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1. Thorax, including patagia, black .2 



Patagia red or orange, at least at base 6 



Thorax, including patagia, red *COCcinea By. Edw. 



2. Primaries black along costal edge 3 



Primaries i ed along costal edge 5 



3. Secondaries black except along costa 4 



Secondaries red with black border *sanguineoIa Bdv. 



4 Costal edging of primaries broad *erythrophora Feld. 



Costal edging of primaries narrow aequalis Walk. 



5. Outer border even . phrada Druce. 



Outer border twice dentate *flammans Dyar. 



Outer border sinuately widened below *sinuata Hy. Edw. 



6. Costal margin of primaries red 7 



Costal margin black at base ira Druce. 



7. Secondaries black or mostly so 8 



Secondaries orange on basal half pamphylia Druce. 



8. Primaries black except red costal line rubromarginata Druce. 



Costal half of wing red xylophila Druce. 



Primaries red, outer margin broadly black per tun da Druce. 



NYCTEOLID^. 



Arctiida, Nycleolina, Hampson, Moths of India II, 128. 



Noctuidce, Sarrothripintz, Hampson, Moths of India IT, 365. 



Cymbidcc, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. I, 279. 



Nycteolidce, Smith, List. Lep. 23. 



Pseudoipsidce, Grote, Syst. Lep. Hild. 



Nycteola:, Hubner, Tentamen. 



Pseudoipes, Hubner, Tentamen. 



I see no sufficient distinction between Hampson's Nycteolinae- and 

 Sarrothripinae. The primary distinction founded on vein 8 of second- 

 aries is negatived by some of his Sarrothripinae, and the structure of the 

 groups seems otherwise the same. The males have the bar-shaped 

 retinaculum in both. The green and gray moths differ superficially, 

 but the larvae and cocoons are the same and are not Arctian. They 

 are excluded from the Lithosians by the presence of ocelli. Family 

 type Nycteola revayana Scop. 



Nycteola proteella, Walsh. 



1864, Walsh, Proc. Eat. Soc. Phil. Ill, 609, note (as Tortricid). 



1867, Walsh, Proc. Ent. Soc. Pail. VI, 272, note. 



Similar to revayana, but smaller and without the prominent angles at base of 

 costa of fore wings. Gray, shaded with brown. Basal line curved, t.a. line straight, 

 black, narrow ; t.p. line wavy, strongly arcuate outward opposite cell ; s.t. line undu- 

 late, shaded. The wing is nearly uniformly grayish with the lines faint, or heavily 

 shaded with blackish and brown between the lines and more distinctly marked ; very 

 variable. Expanse, 14-17 mm. 



