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A. Forewing with black postmedial band interrupted 



by white streaks on veins 6, 4, 3, 2. . . ... muscosa. 



B. Forewing with the postmedial band not interrupted 



by white streaks . . . . . . , . discibrunnea. 



1977. Dascoch^ta muscosa. 



Bryophila muscosa, Hmpsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii., p. 72, pi. 144, f. 15 (1891). 



DipMlieva imray, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. xvii., p. 472 (1906). 



1968. DASEOCHiETA MSCIBKUNNBA. 



Genus Thalatha. 



Type. 



Thalatha, Wlk., Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. vi., p. 187 (1862) sinens. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching about 

 to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd 

 moderate ; frons with very small corneous prominence at middle with 

 raised edges; eyes large, round ; antennae of male typically laminate ; thorax 

 clothed chiefly with scales and without crests ; tibise moderately fringed 

 with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crests at base only. Forewing with the 

 apex typically rounded, the termen evenly curved and very slightly 

 crenulate ; 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. Hind- 

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

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

 the cell near base only. 



A. Forewing with terminal series of small black spots., conjecturalis . 



B. Forewing with terminal series of slight dark strife . . sinens. 

 1817. Thalatha conjectxjkalis. 



Thalatha sinens, Wlk., Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. vi., p. 187 (1862) 



var. nee. 1856. 

 Bryophila conjecturalis, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 222, pi. 

 vii., f. 10. 

 1816. Thalatha sinens. 



Genus Gobnycta. 



Type. 



Goenycta, Hmpsn., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M. viii., p. 49 (1909). niveiyuttata. 



Probocis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to 



middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd short ; 



frons with rounded prominence with corneous plate below it ; eyes large, 



round ; antennae of female ciliated ; thorax smoothly clothed with scales 



only and without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen 



with dorsal series of crests, the crest on segments 3'4'5 large. Forewing 



rather narrow, the margins subparallel, the apex rounded, the termen 



slightly excurved at middle and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near 



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