78 



AECTIADJE. 



stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 

 5 from just above angle ; 6, 7 very strongly stalked ; 8 from near end of ceil. 



160. ArcMnola pyralidia. 



Archinola pyraUdia, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1896, p. 259, pi. x. f. 23, 



(S . Grey strongly irrorated with fuscous. Pore wing with slight 



blackish mark at base of costa ; 

 the tufts of scales near base 

 and at middle and upper angle 

 of cell very slight ; an erect 

 fuscous antemedial line ; the 

 postmedial line indistinct, 

 curved from costa to vein 3, 

 where it is retracted to below 

 'F\g. 2-2.— Archinola pyralidia, ,i. |. angle of cell. Hind wing 



paler brownish. 

 Hah. Aden (Nurse), 1 J type. Exj). 16 millim. 



Genus MELALEUCIA, nov. 



Type, M. ohliqidfasciata. 



Proboscis well developed. Palpi oblique, projecting about the length of head, 

 the 2nd joint roughly scaled above and below, the 3rd naked, acuminate; frons 

 smooth; antenna of female sini])le, the basal joint not tufted; tibiffi with the 

 spurs well developed. Fore wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 

 from angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9 stalked from before 

 angle; 10 absent; 11 oblique. Hind wing witli vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4 

 absent ; 5 from middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



161. Melaleucia obliquifasciata. 



Nola obliquifasciata, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. .503 (1896). 



5 . Head white ; palpi at sides and antennae blackish ; tegulse 

 and patagia white, the latter blackish at base; thorax and abdomen 



fuscous. Fore wing white, 

 with blackish patch at base 

 of costa edged with raised 

 black scales ; an obliquo 

 black -edged fuscous band 

 irrorated with leaden scales 

 from middle of costa to 

 vein 1, somewhat constricted 

 at middle and incurved at 

 lower end, with a white 

 spot on it at middle and a tuft of raised black scales at lower angle 

 of cell ; an obscure irregularly sinuous subterminal line, with 

 patches of fuscous suffusion beyond it extending on inner half to 

 the oblique band ; cilia blackish. Hind wing brownish fuscous, 

 with dark discoidal point and fine terminal line. 

 Hah. Ceylon {Green)., 1 $ type. Exp. 14 millim. 



Fig. 23. — Melaleucia ohliqidfasciata, 5- 



