CHAEACOMA. — DILOPHO'J HEIPA. 239 



■with a faint brownish tinge, the veins of terrainfil half brown, the 

 termen with slight brown suffusion ; cilia white with a brownish 

 line through them from apex to vein 2. 



Hub. BuPMA, E. Pegu {Doherty), type t § in Coll. Eothschild. 

 Ea-i^. 32 milliru. 



6502. Characoma deleta. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 20.) 



Fardctsena delela, Hiuirsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 541 (1905). 



J . Head and thorax pale ochreous ; abdomen whitish tinged 

 with ochreous. Fore wing pale ochreous brown ; ver^' indistinct 

 sinuous antemedial and medial lines ; traces of a diffused postmedial 

 line excurved from eosta to vein 4, then oblique; traces of a sub- 

 terminal series of dark points ; the termen rather darker. Hind 

 wing semihyaline white, the terminal area tinged with brown. 

 Bah. Pertj, Callao {J. J. Wall-er), 1 S type, Eay. 22 millim. 



6503. Characoma ferrigrisea. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 21.) 



Fardasena ferrigrisea, Huipsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 541 (1905). 



S ' Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with pale iron-brown. 

 Pore wing grey suffused with iron-brown ; an indistinct subbasal line 

 from costa to submedian fold, excurved below costa, then incurved ; 

 antemedial line brown defined by white on inner side, minutely 

 waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is obtusely 

 angled ; a slight discoidal poiiit ; postmedial line brown defined by 

 white on outer side, minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 6, 

 excurved to vein 4, 1hen incurved ; subterrainal line indistinct, 

 diffused, dark, excurved at vein 7 and middle ; a teiminal series 

 of minute points. Hind wing grey suffused with pale brown, the 

 basal area slightly paler ; cilia grey ; the underside paler, 



JJah. Gambia, Bathiirst {Carter), 1 S type. Ea^p. 18 millim. 



Genus DILOPHOTHRIPA, 



Typp. 



mio'phot'hvi'pa, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xi. p. 452 (1896). cJirysorrhcea. 



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

 above vertex of bead, broadly fringed with hair behind, moderately in i'ront, 

 the 3rd joint moderate ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair and tuft above it 

 betvreen antennae ; eyes large, round, antenna; of male almost simjDle ; tJiorax 

 clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with depressed crest; tibiic 

 slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen with small dorsal crest at base only. 

 Poi-e wing long and narrow, the costa arched near base, the apex rounded, the 

 termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle. 



