428 



2347. Beara dichromella, Wlk. Cat xxxv, p. 1703 ; Moore, Len. 

 Ceyl. ii, pi. 123, figs. 2, 2 a ; C. $ 8. no. 1212. 



c? . Head, thorax, and fore 

 wing red-brown, irrorated with 

 fuscous scales ; traces of ante- 

 medial, postmedial, and sub- 

 marginal waved lines ; a dark 

 speck in cell and spot at end of 

 it ; a dark marginal line. Ab- 

 domen and hind wing whitish, 

 the latter suffused with reddish 

 at apex. 

 Bombay ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Tenasserim. Exp. 24 millim. 



Subfamily QUADRIFIN^E. 



Palpi with the 2nd joint more or less thickened ; the scaling 

 rather hairy ; the tibiae very frequently spined, and the tarsal joints 

 short. Fore wing with veins 8 and 9 almost always anastomosing 

 to form an areole. Hind wing with vein 5 fully developed and 

 from or from near lower angle of cell. 



Fig. 244. Larva of Tinolius eburneigutta. {. 



Larvce. Semi-loopers, with either the four pairs of abdominal 

 prolegs fully developed or with the first or first two pairs partially 

 or totally aborted. 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Proboscis short and weak j the cilia of fore 



wing strongly toothed 1. CETOLA, p. 434. 



B. Proboscis fully developed. 



a. Eyes hairy. 



a'. Abdomen without dorsal tufts 2. MOMA, p. 435. 



b'. Abdomen with dorsal tufts 3. TRISULOIDES, p. 436. 



b. Eyes naked. 



'. Hind wing with the cell very short. 

 a 2 . Mid tibiae spined. 



a 3 . Wings with the cilia crenulate .... 13. ANISONEURA, p. 455. 

 b 3 . Wings with the cilia non-crenulate . 17. AGONISTA, p. 403. 



