594 NOCTUJBiE. 



7009. Churia maculata. 



Churia maculata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 300 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 50, 

 pi. 150. f. 7 ; Hnipsu. Moths Ind. ii. p. 418. 



Head and thorax pale grey-brown ; palpi fuscous brown, wbitisb 

 at base and in front ; pectus and legs whitish tinged with brown ; 

 abdomen whitish dorsally tinged with brown. Fore wing pale 

 grey -brown with faint brown strire on costal area ; a small round 

 black discoidal spot ; a subterminal black point below vein 7 and 

 traces of other points below veins 4 and 2. Hind wing pale 

 ochreous brown, the cilia ochreous white ; the underside ochreous 

 white, the costal area and terminal area to vein 2 slightly irrorated 

 with fuscous, 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the costal half prominently irrorated 

 with black ; small black spots with white centres at middle of cell 

 and on discocellulars. 



Hah. Madeas, Nilgiris (Hampson), 1 c? , 2 $ , Valms (Camj^jhell) , 

 1 2 ; CEYLOisr. E.vp. 28-80 millim. 



*7010. Churia nigrisigna. 



Clmria ongrisigna, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 360, pi. 37. f. 13; Hmpsn. 



Moths Ind.'ii. p. 418. 

 Churia ochracea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 360. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish ochreous. Fore wing 

 pale brownish ochreous with a small black discoidal spot ; cilia 

 ochreous white. Hind wing pale brownish ochreous, the cilia 

 ochreous white ; the underside paler, 



Ab, 1. ochracea. Paler and more ochreous ; fore wing without 

 black discoidal spot. 



Bab. Bengal, Calcutta, type t in Mus, Berlin, E.rp. 26 millim. 



Genus TORTRICIFORMA. 



Type. 



Tortricifonna, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 425 (1894) viridipuncfa. 



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

 of head and sparsely fringed with long hair in front, the 3rd long and oblique; 

 frons smooth, with very large tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antcnnai 

 of male almost simple ; thorax clotiied with hair and scales mixed and without 

 crests; mid tibiae fringed with long hair in front, the fore and hind tibia? 

 slightly friuged with hair; abdomen without crests. Fore wing with thecosta 

 strongly excised beyond middle, the apex produced to a hook, tlie termen 

 excised below apex, produced to a hook at vein 6 and excurved at middle ; 

 veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8, 9, 10 

 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the termen excurved at middle, the 

 tornus strongly excised in male, the inner margin forming a pointed lobe 

 fringed with long haii- and with small tuft of hair in a fold on underside ; 

 veins 3, 4 stalked ; 5 fully developed from just above angle of cell ; 6, 7 t^hortly 

 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with the terminal area tinged with green cJiloroplaga. 



B. Fore wing with the terminal area not tinged with green . viricUpuncia. 



