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Genus LORYMA. 



Loryma, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 890 (1859). 

 Tauba, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1766 (1866). 

 Ulotrichodes, Rag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. 58. 



Type, L. sentiusalis, Wlk., from W. Africa. 



Range. W. and S. Africa ; China ; Bhutan ; Bombay ; Ceylon ; 

 Borneo. 



Palpi porrect and straight, the 2nd joint thickly scaled and with 

 a long sharp tuft of hair from extremity below extending as far 

 as the 3rd joint ; maxillary palpi filiform antennas of male fasci- 

 culate, with a sharp tuft of hair curved forward from basal joint, 

 the shaft set on at an angle ; tibiae fringed with hair, the spurs 

 long. Eore wing long and narrow, with the costa nearly straight ; 

 the outer margin very obliquely curved ; vein 3 from near angle 

 of cell ; 4, 5 approximated for one-third length ; 6 from upper 

 angle ; 7 given off from 8 before 9. Hind wing with vein 3 from 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 approximated for nearly half their length ; the 

 discocellulars highly angled ; veins 6, 7 from upper angle of cell. 



4621. Loryma recusata, Wlk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii, p. 62. 



Loryma venosella, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1767 ; C. $ S. no. 4704. 



Grey and brown ; abdomen brown, with whitish segmental 



rings. Fore wing irrorated 



"V -^z^i^ sS w ith bl ac k ; the veins pale ; 



^^ik <^SSS^3 ^^ a medial whitish line run- 



MB ^^^^^^^^ jj ning out to an angle at 



HI |^^^ C origin of vein 2, then oblique 



f viwvi^ S-s to * nner mar gi n before 



^N^s^X "jjsfi^i middle; a curved submar- 



Fig. m.-Loryma recusata, rf. f. g inal white . line Y^ the 



area beyond it not irrorated 



with black ; a white line followed by a fine black line on the 

 margin. Hind wing whitish, with traces of an oblique fuscous 

 postmedial line with diffused fuscous inside it near costa; a 

 marginal black line. 



Hob. Bhutan ; Bombay ; Ceylon ; Borneo. Exp. 26 milliin. 



Genus CONSTANTIA. 



Constantia, Rag. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. cxxxvii. 

 Dattinia, Rag. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1887, p. cxxxvii. 

 Zonora, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 419. 

 Mnesixena, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 472. 

 Palura, Rag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. 61. 



Type, C. colcJiicalis, H.-S., from E. Europe and Syria. 



Range. S. and E. Europe ; S. Africa ; Armenia ; Arabia ; Persia ; 

 Sind. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi porrect, downcurved, about the length 

 of head, and thickly scaled, the third joint minute ; maxillary 

 palpi thickly scaled ; antennas with the basal joint thickly tufted 



