STMITHA. 243 



prominenb obliquely placed points below middle of cell ; postmedial 

 line fuscous defined by white on inner side, very minutely waved, 

 very oblique from costa to vein 6, then inwardly oblique, a fuscous 

 patch beyond it on costa with white streak below it curving up to 

 apex; some white points on costa towards apex; a fuscous mark 

 beyond the postmedial lino in submedian fold ; subterraiual line 

 white with fuscous marks on its inner side, excurved below costa 

 and at middle ; a terminal series of black points. Hind wing white 

 slightly tinged with brown. 



Hab. Borneo, Pulo Laut (Z>o7«eriy), 1 S type. E.vp. 13 millim. 



Genus SYMITHA. Tv e 



St/mitha, Wlk. xxxv. 1731 (1863) nolalella. 



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

 of head and slightly fringed with scales in front, the 3rd long and typically 

 smoothly scaled; frons smooth, with tuft of hair above; eyes large, round ; 

 antenna) of male minutely ciliated ; prothorax without crest, metathorax wifcli 

 large spreading crest; fore tibiae fringed on both sides with longhair; mid 

 and hind tibias smoothly scaled ; abdomen with dorsal crest at base only. 

 JFore wing with the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved and not crenulate ; 

 vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle; 6 from below 

 upper angle ; 7 from angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked ; .11 from cell. Hind wing with 

 veins 3 and 5 from angle of cell, 4 absent, coincident with 3 ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle. 



Sect. I. Palpi with the 3rd joint fi-inged with hair above towards base. 



6509. Symitha indicatana. 



Tortrix indicatana, Wlk. xxviii. 333 (1863) ; Hrapsn. 111. Het. B. M. ix. 

 p. 107, pi. 163. f. 13; id. Motha Ind. ii. p. 387. 



Head and thorax white mixed with some dark brown, the 

 tegulsB almost wholly dark brown, the patagia with two brown bars 

 towards tips ; the fore legs dark brown on inner side ; abdomen 

 whitish tinged with brown dorsally, the basal crest black at tip. Fore 



Fig. 8.5. — Symitha indicatana, ^, f. 



wing white irrorated with brown ; a brown spot at base of cell ; ante- 

 medial line double, brown filled in with white, oblique from costa to 

 vein 1 and bent inwards to inner margin, an oblique brown band 

 beyond it from costa to submedian fold with dark spots beyond it 

 beloTV^ costa and in cell ; medial line double, waved, with a black mark 



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