226 PYRAMID. 



SECT. I. (Almonia). Hind tibiae of male with immensely developed 

 tufts of hair from medial spurs to extremity on both inner 

 and outer sides. 



4709. Almonia truncatalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1440. 

 Almonia oimstalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1495. 



<$ . Black-brown ; palpi below and throat white ; the tarsi 

 whitish ; abdomen with the flattened segments fringed with leaden 

 scales ; the anal tuft ochreous. Fore wing with obscure black spot 

 in cell and discocellular lunule ; the discal area darker and more- 



Fig. 132. Almonia truncatalis, <$. 



thickly scaled ; traces of a curved postmedial line on both wings r 

 more prominent on underside. Hind wing with the tuft on inner 

 margin paler. 



Hab. Ceylon ; Java ; Sula Islands, N. Celebes. Exp. 32 millim. 



SECT. II. (Dodanga). Hind tibiae of male without tufts of hair. 



A. Hind wing of male with a large patch of rough brown 

 scales on anal lobe below. 



4710. Almonia lobipennis, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 332, pi. 182, fig. 3 ; 



C. 8f S. no. 4126. 



rf . Differs from truncatalis in the tuft on inner margin of hind 

 whig being black. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 24 millim. 



B. Hind wing of male with no sexual patch belotv. 



4711. Almonia cristata, Hmpsn. 111. Het. viii, p. 136, pi. 156, fig. 7. 



d . Differs from truncatalis in having no leaden scales on the 

 abdomen ; the anal tuft black. 



Hab. Ganjam ; Nilgiris. Exp. 28 millim. 



Genus BRADINA. 



Bradina, Led. Wien. ent. Man. 1863, p. 424. 

 Erilita, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 426. 

 Pleonectusn, Lnl. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 426. 

 Physematia, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 447. 



Type, B. impressalis, Led., from Amboina. 



