CEOCIDOPHOKA. MARUCA. 393 



C. (Polychorista). Antennae of male with a curved tooth of scales 

 from 'basal joint, the basal part of the shaft slightly thickened 

 and contorted; hind wing with the base of costa expanded into 

 a large folded lobe. 



5132. Crocidophora calvatalis, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 275. 



<5. Fuscous; the head and collar tinged with fulvous; palpi 

 fulvous. Fore wing with traces of antemedial dark line and of a 

 postmedial line recurved from vein 5 to origin of vein 2. Hind 

 wing with traces of oblique postmedial line. 



Hob. Rangoon. Exp. 28 millim. 



I). (Mimocomma). Antennae of male ivith the base of shaft excised, 

 a tuft of hair beyond the excision. 



5133. Crocidophora Mvimargo, Warr. A.M.N. H. (6) xvi, p. 473. 



<S . Fuscous ; the head, collar, and extremity of abdomen 

 ochreous. Fore wing with the costa and apical area ochreous ; 

 an indistinct obliquely curved antemedial line; the postmedial 

 line excurved between veins 6 and 3, then retracted to below end 

 of cell. Hind wing with traces of oblique postmedial line ; the 

 marginal area slightly tinged with ochreous. Underside ochreous. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Momeit, Burma. Exp. 24 millim. 



Genus MARUCA. 



Maruca, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 540 (1859). 



Crochiphora, Geyer, Hiihn. Samml. exot. Schmett. iv, 4, p. 12 (1832), 



non descr. 

 Siriocauta, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 424. 



Type, M. testulalis, Greyer. 



Range. The tropical and subtropical zones. 



Palpi porrect and triangularly scaled ; the 3rd joint hidden by 

 hair ; maxillary palpi slightly dilated with scales ; frons flat and 

 oblique ; antennae slightly longer than the fore wing and annulated ; 

 legs long ; tibiae with the outer spurs about half the length of 

 inner ; abdomen long. Fore wing with vein 3 from angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 closely approximated for a short distance ; 7 curved and 

 approximated to 8, 9, to which 10 also is approximated. Hind 

 wing with vein 3 from angle of cell, which is about half the length 

 of wing ; 4, 5 closely approximated for a short distance ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



5134. Maruca testulalis, Geyer, Hiibn. Samml. exot. Schmett. iv, 4, 



p. 12, figs. 629, 630 ; C. $ S. no. 4229. 



Hydrocampa aquatilis, Boisd., Guer.-Men., Icon. Regne Anim. 

 pi. 90, fig. 9. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous brown ; palpi white below. 



