tEE MOTHS OF INDIA. lit 



Genus ZiA. Type. 



Zia. Wlk, xxvii. 109 (1863) nee. Kock, Crust, (1834) non le cr. tactalis. 



Aquita, Wlk. xxvii. 200 (^1863) tactalis. 



Proboscis well developed ; palpi porrect, projecting about the length of 

 head, the 2nd joint roughly scaled above and below ; frons with tuft of scales . 

 antennae of male fasciculate ; the basal joint without tuft of scales ; tibise with 

 the spurs long. Forewing short and broad ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 5 from above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7'8'9 stalked ; lO'U 

 from cell. Hindwing with veins 3'4 stalked ; 5 from just above angle of cell 

 or near middle of dicocellulars ; 6*7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



A. Forewing with dark triangular patch on costa 



from base to end of cell 1540. acontioides. " 



B. Forewing with dark triangular patch from 



medial part of ccsta to below angle of cell... 1543. laminata 



C. Forewing without dark patches ; grey with a 



lunulate black spot at upper angle of cell ...1534^. lunisigna. 

 1543. Zia laminata (?) = 1542 rufescens {$). 



Genus Melaleucia. 



Type. 

 J/eZaZewcm, Hmpsn., Cat. Lep, Phal. B. M., II., p. 78,(1900). \b^2a. oUiqui' 

 fasciata. Probosci well developed ; palpi oblique, projecting about the length of 



head, the 2nd joint roughly scaled above 



and below, the 3rd nuked acuminate ; frons 



smooth ; antennae of fenale simple, the basal 



joint not tufted ; tibiae with the spurs well 



developed. Forewing with" vein 3 from 



Melaleucia obliquifasciata $ |. before angle of cell; 4"5 from angle ; 6 from 



below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8*9 stalked from before angle ; 10 absent ; 



11 oblique. Hindwing with vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4 absent ; 5 from 



middle of disco cellulars ; 6*7 stalked, or from middle of cell. 



