19G >•(!( rrni.i:. 



white subtcrminal line defined hj black on outer side and Avith 

 blackish patch before it on costa ; a series of small black spots just 

 before termen. Hind Aving uniform fuscous ; the underside rather 

 paler. 



Ilah. SixGAPOKE [Ridlei/), ] $ type. E.ij>. 22 millim. 



Genns NIGEAMMA. „ 



Type. 



Nir/ravma, Wlk. xxvii. 77 (1863) qiirnlratifcra. 



_ C'ihia, Wlk. xxxi. 257 (1864) Uqndaria. 



Chiiduca, Wlk. Joiirn. Linn. Soc, Zool. vii. p. 104 (1864) ... pyraloides. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, tlie 2iid joint reacbing 

 fibout to vertex of head and sliglitly fVinged above by bair tovvai-ds extremity, 

 tlie 3rd moderate ; fi-ons smooth witb tuft of bair above ; eyes large, round ; 

 tborax clothed almost entirely with scales, the prothorax with sharp ridge-like 

 crest; tibire slightly fringed with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing 

 long and narrow, tlie apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenu- 

 late ; veins 3 and 6 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 

 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell, tlind wing with veins 

 3.4,0 from angle of cell; 6,7 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing witli the 

 cell near base only. 



Sect. I. Antenna' of male witli long cilia. 



. A. Hind wing of male with a bladder-like vesicle at base of costa with a 

 ridge of lai-ge scales below it on underside. 



6443. Nigramma lophophora, n. sp. 



S . Head and thorax dark brown mixed with red-broAvn and 

 some grej'ish ; pectus whitish ; legs and abdomen grey-brown, the 

 latter with the ventral surface whitish. Fore wing dark reddish 

 brown tinged with, grey; antemedial line indistinct, waved, slightly 

 defined on each side by red-brown ; medial line indistinct, waved ; 



Fig. 57. — NigrajHiiia loj)hophora., (S • \- 



a slight tuft of red-brown scales at lower angle of cell ; postmedial 

 line indistinct, double, stronglj^ bent outAvards beloAv costa, then 

 dentate, strongly incurved below vein 4 to beloAV end of cell ; sub- 

 terminal line indistinct, greyish, dentate. Hind wing dark brown, 

 the interspaces somewhat paler towards base ; a fine greyish line 

 at base of cilia. 



Hah. Teavancoke, Pirmad (^Mrs. Imray), 1 S type. Exi^. 

 28 millim. 



