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SECT. I. (Dierna). Antennje of male ciliated, with long curved 

 bristles on the inner side to three-fourths the length, where 

 the shaft is thickened and contorted. 



2788. Dierna acanthusalis, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 205 ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl 



iii, pi. 171, tig. 9 ; C. $ S. no. 2320. 

 Nahara clavifera, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 1004. 



Brownish grey irrorated with black scales ; palpi with the 2nd 



joint chestnut at sides. Fore 

 wing with two black specks below 

 the costa near base and one above 

 inner margin ; an oblique line 

 from the apex, bent inwards below 



^' [ I vein 2 and with a black triangular 



mark in the angle ; a pair of fus- 

 j,. 13 cous specks beyond it on each side 



Dierna acanthusalis, <$ . \. of vein 3. Hind wing with the 



outer area striated with fuscous ; 

 the apical area fuscous. Underside more striated with black ; a 

 spot at end of cell of each wing ; a diffused submarginal band and 

 marginal spot. 

 Hob. Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Moulmein. Exp. 38 millim. 



2789. Dierna strigata, Moore, P. Z. S, 1867, p. 80 : C. S? S. no. 2326. 

 Dierna multistrigaria, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 173; C. fy S. no. 2321. 



Differs from acanthusalis in being less irrorated with black. 

 Fore wing with the subbasal specks absent ; the line more oblique, 

 not angled towards inner margin; the black mark absent or 

 reduced to two specks. 



Hob. Khasis ; Bombay ; Nilgiris. Exp. 46 millim. 



SECT. II. (Iluza). Antennae of male bipecttnated and 

 not contorted. 



. Dierna decisa, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 1007; C. Sf 8. no. 2314. 

 Thermesia simplex, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 1063 ; C. $ S. no. 277 



2790. 



2773. 



Grey irrorated with brown ; the 2nd joint of palpi black. 

 Fore wing with traces of antemedial line and speck at end of cell ; 

 an oblique straight narrow fulvous band with black edges from the 

 apex to middle of inner margin of hind wing; both wings with 

 traces of irregularly dentate submarginal line ; a marginal series of 

 dark specks. 



II ah. Moulmein. Exp. 38 millim. 



2791. Dierna transversa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 174, pi. 6, fig. 15; 



C. # S. no. 2317. 



Iluza duplexa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 174, pi. 6, fig. 7; C. Sf S. 

 no. 2316. 



