.^;. NEOCASTNIID^E. 471 



610 a. Alophogaster serraticornis, n. sp. 



c? Antennae with roughly scaled serrations. Antennas black, 

 with the tips white ; head, thorax, and abdomen scarlet, the las 

 with black dorsal bands. Fore wing scarlet, with a large semi- 

 circular black apical patch. Hind wing hyaline, the veins black ; 

 the outer margin suffused with fuscous ; some scarlet hairs on 

 inner area. 



Hah. Khcasis. Exp. 30 millim. Types in coll. Elwes and B. M. 



Vol. I, P . 289. Family NEOCASTNIID^E. 



Differs from the Castniidce (Vol. I, p. 10) in the proboscis being 

 absent. Both wings with vein 1 c absent, the cell open, and no 

 veinlets in the cell. 



Genus NEOCASTNIA. 



Neocastnia, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent, Soc. 1895, p. 285. 



Type, N. nicevillei, Hinpsn. 



Range. Tenasserim ; Palawan ; Borneo. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi with the 2nd joint very slender, long, 

 curved obliquely upwards and reaching far above vertex of head, 

 the 3rd short ; antennae gradually thickening into an elongate club 



Fig. 251. Neocastnia nicevillei, <$. ?. 



tapering to a point at apex ; tibiae and tarsi very thickly set with 

 spines ; mid and hind tibiae with minute terminal pairs of spurs. 

 Fore wing broad; the costa arched at base and towards apex, 

 which is acute ; the outer margin rounded ; the inner margin 

 lobed before middle ; vein 1 a joined by a spur given off from 1 6 ; 

 1 c absent ; 2 and 3 at even distances before end of cell ; 4, 5 from 



