TE ICHOCEROTA.. TINTHIA. 



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Genus TRICHOCEROTA, nov. 



Type, T. ruficincta, Hmpsn. 



Range. Burma. 



Antennae with tufts of long cilia arising from serrations. Palpi 

 somewhat slight and porrect. Fore wing with vein 4 absent; 

 7 and 8 not stalked. Hind wing with veins 2 and 3 from near 

 together and some way before the end of the cell ; vein 6 from the 

 upper angle of the cell. Hind tibiae naked. 



378. Trichocerota ruficincta, n. sp. 



3 . Palpi reddish ; head, thorax, and abdomen black ; thorax 

 with slight reddish streaks ; abdomen with red bands on the fifth 



Fig. 126. Trichocerota ruficincta, $. |. 



and seventh segments. Tore wing dark reddish brown, with slight 

 hyaline streaks in the cell and between veins 2, 3, and 4. Hind 

 wing yellowish hyaline ; the veins, margins, and cilia black. 



ffab. Eastern Pegu, 500 feet, April (Doherty). Exp. 22 millim. 

 Type in coll. Elwes. 



Genus TINTHIA. 

 Tinthia, Walk. Cat. xxxi, p. 23 (1864). 



Type, T. varipes, Walk., from Celebes. 



Range. Japan ; China ; Celebes ; S. India. 



Antennae slender and serrated in both sexes, hardly dilated 

 before the end ; palpi slight and porrect. Legs with slight tufts 

 of hair at the joints. Wings very narrow ; fore wing with the 

 venation of Sesia ; hind wing with veins 2 and 3 given off at a 

 point before the end of the cell ; 6 and 7 from the upper angle of 

 cell ; discocellulars nearly erect. 



379. Tinthia cupreipennis, Walk. Cat. xxxi, p. 11 ; C. $ S. no. 191. 

 c? . Brown with iridescent colours ; the palpi, tufts on legs, and 



Fig. 127. Tinthia cupreipennis, <$. ?. 

 narrow segmental bands to the abdomen ochreous ; anal tuft 



