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2. Scirpophaga bisignata, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 878; C.$& 



no. 4662. 



Brownish ochreous. Fore \ving with black spots at lower angle 

 of cell and on middle of vein 1 ; traces of a speck on vein 1 towards 

 outer angle. Hind wing whitish. 



Hab. Karachi ; Poona ; Mhow ; Calcutta. Exp. 16 milliin. 



v . T. II. Hind wings with veins 4, 5 closely approximated for 

 some distance, or stalked. 



3. Scirpophaga cramboides, Wlk. Cat. *TTJ, p. 230; C. $ S. 



no. 4654 (part). 



c? . Yellowish ; palpi orange ; legs fulvous. Fore wing with the 

 costa orange : underside of fore wing suffused with fuscous. 



2 White, slightly sullied with fuscous ; palpi fulvous : under- 

 side of fore wing and costa of hind wing suffused with fuscous. 



Hab. Simla ; Dharmsala. Exj>. y d 26, 34-36 millim. 



Genus SCHCENOBIUS. 



Al*.^ liDMft.Su-e*, tor 

 Schoenohius, Dup. Cat. Up. Eur. p. 312 (1844). 

 Catagela, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 191 (1863). 



Panalipa, Moore, Lcp. CeyL iii, p. 386 (1886). h O f 



Microschoenis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1887, p. 270. 



Type, 5. gigantdlus, Schiff., from Europe. f <f 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Palpi porrect, roughly scaled, the 2nd joint two to three times, 

 the 3rd about length of head ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales ; 

 f rons with a slight tuft ; antennae of male minutely serrate and 

 ciliated ; legs long ; tibia? with the outer spurs about two-thirds 

 length of inner ; abdomen long, in female dilated at extremity and 

 with a large anal tuft : wings long and narrow. Fore wing with 

 the apex rounded in male, more produced in female ; vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 7 straight and well separated 

 from 8, 9 ; 10, 11 free, or 11 becoming coincident with 12. Hind 

 wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle; 6, 7 

 shortly stalked, 7 anastomosing slightly with 8 or free. 



SECT. L (Panalipa). Palpi with the 2nd joint about twice 

 the length of head. 



4. Schoenobius immeritalis, JFZfc. Git. xix, p. 830; C. & 



no. 4689. 

 Araxes decursella, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 194. 



c? . Bright ochreous yellow ; hind wing paler. 



$ . Paler ochreous or straw-yellow ; the anal tuft fulvous. 

 Hind wing whitish. 



Hab. Dharnisala; Calcutta; Ceylon; Siam. Exp., 14-20, $ 

 14-28 



