124 PTEAJLID^E. 



B. (Trichotophysa). Fore wing of male with a large fovea on under- 

 side beyond the discocellulars, covered with long hair and with 

 vein 6 bent round it; a fan of scales above. 



4467. Stericta jucundalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1164; C. 8> S, 



no. 4489 ; Hmpsn. Itt. Net. ix, pi. 172, fig. 7. 

 Trichotophysa olivalis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvii, p. 457. 



cJ. Golden olive, slightly irrorated and suffused with black. 

 Fore wing with two subbasal. black specks, the upper on costa ^ 

 an indistinct anteinedial series of black specks, with traces of a 

 waved line beyond them ; a black speck before the discocellular 

 tuft ; the disk irrorated with black and rufous scales ; a minutely 

 dentate postmedial line excurved from vein 2 to 6, and with two 

 indistinct dark streaks beyond its middle. Hind wing fuscous ; 

 the margin slightly tinged with rufous ; both wings with marginal 

 series of dark specks; the cilia white, chequered with black. 

 Underside of hind wing with postmedial dentate line. 



Hab. Bhutan ; Khasis ; Ceylon. Exp. 22 millim. 



Genus ORTHAGA. 



Orthaga, Wlk. Cat. xvi, p. 191 (1858). 

 Catemola, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 63. 

 Balanotis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 69. 

 Patmucha, Moore, Lev. Atk. p. 199 (1888). 

 Hyperbalanotis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vii, p. 433 (1891). 



Type, 0. euadrusalis, Wlk. 



Range. Japan ; Oriental region ; Australia. 



Palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, and roughly scaled ; 

 maxillary palpi filiform ; antennae of male minutely serrate and 

 fasciculate; tibiae smoothly scaled. Pore wing with the apex 

 rounded ; slight tufts of raised scales below middle and beyond 

 end of cell ; vein 3 from near lower angle of cell ; 4, 5 from 

 the angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; male usually with a furrow above 

 vein 6, which is bent down to near 5, and a glandular lobe on 

 costa at two-thirds from base, with veins 10, 11 curved round 

 it. 'Hind wing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from 

 angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly stalked. 



SECT. I. (Orthaga). Male with no process from basal 

 joint of antennae. 



A. Male with the maxillary palpi filiform. 

 44G;s. Orthaga roseiplaga, n. sp. 



d" . Head and thorax grey suffused with dark rufous ; abdomen 

 rufous irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing grey, irrorated and 

 suffused with dark rufous ; traces of a minutely dentate antemedial 

 line and more prominent postmedial line excurved from costa to 

 vein 2, then bent outwards, the area beyond it dark rufous ; 



