NOCTULD^E. 



521 



2156 a. Trogacontia albifrontata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 255; C. $ S. 

 no. 3989. 



$ . Pale rufous ; the vertex 

 of head white. Fore wing with 

 oblique ante- and postmedial 

 lines ; the costa and outer mar- 

 gin bright rufous ; three white 

 strigae on costa beyond middle. 

 Hind wing with medial and 

 marginal rufous lines ; cilia of 



Fig. 271. 

 Trogacontia albifrontata, 



T- 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 24 millim. 



both wings white at tips. 



Genus MICRACONTIA. 



Micracontia, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 301. 



Type, M. batisella, Hmpsn. 



Range. Ceylon. 



Palpi slender, porrect, and reaching beyond the frons ; antennae 

 of male ciliated ; tibiae naked, with the spurs long. Fore wing 

 with the apex somewhat produced ; the outer margin rounded ; 

 vein 6 from well below upper angle of cell, 7 from the angle ; 

 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 from angle of cell. 



2158 a. Micracontia batisella, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 302. 



c? . Dull olive-green with a rufous tinge ; the vertex of head 



and base of shaft of antennas 

 white. Fore wing with white 

 speck on costa near base, large 

 medial and postmedial pure 

 white spots edged with red, and 

 a similar spot at apex with 

 red streak in centre; a large 

 white patch at middle of inner 

 area with red edge and round 

 red centre. Hind wing with indistinct postmedial series of red- 

 edged white specks incurved below vein 2. Both wings with 

 maculate black marginal line and the cilia ferruginous. 

 Hob. Ceylon. Exp. 10 millim. 



2159 a. Micraeschus albinellus, n. sp. 



$ . Differs from elatarius in the ground-colour being pure 

 white. Fore wing with a few pink scales ; an ill-defined dark 

 fascia from below costa near base to outer angle; the costa 

 towards apex yellow with a dark speck on it ; a dark band across 

 apex and dark marginal band with series of crimson specks on its 

 inner edge ; cilia yellow, fuscous at middle. Hind wing with two 

 waved crimson and yellow lines ; a dark marginal band suffused 

 with silvery blue and with a crimson band on its inner edge ; the 

 -cilia yellow. 



Hab. Ceylon (Green). Exp. 10 millim. Type in B. M. 



Fig. 272. Micracontia batisella, 



