DIXOA. RHODONEURA. 355 



Genus DIXOA, nov. 



Type, D. albatalis, Swinh. 



Range. Canara ; Poona ; Raipur. 



Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, the third joint short. 

 Antennae minutely ciliated. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, and 9, 10 

 stalked. Hind wing with vein 5 from just above lower angle of cell. 



765. Dixoa albatalis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 422, pi. 44, figs. 1, 2. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen cov- 

 ered with white scales. Wings 

 pure white, with evenly disposed 

 small fuscous striae over the whole 

 surface, these being more promi- 

 nent on the underside. 

 Fig. 244. Dixoa albatalis, tf. }. Hob. Canara; Poona; Eaipur. 



Exp. c? 30, $ 40millim. 



Genus RHODONEURA. 



Rhodoneura, Quen. Sp. Gen. Lep., Phal. ii, pi. i, fig. 8 (1857). 



Pharambara, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1274 (1865). 



Osca, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vh, p. 73 (1864). 



Microsca, Butt. III. Het. iii, p. 71 (1879). 



Banisia, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, p. 77 (1864). 



Letcheua, Moore, Lep. Cei/l. iii, p. 257 (1887). 



Durdara, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 176 (1882). 



Type, R. pudicula, Guen., from Java and Celebes. 



Range. W. Indies ; S.America; S.Africa; Madagascar; Aden; 

 China ; throughout India and Ceylon ; Burma ; Andamans ; 

 Borneo ; Java ; Celebes ; Australia ; New Britain ; Tonga. 



Palpi slight, upturned, reaching above vertex of head, the 3rd 

 joint variable in length. Fore wing slightly produced and acute 

 at apex. Fore wing with veins 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 given off close to the 

 angle of cell. Hind wing with vein 5 from just above lower angle 

 of cell. 



SECT. I. Palpi with the third joint very long ; antennae 

 almost simple. 



766. Rhodoneura obliqualis, Warr. MS. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen silvery white ; head and thorax 

 suffused with brown ; abdomen with brown bands. Wings silvery 

 white ; basal area covered with brown striae ; an oblique line from 

 the apex of fore wing, which becomes double towards inner margin 

 and treble on the hind wing ; another submarginal line becoming 

 double on the hind wing ; a marginal waved line. Underside with 

 the costa of fore wing chestnut. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 42 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



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