0]\EOEPHI]S'A. 408 



//. Patagia not dilated with scales at 

 extremity. 

 aP. Fore wing with the inner margin 



excised towards tornus EospiiOROPTEUyx, p. 446. 



Ifi. Fore wing with the inner margin 



not excised towards tornus Piiytometea, p. 45 13. 



h*. Abdomen with ridges of hair on basal 

 segments, but without crests. 



fl*. Eyes small, elliptical OmorpiiinA, p. 403. 



b^. Eyes large, round Pal.eoi'lusia, p. 581. 



Genus OMOEPHINA. ^ 



Type. 



Omorphina, Alph. Ilor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xxyi. p. 452(1892) aiirantiaca. 



Pi'oboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reacliing to vertex 

 of head and fringed witii long hair in front, the 3rd moderate; froiis smooth, 

 with tuft of hair; eyes rather small and elliptical, overhung by long cilia; 

 antenn£e of male minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed with hair only and with- 

 out crests; tibio3 fringed with rather long hair; abdomen dorsally clothed 

 with rough hair at base but without crests. Fore wing with the apex rounded, 

 the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle 

 of cell, 6 from upper angle, 9 I'rom 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 

 areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half the lengtii of wing ; 

 veins 3, 4 from angle; 6 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



8220. Omorphina anrantiaca. 



Omorphinti auranticwa, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xxvi. p. 452 (1892) ; 



id. Eom. Mem. ix. p. 41 , pi. i. f. 2 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 220. 

 Omorphina chrysostigma, Piing. Iris, xix. p. 223 (1906). 



Head and thorax rufous ; antennae grey ; palpi grej^ mixed with 

 brown ; tarsi grey ; abdomen dark grey-brown with some rufous 

 hair towards base of dorsum, the anal tuft rufous, the ventral 

 surface grey. Fore wing rufous slightly tinged Avith greyish, the 

 postmedial area somewhat paler ; an indistinct brown antemedial 



Fig. 103. — Omorphina auraiitiaca, S ■ \- 



line, incurved in cell ; orbicular and reniform indistinctly defined 

 by brown, the former round, the latter narrow and elliptical ; i^ost- 

 medial line indistinct, brown, excurved below costa, incurved at 

 discal fold, incmwed below vein 4 and excurved below submedian 



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