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male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro and 

 metathorax with spreading crests of very long spatulate scales, the patagia 

 fringed with long rough scales at extremity ; tibiee fringed with rather 

 long hair ; abdomen with large crest at base only. Forewing with the apex 

 rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 8 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. 

 2174a. Opsyra chalooela. 



Genus Miceapatetis. 



Type. 



Micrapatetis, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1897, p. 369 . . orthozona . 



A^iiorata, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxvii., p. 120 (1902). leucozona. 



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

 about vertex of head and moderately scaled, the 3rd short ; frons with 

 rounded prominence ; eyes large, round ; antennse of male ciliated ; thorax 

 clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax without crest, the meta- 

 thorax Avith large spreading crest ; tibiee slightly fringed with hair ; abdo- 

 men without crests. Forewing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly 

 curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and o from near angle of cell ; 6 from 

 below upper angle; 7. 8. 9. 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hindwing with veins 

 3-4 shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6-7 from 

 upper angle or stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to near middle. 



A. Forewing ochreous suffused with purplish red . . jyyrastis. 



B. Forewing dark red-brown with the basal area yellow . . fiavipars. 

 1962«. Micrapatetis pyrastis. 



Micrapatetis pyrmtis, Hmpsn., Oat. Lep. Phal. B.M., ix. p. 454, 

 pi. 146., f. 22 (1910). 

 $ . Head and tegulse purplish grey ; thorax pale purplish red ; palpi, 

 pectus and legs blackish mixed with grey ; abdomen purplish red. Fore- 

 wing pale purplish red, the basal half with an ochreous tinge ; a medial 

 leaden grey band defined at sides by black lines, slightly constricted at 

 discal fold and strongly at submedian fold, some slight pale points beyond 

 it on costa ; cilia whitish at base, blackish at tips. Hindwing fuscous with 

 a purplish grey tinge : cilia whitish with a fuscous line through them ; the 

 underside rather paler with faint diffused curved postmedial line. 

 Habitat. — Madras, Gooty. Exp. 18 mill. 

 19625. Micrapatetis flavipars. 



Micrapatetis ^avpia7'$,'H.va-psn., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., ix., p. 454 

 pi. 146, f. 23 (1910). 

 2 . Head and tegulse dark greyish brown ; thorax ochreous yellow 



