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Citron-yellow above with black spots often conjoined into the form of 

 a cross; sides grey dotted with black; head brown or red. Foodplants, 

 the flowers and seeds of different species of Scrophularia 6-7. 



Genus Metalopha. 



Type. 



Metalopha, Staud. Iris, iv., p. 313 (1891) . . . . liturata. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, fringed with rough 

 hair in front, the third joint short ; frons with large corneous prominence 

 with raised edges, its lower edges produced to a trilobate process ; eyes 

 large, round ; antennse of male simple, laminate ; head and thorax clothed 

 with rough hair, the vertex of head with large crest, the pro- and meta- 

 thorax with double crests ; pectus and tibise clothed with long hair ; 

 abdomen with some rough hair at base and lateral fringes of hair, but 

 without crests. Forewing with the apex somewhat produced, the term en 

 obliquely curved ; 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 rather strong from below middle 

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

 near base only. 



2015. Metalopha cashmirensis. 



Genus Leucochi^ena. 



Type. 



Leucochlcena, Hmpsn. Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M. vi., p. 132 (1906). . hispida. 



Proboscis minute ; palpi porrect to just beyond frontal tuft and fringed 

 with long hair below; frons smooth; eyes large, rounded; antennse of 

 male bipectinated with long branches to apex ; head and thorax clothed 

 with hair and hairlike scales, the pro- and meta-thorax with spreading 

 crests ; pectus and legs clothed with long hair ; abdomen with some rough 

 hair at base and lateral fringes of hair, but without crests. Forewing 

 with the apex rounded, the termen obliquely curved and somewhat 

 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 middle of discocel- 

 lulars ; 6*7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



1708. Leucochljena leucocera. 



Genus Bombycia. 



Type. 

 Bombycia, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii., p. 57 (1829). nee. 



Hiibn. Tent. ined. . . . . . . . . . . viminalis. 



Cleoceris, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 93 (1840) . . . . viminalis. 



Hyada, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 129 (1881) . . . . . grisea. 



Sect. (Hyada). Antennse of male with fascides of extremely long cilia. 

 1799. Bombycia grisea. 



