiimipennis. 



Poidia fiimipennis, ITmpsn. III. Het. viii. p. 52, pi. 14U. f. 7 (1891); 

 id. Moths Intl. ii. p. 9C.; Kirbv, Cat. Het. p. 364. 



S . Fuscous brown ; head and tegulse yellow ; legs and anal tuft 

 yellowish. Fore wing darker fuscous towards apex ; a postmedial 

 ill-dcfinod yellow spot on costa ; the cilia yellow above tornus. 

 Hind wing rather paler. 



5 . Head and tegulae whitish ; fore wing with the yellow mark 

 on costa reduced. 



llah. NiLGiRi Plateau, 7000 feet {Uampson), 1 J, 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 16-18 millim. 



Genus CONOSIA, nov. 



Type, C. aspersa. 



Proboscis fiillv developed ; palpi porrect, reaching as far as frons ; antenna; 

 of male with IJristles and cilia; tibiie with the spurs moderate; abdomen 

 clothed with rough hair. Fore wing with the costa nearly straight, the apex 

 rectangular, the inner margin with slight tuft at tornus ; vein -' from middle of 

 cell. 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent ; 0, 7 and 8, 9 on long sralks ; 10 free ; 

 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3, 4 

 on a long stalk ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



1160. Conosia aspersa. 



Lifhosia aspersa, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 104 (181)2) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 3.39. 

 LitfM.oin .n/linoides, Wlk. .Tourn. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi. p. 107 (1862)-. Swinh. 



Cat. Het. Mus. Oson. p. 123, pi. 4. f. 17 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 320. 



Head and thorax grey-brown ; abdomen grey, with some fuscous 



Fig. 399. — Conosia aspersa, cJ . \. 

 before the anal tuft, which is yellowish. Fore wing grey irrorated 



