COTACHENA. 143 



Palpi black, white below ; thorax and abdomen yellow. Fore 



wing yellow suffused with 

 rufous and fuscous ; an ante- 

 medial dark line with a more 

 or less prominent hyaline 

 speck before it in the cell and 

 a large quadrate hyaline spot 

 beyond it with black outer 

 edge ; a large hyaline medial 



Fig. S2.Cotachena histricalis, <$. }. s P ot below vein 3 > with a line 



from, it to inner margin ; a 



lunulate dark-edged hyaline spot from costa to vein 5, with a line 

 from it to vein 3. Hind wing pale orange, with a dark cell- 

 speck ; a postmedial line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 and 

 often reduced to spots. 



The Chinese and Dharmsala race pubescens is smaller, with the 

 fore wing more suffused with fuscous than the typical southern 

 form. 



Hob. China ; Dharmsala ; Sikhim ; Nagas ; Mlgiris ; Ceylon, 

 Exp. 22-26 millim. 



Subfamily PYRALIN^E. 



Proboscis usually well developed ; maxillary palpi present and 

 usually filiform. Fore wing with vein 7 stalked with 8, 9. Hind 

 wing with the median nervure non-pectinate ; vein 8 free. 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Hind tarsi with no tuft of hair on 1st 



joint. 

 a. Palpi with the 2nd and 3rd joints 



upturned. 



a'. Proboscis absent or minute ; fore wing 



with veins 4, 5 stalked or closely 



approximated towards origin. 



a 2 . Fore wing with vein 9 stalked with 



7, 8; hind wing with vein 4 



present 3. AGLOSSA, p. 147. 



2 . Fore wing with vein 9 from cell ; 



hind wing with vein 4 absent .... 2. CBOCALIA, p. 147. 

 b f . Proboscis well developed. 



a 2 . Abdomen long and dilated at 

 extremity ; antennae of male with 



short branches 1. VITESSA, p. 145. 



6 2 . Abdomen normal ; antennae of 



male ciliated. 

 a 3 . Hind wing with veins 4, 5 



stalked. 

 a 4 . Fore wing with vein 7 from 8 



after 9 4. HYPSOPYGIA, p. 148. 



6 4 . Fore wing with vein 7 from 



8 before 9 5. PYBALIS, p. 149. 



