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PYRALIDJE. 



of head, the 3rd joint down-curved ; maxillary palpi long and some- 

 what dilated at extremity ; frons flat and oblique ; antennae 

 thickened and flattened ; legs short, the tibiae hairy, with the spurs 

 nearly equal. Fore wing with the apex produced and outer 

 margin oblique ; the cell very long ; vein 3 from before angle ; 4, 5 

 well separated at origin ; male with a hyaline vesicle beyond upper 

 angle below veins 6, 7, which are stalked. Hind wing with the 

 cell very long ; vein 3 from near angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 

 shortly stalked. 



4241. Thyridophora furia, Sivinh. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 519, pi. 47, fig. 13 j 



C. $ S. no. 1901. 



Thyridophora fenesrtrata, Warr. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 311 ; C. $ S. 

 DO. 1773 B. 



c? . Dull ochreous, more or 

 less suffused with fuscous. 

 Fore wing with traces of 

 oblique dark medial line and 

 oblique line from apex. 



Hab. Aden ; Carnpbellpur ; 

 Fig. 25. Thyridophora furia, .3 . f. Karachi. Exp. 14 rnillim. 



Genus LEUCOIDES. 

 Leucoides, Hmpsn. Ill Het. ix, p. 167 (1893), 



Type, L. fuscicostalis, Hmpsn. 



Range. Ceylon. 



Palpi porrect, slightly scaled, and extending about twice the 

 length of head ; maxillary palpi long and somewhat dilated at 

 extremity ; frons produced and acute ; antennae of male minutely 

 serrate and ciliated ; legs long and slender, the outer spurs about 

 two-thirds length of inner; abdomen long ; wings long and narrow. 

 Fore wing with the apex produced and acute ; the outer margin 

 oblique ; vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6 from upper 

 angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free ; 11 becoming coincident with 12. 

 Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 

 stalked. 



Fig. 26. Leucoides fuscicostalis, <$ . \. 



4242. Leucoides fuscicostalis, Hmpm. III. Het. ix, p. 168, pi. 172, 

 tig. 18. 



d . Pure white ; palpi, sides of frons, and fore legs rufous. Fore 



