TEPHRINA. 209 



Genus TEPHRINA. 



Tephrina, Dup. Cat. Lep. Eur. p. 246 (1844). 

 Diastictis, Hiibn. Verz. p. 288 (? 1818), non descr. 



Type, T. murinaria, Schiff., from Europe. 



Range. W. Indies ; Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, and Aus- 

 tralian regions. 



Palpi hairy and reaching beyond the frons ; hind tibiae not 

 dilated. Wings with the outer margins evenly curved. Fore 

 wing of male usually with fovea ; vein 3 from angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 

 stalked from upper angle; 10 absent; 11 usually free. Hind 

 wing with vein 3 from angle of cell. 



In the typical section the male has the branches of the antennae 

 very short. 



SECT. II. Male with the branches of antennae long, the 

 extremity of shaft simple. 



3255. Tephrina disputaria, Guen. Phal ii, p. 489. 



Cleora pulinda, Wlk. Vat. xxi, p. 333 ; Moore, Lep Ceyl. iii, pi. 204, 



figs. 7, 8 ; C.$ 8. no. 3627. 

 Macaria strenuataria, Wlk. Cat. xxvi, p. 1647. 

 Macaria integrata, Wlk. Cat. xxvi, p. 1648 ; C. $ S. no. 3612. 

 Macaria strenuata, Wlk. Cat. xxvi, p. 1647 ; C. $ S. no. 3629. 



Tephrina granitalis, Butl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 171. 

 Tephrina sublimbata, Butl. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 502. 

 Macaria boaria, Stcinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 861, pi. 56, fig. 12 ; C.$ S. 



no. 3606. 



Macaria infrictaria, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 862; C. % S. no. 3623. 

 Tephrina ossea, Sivinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1885, p. 353, pi. 9, fig. 9 ; 



C. $ S. no. 3625. 



d . Whitish, thickly, irrorated and suffused with fuscous ; head 

 orange. Fore wing with nearly erect antemedial dark line ; a 



medial band incurved below cell 

 anc ^ ften joined to the ante- 

 medial line by blotches on inner 



area ; a P ostme ^ a ^ nne incurved 

 below vein 4 and with a dark spot 

 beyond it at middle ; the mar- 

 ginal area suffused with purplish 



Vi S .l\5.-Tephrinadisputarw,3. f g re 7; Hind wing with sinuous 



medial line ; straight postmedial 



line, the area beyond it suffused with purplish fuscous. Under- 

 side slightly suffused with fulvous ; the bands broader, especially 

 the postmedial. 



Typical disputaria from Egypt is a brown form, the bands of the 

 fore wing very broad, black, and prominent on inner area ; 

 Karachi specimens are almost as dark, but the ground-colour of 

 the Indian form is usually paler and more ochreous. 



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