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671. Phragmataecia castaneae, Hiibn. Beitr. ii. i. i. c. p. 9 (1790). 

 Bombyx arundinis, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett., Bomb. figs. 200, 201. 

 Zeuzera innotata, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 587. 



Phragmatoecia saccharum, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 87 ; C. fy 8. no. 1602. 

 Phragmatoecia minor, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 87 ; C. fy S. no. 1601. 

 Phragmataecia minima, Hmpsn. III. Set. viii, p. 66, pi. 144, fig. 14. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white. Fore wing brownish 

 white irrorated with dark specks. Hind wing white or brownish 

 white. 



Fig. 213. Phragmat&cia castanece, $ . |. 



In some specimens the striations of the fore wing are absent. 

 Hab. Europe ; Africa ; Madagascar ; China ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. 

 ^ 22-38, $ 54 millim. 



672. Phragmataecia impura, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 66, pi. 144, 



fig. 7. 



$ . Head, thorax, and fore wing smoky black ; abdomen and 

 hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hub. Nilgiris, S. slopes, 3000 feet. Exp. 36 millim. 



Genus EREMOCOSSUS, nov. 



Type, E. fcedus, Swinh. 

 Range. Karachi. 



Palpi with the third joint large and rounded ; antennae of male 

 bipectinated to tips, the branches short. Legs without spurs, 



Fig. 214. Eremocossusftxdus, $ . \. 



the femora hairy. Wings long and narrow ; fore wing with inner 

 margin evenly curved; vein 11 given off from the subcostal 



