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of outer area streaked with grey and black ; a marginal series of 



black specks. Hind wing pale, tinged with ochreous and fuscous. 



Hah. Nilgiris (Hampson). Exp. 26 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus DASYSCOPA. 

 Dasyscopa, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 464. 



Type, D. homogems, Meyr. 



Range. Assam ; Suuibawa. 



Differs from Scoparia in the hind wing having vein 5 from well 

 above 4 ; male with a groove on inner area hairy above and with 

 tufts of hair arising from it below. 



4762. Dasyscopa homogenes, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 464. 

 Scoparia plamlinealis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvii, p. 207. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey irrorated with black. 



Fore wing grey irrorated with 

 black ; a subbasal black spot ; 

 an indistinct antemedial pale 

 line denned by black on outer 

 side, and connected with pro- 

 minent black spots in and below 

 cell ; a group of irregular black 

 143. spots at end of cell, with a dark 



Dasyscopa homogenes, $ . }. mark above them on costa ; a 



pale postmedial line denned by 



fuscous, and slightly excurved between veins 6 and 3, and with a 

 series of diffused spots beyond it connected with a diffused mar- 

 ginal series of spots. Hind wing pale fuscous. 

 Hob. Khasis ; Sumbawa. Exp. 18 millim. 



Subfamily PYRAUSTIN^E. 



Proboscis well developed. Fore wing with vein 1 a separate 

 from 1 b ; 7 not stalked with 8, 9. Hind wing with the median 

 nervure not pectinated on upperside * ; 4, 5 from a point or 

 rarely stalked ; 7 usually anastomosing with 8. 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Palpi upturned. 

 . Palpi with the 3rd joint long, naked, and 



acuminate. 



a'. Palpi with the 2nd joint porrect, the 3rd 

 upturned ; both wings with veins 4, 5 

 stalked ; fore wing with vein 6 absent . . 1. OBTHOBAPHIS, 

 b'. Palpi with the 2nd joint upturned; fore [p. 251. 



wing with vein 6 present. 

 a 2 . Maxillary palpi almost as long as the labial 



and triangularly scaled 2. SUFETULA, p. 252. 



* Except in Macareicera and a few genera from other regions. 



