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llfromeell. Hindwing with veins 3*4 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent 

 from middle of discocellulars ; 6*7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with 

 the cell near base only. 



Sect. III. Antennse of male "with cilia and bristles ; claspers very elongate, 

 hindwing with the termen strongly excised from apex to vein 4. 



1924. Dasygaster reversa. 



Habitat, — Nilgris ; Ceylon ; New Guinea ; Queensland. 



Dasygaster reversa. $ \. 

 Genus Cirphis. 



Type. 



Cirphis, Wile., XXXII, 622 (1865) costalis. 



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

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

 head and thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed, the pro- and metathorax 

 with spreading crests ; tibia? fringed with rather long hair, abdomen with 

 dorsal crest on basal segment. Forewing with the apex somewhat acute, 

 the termen obliquely curved, veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from 

 upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomising with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from 

 cell. Hindwing with veins 3-4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle 

 of discocellulars ; 6-7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell near 

 base only. 

 Sect. II, Antennse of male ciliated. 



A. Mid tibia? of male with thick fringes of long hair and scales on underside. 

 a. Fore coxaa, femora, and tibia? of male with thick fringes of hair and scales. 

 a 1 Forewing with black spot above median nervure to- 

 wards end of cell ... fasciata. 



&' Forewing without black spot above median nervure 



towards end of cell nainica. 



1934. Cirphis fasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 341 ; id. Lep. Ceyl., Ill, p 

 7, pi. 144, f. 6. 

 Leucania nigrilinea, Leech, P. Z. S, 1889, p. 482, pi. 50, f . 8. 

 1908. Cirphis nainica, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 337, pi. 37, f . 15. 

 Leucania grissofasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 339. 

 „ irrorata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 409. 

 b. Mid femora of male with a fringe of long hair and scales. 

 1934. a. Cirphis insularis, Butl, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 674 ; Hmpsn Cat. Lep 

 Phal. B. M. V., p. 486, pi. 91, f. 22. 

 Axylia irrorata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 341. 

 it albivena, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 342. 



