708 BIB G. F. HAMPSOK — REVISION OF MOTHS [NoV. 15, 



(2) PiLETOsoMA iGNEDOESALis, 11. sp. (Plate XLIX. fig. 7.) 



S . Cupreous brown ; antennae white at tips ; tegulae and 

 abdorpen above fiery red and orange ; anal tuft black ; fore coxae, 

 tarsi, and basal half of ventral surface of abdomen yellowish white. 

 Pore wing with hyaline spot at origin of vein 2 and thinly-scaled 

 patches in end of cell and between bases of veins 2 and 7. Hind 

 wing with tbe basal half hyaline, the veins and a discoidal band 

 fuscous. 



Hab. Peru. Exp. 32 mm. 



Genus 65. Deba. 



Deba Wlk. xxxiv. 1494 (1865). 



Phycidicera Snell. Midd.-Sum., iv. Lep. (1) 8. p. 71 (1880). 



Palpi upturned, the 2ud joint reaching vertex of head and 

 slightly scaled in front, with a tuft of hair from extremity hiding 

 the 3rd jo:nt, which is short and blunt ; tegulae of male with long 

 tufts of hair extending beyond the metathoi*ax ; the two basal 

 segments of abdomen with long hair on dorsum ; tibiae with the 

 outer spurs about half the length of inner. Pore wing with the 

 costa arched towards apex ; the outer mai'gin obliquely rounded ; 

 veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 7 approximated to 8, 9 for about 

 one-third length ; 10 also approximated to 8, 9. Hind wing with 

 vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4, 5 approximated for a short distance ; 

 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 65. 



Deha swrrectalis, (S . \. (E^om Motha Ind. vol. iv.) 



Sect. I. Antennae of male with a small tuft of hair in the form of 

 a vesicle from end of 1st joint, surrounded by a large vesicle 

 formed of nearly conjoined pectinations on the basal part of 

 shaft, which is then serrated for a short distance. 



Type. (l)tDEBA surbectalis Wlk. xxxiv. 1493. Assam ; Ceylon ; 



Phycidicera salebnalis Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1880, Celebes. 



p. 228, & 1884, pi. iii. f. 6. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male with a tuft of long hair on base of 

 shaft, then much thickened and fringed with thick scales 

 above ; hind wing with a fringe of hair below costa above. 



(2) Deba ALTHEALis Wlk. xvii. 361. Borneo; Sumatra; Celebes. 

 Botys cydipeialis Wlk. xviii. 6494. 

 Botys tisiasalis Wlk. xviii. 696. 

 Phycidicera manicalis SneU. Midd.-Sum., iv. Lep. (1) p. 72. 



