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of head ; antennae of male ciliated ; thorax with a slight crest 

 behind collar and a long sharp crest on metathorax; abdomen 

 with a large dorsal tuft on 2nd segment ; mid tibia* fringed with 

 hair ; hind tibiae with a slight terminal tuft. Pore wing with the 

 costal and inner margins arched ; the outer margin very slightly 

 angled at vein 4 ; veins 9 and 10 anastomosing with 8, which is 

 given off from 7 to form the areole. Hind wing with vein 5 from 

 just above angle of cell ; a fan of large thick scales at anal angle. 

 Eetinacuium in male bar-shaped. 



2186 a. Metaptya sericea, n. sp. 



cf. Pale grey-brown slightly irrorated with fuscous. Fore 



wing with curved ante- 

 and postmedial fuscous 

 lines, the latter with pale 

 outer edge ; a dark disco- 

 cellular speck; an indis- 

 tinct sinuous fuscous 

 submarginal line ; the 

 apex with slight rufous 

 Fig. 273. Metaptya sericea, tf . }. tinge. Hind wing paler ; 



the apical area slightly 



tinged with fuscous ; a fuscous mark with white speck on it 

 above the tuft at anal angle. 



Hob. Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 22 millim. Type in B. M. 



2187 a. Doranaga soliera, Sioinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xv, p. 7. 



c? Differs from leucospila in the oblique line being obsolescent 

 except that the portion retracted to costa is white; the apical 

 white patch obsolete and replaced by white suffusion which 

 extends over the whole outer area. Hind wing ochreous, suffused 

 with fuscous on outer area. 



Hob. Khasis. Exp. 24 millim. 



Genus ANODONTODES. 



Anodontodes, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 302. 



Type, A. rotunda, Hmpsn. 



Range. Sikhim. 



$. Palpi slender, porrect, and reaching beyond the frons ; 

 antennae ciliated; eyes naked; thorax and abdomen smoothly 

 scaled ; tibiae hairy. Pore wing with the apex rounded ; the 

 inner and outer margins forming a continuous curve. Hind wing 

 with vein 5 from above angle of cell. 



2191 a. Anodontodes rotunda, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895, p. 302. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen chestnut ; the tegulae reddish 

 ochreous. Pore wing reddish ochreous ; the costa and apex 

 suffused with fuscous ; traces of antemedial, medial, and two 



