180 



PYEALID^E. 



wing broad ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle. 

 Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle - r 

 6, 7 from upper angle. 



4616. Diloxia fimbriata, n. sp. 



rf. Grey with a rufous tinge; head, thorax, and abdomen 

 suffused with fuscous ; wings slightly irrorated with fuscous. 



Fore wing with the basal 

 area ^ uscous > bounded by the 

 P a ^ e curve( * an temedial line ; 

 the medial area paler, with 

 a P rom ^ nen * black cell-spot 

 anc ^ black specks on costa, 

 bounded by the pale sinuous 



Fig. ^.-Si^ia fimbriata, rf. fc ^^^ lin6 .' bey nd 



which the area is more or 



less suffused with fuscons. Hind wing with the basal area pale, 

 bounded by a dark-edged curved pale medial line, with the area 

 beyond it pinkish. Underside more suffused with pink. 



2 More uniformly suffused with fuscous. 



Hob. Nilgiris (Hampson). Exp. 24-30 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus PROPACHYS. 

 Propachys, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 6 (1863). 



Type, P. nigrivena, Wlk. 



Range. China ; Sikhim ; Khasis. 



Palpi rostriform and curving downwards at extremity, the end 

 of the 2nd and 3rd joints tufted with long curved hair, forming 

 a cavity in the male, in the female longer and slightly fringed 

 with hair ; maxillary palpi minute and filiform ; proboscis well de- 

 veloped ; frons rounded ; antennae minutely ciliated ; male with a 

 tuft of long hair from below the patagia ; tibiai and tarsi fringed 

 with hair. Fore wing with the apex rounded ; vein 3 from before 

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

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 stalked. 



4617. Propachys nigrivena, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 17 ; C. fy S. no. 4728. 



Fig. 106. Propachys nigrivena, J. \. 



Bright crimson ; palpi, legs, and abdomen black ; head golden 

 yellow. Pore wing with the veins beyond the cell, the median 



