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vein 2, then slightly retracted. Hind wing with medial and post- 

 medial bands, the latter terminating at vein 2. Both wings with 

 slight dark marginal line. 



Hob. Tenasserim (Doherty). Exp. 18 millim. Type in coll. 

 Druce. 



B. (Conogethes). Abdomen of male without protrusible anal tufts. 

 a. Hind tibice of male not fringed with long hair. 



4894. Dichocrocis punctiferalis, Guen. Delt. $ Pyr. p. 320. 

 Astura ersealis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 980. 



Botys nicippealis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 999. 



Astura guttalalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1381. 



Astura semifascialis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1381 ; C. fy S. no. 4032. 



Conogethes nigralis, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xviii, p. 168. 



Bright straw-yellow ; palpi black at sides ; collar and patagia 

 spotted with black; abdomen with dorsal and lateral series of black 



spots ; male with the anal 

 tuft more or less black. Fore 

 wing with black spot at base 

 of costa; three subbasal 

 black spots and three ante- 

 medial ; a spot in cell and 

 discocellular spot ; an oblique 

 181 medial series from lower 



Dichocrocis punctiferalis, tf . \. angle of cell to inner margin ; 



a postmedial sinuous series 

 with the spots on veins 5 and 2 displaced inwards ; a submarginal 

 series with the spot on vein 5 displaced inwards. Hind wing with 

 discocellular spot ; a medial series highly excurved between veins 

 2 and 5, and a sinuous submarginal series. 



The variety ersealis has the spots small, and in semifascialis the 

 medial area of fore wing from the antemedial spot as far as the 

 medial and below vein 5 to the postmedial is suffused with rufous ; 

 in the typical form the spots are of medium size ; whilst in a race 

 from Burma which is orange fulvous they are very large. 



Hob. Japan ; China ; throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; 

 the Malayan subregion and Australian region. Exp. 24-32 

 millim. 



4895. Dichocrocis pluto, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) xx, p. 121. 



Differs from punctiferalis in the ground-colour being reddish 

 brown suffused with fuscous. 



Hob. Tenasserim ; Alu, Solomon Isles. Exp. 28 inillim. 



4896. Dichocrocis hsemactalis, SneU. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 592. 



Bright ochreous ; palpi pink ; thorax and abdomen spotted with 

 pink. Pore wing with pink spots on basal area ; an antemedial 

 pink line angled on median nervure ; a speck in cell : a medial 

 line angled on median nervure and dentate below it ; some streaks 



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