CHELECALA , — TACHOSA. 



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a series of black striae jusfc before termen and slight waved terminal 

 dark line ; the underside white, the costal area and the terminal 



Fig. 26. — Chelecala trefoliata, Q^ . \. 



area to vein 2 irrorated with brown, a slight black discoidal lunule 

 and series of black striae just before termen. 



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Genus TACHOSA. 

 Tachosa, Wlk. Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 345 (1873) 



Type. 



acronyctoides. 



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

 naiddle of frons and moderately scnied, the 3rd moderate, frons smooth ; eyes 

 large, round ; antennae of male with fasciculate cilia; thorax clothed almost 

 entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair, 

 the fore tibiae not spined, the hind tibiaj spined between the medial and ter- 

 minal spurs only ; abdomen with ridges of hair on basal segments. Fore wing 

 i-ather long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and 

 hardly 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. Hind wing 

 with the cell half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 5 fully developed 

 from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell 

 near base only. 



7363. Tachosa acronyctoides. 



Tachosa acronyctoides, Wlk. Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasg. i. p. 345 (1873). 



Head and thorax brown mixed with white ; palpi blackish, 

 white towards base and with the extremity of 2nd joint white ; 

 head white at sides, the frona with lateral black bars; antennae 

 blackish, white at base ; tegulae with black line at base and white 

 line near tips ; pectus white tinged with ochreous ; abdomen 



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