THE MOTHS OF INDIA. 171 



Genus Miselia. 



Type. 



Miselia, Ochs. Schmett. Eur., IV., p. 72 (1816), mm. descr. ; 

 Treit. Schmett. Eur., V. (1), p. 386 (1825) compena. 



Folia, Ochs. Schmett. Eur., IV., p. 73 (1816), non. descr. ; 



Treit. Schmett. Eur., V. (2), p. 5 (1825) cappa. 



Mamestra, Ochs. Schmett. Eur., IV., p. 75 (1816), non. 

 descr. ; Treit, Schmett. Eur., V, (2), p. 127 (1825) pisi. 



Xanthia, Ochs. Schmett. Eur., IV., p. 82 (1816), non. descr... luteago. 



Polymixis^Uxxhw. Verz., p. 205 (1827) filigraimma. 



Ilarmoclia. Hiibn. Verz., p. 207 (1827) compta. 



Melanchra, Hiibn. Verz , p. 207 (1827) perskario3. 



.Ethria, Hiibn. Verz., p. 218 (1827) serena. 



Astrapetis, Hiibn. Verz., p. 219 (1827) .. dentina. 



Diataraxia, Hiibn. Verz., p. 219 (1827) splendens. 



-DLmthcecia, Boisd. Silberm. Rev. Ent., II., p. 246 (1834) ... cucubali. 



Ilecatera, Guen. Noct., II., p. 27 (1852) dymdea. 



Aplecta, Guen. Noct., II., p. 74 (1852), nee Guen., 1841, non. 

 descr nebulosa. 



Paslona, Wlk., XV., 1754 (1858) rudis. 



Maguza, Wlk., XXXIV., 1223 (1865) rudis. 



Meterana, Butl. P.Z.S., 1877, p. 85 pictida. 



Xanthalia, Berg. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., XXXV11I., p. 395 



(1894) luteago. 



Haderonia, Staud Iris., VIII., p. 322 (1895) subarscJianica. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed 

 with long hair in front, the 3rd short; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; 

 head and thorax clothed cbiefly with scales, the pro- and metathorax 

 with crests ; pectus and tibiae clothed with long hair ; abdomen with dorsal 

 series of crests. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from 

 upper angle ;9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. 

 Hiudwing with veins 3'4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of 

 discocellulars : 6'7 from upper angle or shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing with 

 the cell near base only. 



Sect. I. {Haderonia). Antennas of male bipectinate with long branches, the 

 apical part serrate. 



1702. Miselia culta, insert (syn.) Hadena mbviolaeea, Leech Trans. Ent. 

 Soc., 1900, p. 55. 



Sec. II. Antennae of male serrate and fasciculate. 



1702 a. Miselia tenkcra, Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. Phal. B.M., V, p. 87, pi. 80, 

 f . 26 (1905). 



$. Head and thorax brown mixed with white and black scales; tarsi with 

 pale rings ; abdomen reddish-brown. Forewing fuscous brown mixed with 

 grey and slightly tinged in parts with dull olive ; subbasal line double, waved, 



