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teguke produced to a dorsal ridge above the thorax with divided ridge- 

 like crest : tibise fringed with long hair on outer side ; abdomen with dorsal 

 crests on basal segments. Forewing with the apex somewhat produced 

 and acute, the termen evenly curved, 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. Hindwing with veins 3'4 from angle of cell ; 5 

 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6'7 from upper angle ; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only, 



A. Forewing with the reniform expanding below and ex- 



tending to well below angle of cell . . . . intermedia. 



B. Forewing with the reniform small and not extending 



to below the cell . . . . . . . . indica. 



1941. Delta INTERMEDIA. 

 1803. Delta ikdica. 



Genus Chiripha. 



Type. 



Chiri'pha, Wlk, ix, 200 (1859) . . . . . . involuta. 



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

 to middle of frons and moderately fringed with hair, the 3rd short : frons 

 smooth, with ridge of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male 

 bipectinate with short branches, the apex serrate ; head and thorax 

 clothed with hair and hairlike scales, the pro-and metathorax with spread- 

 ing crest ; tibise moderately fringed with hair ; abdomen with dorsal crest 

 at base only. Forewing with the apex somewhat j)roduced and acute, the 

 termen obliquely curved, 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. Hindwing with veins 3"4 from angle of cell ; 5 

 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars ; 6-7 from upper angle ; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



1784. Chikipha ixtoluta. 



Genus Calogramma. 



Type. 



Calofjramma, Guen.. Noct. i., p. 16$ (1852) . . . . festiva. 



1S32. Calogeamma eestiva. 



Genus Prodexia. 



Type. 



Frodenia, Guen. Noct. i., p. 159 (1815) . . . . . . androgea. 



1829. Prodenia litura. 



Noctua litura, Fabr. Syst. Ent., p. 601 (1775). 



„ histrionica, Fabr. Syst. Ent., p. 612 (1775). 



„ elata, Fabr. Spec. Ins., ii, p. 220 (1781). 



