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SECT. I. Antennae of male with the basal joint conically dilated 

 with scales, the basal part of shaft with a sinus and a ridge of 

 scales. 



4410. Rhodophaea heringi, Rag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1888, p. 282 ; 

 id. Mon. Phyc. p. 73, pi. viii, fig. 1 ; C. $ S. no. 4562. 



Brown suffused with white ; palpi at sides, the dilated joints of 

 antennae of male, and anal tuft blackish. Fore wing with the costal 



area whiter, the inner and outer 

 areas less suffused ; a tuft of 

 raised scales on base of median 

 nervure ; a medial line oblique 

 from costa to cell, where it 

 joins a brown-edged and brown- 

 centred grey conical patch ex- 

 Fig. 58. Rhodophcea hennqi, rf. i. v r -., 



tending to inner margin with a 



ridge of raised scales on its inner edge ; two dark discocellular 

 specks ; a dark submarginal line slightly bent outwards at vein 5, 

 then minutely dentate, a dark mark beyond it from costa to vein 6 ;. 

 an obscure marginal series of dark specks. Hind wing pale fuscous 

 brown, with darker marginal line. 



Hob. Mlgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 18-22 millim. 



SECT. II. Antennae of male with the basal joint strongly dilated 

 and indented on hinder side near the apex ; the base of shaft 

 deeply excised ; frons hollowed out ; palpi with the 3rd joint 

 short and blunt. 



4411. Rhodophaea ligeralis, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 37 ; C. $ S. no. 4563. 



c? . Grey suffused with brown and purple ; palpi fuscous, the end 

 of second joint white ; frons and vertex of head white. Fore wing 

 with the basal area greyish and irrorated with a few black scales, 

 the medial area purplish brown ; a deep black medial line, slightly 

 curved from costa to vein 1, then bent outwards, with purplish 

 inside it expanding into a large patch on inner area ; a deep black 

 submarginal line excurved between veins 6 and 2, bent outwards to 

 inner margin and with an indistinct purplish line beyond it ; a deep 

 black marginal line. Hind wing pale brownish and iridescent, the 

 costa browner ; a dark marginal line and line through the cilia. 

 Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 20-22 millim. 



SECT. III. (Acrobasis). Antennae of male with a tooth on inner 

 side of basal joint. 



*4412. Rhodophaea epigrammella, Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 122, pi. vi r 

 fig. 9. 



i . Grey-brown. Fore wing with a large brown-irrorated white 

 angular patch on basal part of costa, its apex on inner margin > 



