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Genus CROCALIA. 

 Crocalia, Rag, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1891, p. 634. 



Type, O. aglossalis, Rag. 



Range. Sind. 



Differs from Aglossa in the 2nd joint of palpi being less broadly 

 fringed with hair ; the maxillary palpi minute. Fore wing with 

 veins 4, 5 stalked ; 7, 8 on a long stalk ; 9 from cell. Hind wing 

 with veins 3 and 5 from angle of cell, 4 absent. 



4515. Crocalia aglossalis, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1891, p. 635. 



c? . Ochreous irrorated with 

 dark red and fuscous scales. 

 Pore wing with very obscure 

 diffused subbasal darker band 

 a highly waved oblique ante- 

 medial line ; a discocellular 

 black spot ; a highly waved 

 submarginal line. Hind wing 

 ochreous white. 



Pig. 84. Crocalia aglossalis, 



Hob. Karachi. Exp. 16 millim. 



Genus AGLOSSA. 

 Aglossa, Latr. Precis Caract. Gen. Ins. p. 145 (1796). 



Type, A. pinguinalis, Linn. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi upturned well in front of frons, the 2nd 

 joint fringed with hair in front and reaching vertex of head, the 

 3rd long ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales at extremity ; antennae 

 of male ciliated and with long setiferous spines ; hind tibias fringed 

 with hair on outer side towards base. Pore wing long and narrow ; 

 vein 3 from near angle of cell; 4, 5 closely approximated or 

 stalked ; 6 from upper angle. Hind wing with vein 3 from angle 

 of cell ; 4, 5 closely approximated or stalked ; 6, 7 from upper 

 .angle. 



SECT. I. Veins 4, 5 of each wing stalked. 



4516. Aglossa dimidiata, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 372 ; C. $ S. no. 4501. 



Aglossa micalialis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 277. 

 Pyralis circularis, Motsch. Et. Ent. 1860, p. 37. 

 Aglossa achatina, Butl. Ill Het. iii, p. 72, pi. 58, fig. 6. 



Pale pinkish ; abdomen of 

 male with the anal tuft orange. 

 Fore wing with diffused 

 irregular pinkish rufous den- 

 tate lines, the subbasal obso- 

 lescent except at costa, the 

 antemedial, medial, and post- 

 Fig. 85. Aglossa dimidiata, $ . |. medial angled inwards on 



median nervure and vein 1, 

 .and the last greatly excurved between veins 4 and 1 ; the sub- 



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