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AECTIAD^. 



Genus MITHUNA. 



Typp 



Mithima, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 21 qnddriflaya. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned, not reaching Tertex of 

 head, and fringed with hair in front ; tibiae with the spurs moderate; abdomen 

 clothed with rough hair. Fore wing rather short and broad, the costa arched ; 

 vein 2 from middle of cell; 3, 4 stalked; 5 absent; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 

 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 

 3, 4 on a long stalk ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 on a long stalk ; 8 from middle of cell. 



Sect. I. Fore wing with vein 6 stalked with 7, 8, 9, 10; 10 from before 7; 

 antennaj of male bipectinate. 



235. Mithuna fuscivena. 



Mithitna fuscivena, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 495 (1896). 



Fuscous brown. Fore wing with tlie veins streaked with fuscous. 

 Hind wing dull ochreous, the costal area tinged with fuscous. 



Fig. 64. — Mithuna fuscivena, (^ . f. 



Hah. Ceylon {Pole), 3 c? , 4 5 , type ; Borneo, Pulo Laut 

 (DoJiertij), 1 c? , 1 2 . Kvjj. 16 millim. 



Sect. II. Fore wing with vein 6 froai long below angle of cell ; antennse of 

 male with bristles and cilia. 

 A. Fore wing with vein 7 from before 10. 



236. Mithuna quadriplaga. 



Mithuna qriadriphiga, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 21 ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. 

 p. 86 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 332. 



(5 . Head and tegulse orange-yellow ; palpi and thorax fuscous 

 brown ; antennse brown ; abdomen 

 grey-brown, the anal tufts yellow. 

 Fore wing brown, with some fuscous 

 at base of costa ; a fuscous medial 

 spot on costa with traces of a line 

 arising from it strongly excurved 

 from below costa to cell ; an indistinct 

 irregular subterminal line most i^ro- 

 minent towards costa. Hind wing 

 pale brown, 



2 , Head and teguloc brown. 

 Hah. SiKHiM, 3 6 (DwJf/eon, Pilcher), 1 $ , Moore Coll,, type 

 BHUIA.N, 2 cJ (Dudfjeon). Kvj)., 6 22, $ 26 millim. 



Fig. 6.5. 



Mithuna qnadriplaga, J • i 



(From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



