556 NOCTTJID.E. 



Genus MINIODES. 

 Miniodes, Guen. Nod. iii, p. 119 (1852). 



Type, M. discolor, G-uen., from Africa. 



Hob. W. Africa ; N.E. India. 



Antennae thickened in male ; palpi with the 2nd joint somewhat 

 broad and reaching just above vertex of head, the 3rd long, blunt, 

 and oblique ; thorax smoothly scaled ; abdomen clothed with loDg 

 hair on dorsum ; legs smoothly scaled ; the tibiae without spines. 

 Fore wing with the costa highly arched ; the apex slightly pro- 

 duced ; the inner and outer margins forming a continuous curve. 

 Hind wing clothed with long hair at base ; the apex nearly quadrate. 



In the typical section (Sect. I.) the antennae have long bristles 

 and cilia in male. 



SECT. II. Antennae of male simple ; fore wing with the apex 

 produced to two slight projections. 



2633. Miniodes ornata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 166 ; C. fy S. no. 2488. 



Head and thorax fulvous and dark red-brown ; abdomen bluish 

 black. Fore wing chestnut, thickly irrorated with dark brown ; the 



Fig. 315. Miniodes ornata, 



costal area orange-fulvous to beyond the cell ; six indistinct angled 

 dark lines ; a white black-ringed spot at upper angle of cell, with 

 a black fascia from it to outer margin below apex ; a large white 



