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4182. Diptychophora albilinealis, n. sp. 



d . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous. Fore wing reddish 

 brown, with diffused fuscous black on basal area; a white ante- 

 medial line slightly indented below costa and with a black line 

 on its outer edge ; two dark-edged yellow discocellular spots ; a 

 dark-edged white postmedial line angled below costa, then oblique 

 and sinuous to inner margin ; a curved white stre:ik on a yellowish 

 mark on apical area ; three marginal black spots below middle ; 

 the bases of cilia fuscous. Hind wing fuscous. 



Hob. E. Pegu (Doherty). Exp. 14 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



4183. Diptychophora grisealalis, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 943. 



$ . Whitish, thickly irrorate-d with brown. Eore wing with 

 the costa pale fulvous at middle; an antemedial white line with 

 dark line on its outer edge and angled below costa ; a slight 

 yellowish discocellular spot ; a postmedial line highly excurved 

 below costa, then oblique, crenulate, and with white spots on its 

 outer edge to inner margin ; the apical area yellow, with a white 

 fascia ; a dark line through the cilia. 



Hob. Jubbulpore. Exp. 14 millim. 



4184. Diptychophora adspersella, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1893, p. 61, 



P l. 3, fig. 4. 



cJ . Head white; palpi brown at sides; thorax yellowish 

 brown; abdomen pale. Pore wing yellowish white; the basal 



area irrorated with dark scales ; 

 slightly oblique double medial 

 dark line becoming orange at 

 costa, the area beyond it whitish, 

 "\^ followed by a series of dark 



jsfe^ streaks in the interspaces, then a 

 ^ series of orange streaks on the 



j 77 veins on the inner side of the 



Diptychophora adspersella, 3 . i. ,, . , ,. 



fuscous submargm;l line, which 



is angled outwards to the margin at vein 5 ; two black marginal 

 specks below middle ; cilia silvery fuscous. Hind wing yellowish 

 white, with dark marginal line on apical area. Underside of 

 fore wing fuscous, the marginal area pale, yellow at apex. 

 Hub. Dharmsala ; Ceylon. Exp. 10 millim. 



Genus PLATYTES. 



Platytes, Guen. Eur. Microlep. Ind. Meth. p. 86 (1845). 

 Ptychopseustis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 521. 



Type, P. cerussella, Schiff., from Europe. 

 Range. Universally distributed. 



Proboscis well developed. Palpi porrect, extending two to 



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