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SECT, II. (Comorta). Palpi of male with the 2nd joint hollowed 

 out to receive the brush-like maxillary palpi ; antennae with a 

 sinus at base of shaft containing a ridge of scales. 



A. Palpi porrect. 



4290. Anerastia pallidicosta, n. sp. 



c? . Head and thorax rufous ; abdomen ochreous. Fore wing 

 suffused with rufous, darkest below the broad pale costal fascia, 

 which does not reach apex. Hind wing yellowish white. 



$ usually much redder, the costal fascia often deeply suffused 

 with red. 



Hob. Ichang, China ; Punjab ; Nagas, Ceylon ; Burma. Exp. 

 22 milliin. Type in B. M. 



B. Palpi upturned. 



4291. Anerastia nigricostalis, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 40. 



Comorta atricostella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 48; id. Mon. Phyc. 

 pi. xxxix, fig. 22. 



Head and collar fuscous black ; abdomen rufous. Fore wing 

 rufous, with a fuscous black costal fascia ; traces of a medial black 

 line, a discocellular spot, and an oblique postmedial line; a marginal 

 series of black specks. Hind wing white, with a slight fuscous 

 tinge and marginal line. 



Hob. "W. Africa ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Andamans ; Borneo. Exp. 

 18 inillim. 



Genus PATNA. 

 Patna, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 39 (1888). 



Type, P. eboricostella, Bag. 



Range. Sikhim ; Bhutan. 



Palpi porrect, extending about twice the length of head, the 

 :2nd joint fringed with hair above at extremity ; maxillary palpi 

 filiform ; frons rounded ; antennae of female minutely ciliated. 

 Fore wing with the costa nearly straight ; the apex rectangular ; 

 veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell, 4, 5 being approximated for some 

 distance ; 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with vein 2 from before 

 .angle of cell ; 4 absent ; 3 and 5 approximated for a short distance ; 

 6, 7 from upper angle ; 7 anastomosing with 8. 



4292. Patna eboricostella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 39 ; id. Mon. Phyc. 

 pi. xxxviii, fig. 1 ; C. Sf S. no. 4620. 



$ . Pinkish irrorated with black. Fore wing ochreous suffused 

 with pink ; pink streaks on the veins below costa ; two black 

 streaks in cell and an oblique black apical fascia ; ill-defined 

 black streaks between the veins beyond lower angle of cell; a 



