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6467. Gyrtona hylusalis. 



Gijrtona hylusalis, Wlk. xxvii. 93 (1863) ; Hiiipsn. 111. Het. B.M \x. 



p. 104, pi. 163. f. 18; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 405. 

 Gyrtona nigrocinerea, Wlk. xxvii. 94 (1863j. 

 Gyrtona dorsifascialis, Wlk. xxvii. 95 (1863). 

 Gyrtona strenualis, Wlk. xxvii. 96 (1863). 

 Gyrtona monilialis, Wlk. xxvii. 97 (1863). 

 Nephopteryx demptella, Wlk. xxxv. 1721 (1866). 



Head and thorax dark brown mixed with grey ; pectus whitish ; 

 abdomen fuscous brown with some grey at base, the ventral surface 

 whitish. Pore wing dark red-brown mixed with grey and with 

 slight silvery irroratiou ; subbasal line slight, dark, excurved below 

 costa and ending at vein 1 ; antemedial line double, filled in with 

 grey except towards costa, oblique towards costa and slightly 

 incurved at vein 1, some whitish before it on inner half and some 

 raised blackish scales on its outer edge in and below cell ; medial 

 line slight, sinuous ; rcniform slightly defined by black and with 

 some raised scales in centre ; the outer part of medial area with 



Fig. 69. — Gyrtona hylusalis, S . \- 



whitish patch on inner half; postmedial line formed of raised 

 black scales slightly defined on inner side by whitish, bent 

 outwards below costa, slightly incurved at discal fold, incurved 

 below vein 4, some whitish points beyond it on costa and traces of 

 a dark line excurved at middle; subterminal line whitish defined 

 on outer side by dark brown, somewhat excurved below vein 7 and 

 at middle ; a terminal series of blackish, striae. Hind wing 

 uniform fuscous brown, the cilia whitish at tips, the underside 

 paler. 



Hob. Travancore, Pirmad {Mrs. Imray), 1 S ', Ceylon {Temple- 

 ton, Nietner), 3 c? , 5 5 , type and types nigrocinerea, strenualis, and 

 monilialis ; hab. ign., 1 d , 1 $ , types dorsifascialis and demptella. 

 Krp. 20-24 millim. 



6468. Gyrtona oxyptera, n. sp. (Plate CLXXIX. fig. 28.) 



Head and thorax fuscous brown mixed with purplish grey ; 

 abdomen grey-brown. Fore wing purplish grey thickly irrorated 

 with fuscous brown ; the costal area sufi"used with brown ; two 

 indistinct dark patches on basal part of costa ; antemedial line very 

 indistinct, angled outwards below costa, then oblique and sinuous ; 

 orbicular represented by a minute tuft of raised scales ; reniform 



