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ARCTIAD^. 



Genus UTRICULIFEHA. 



TJtrmdofera, HmjDsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 81 (1893) 



Type. 



juscapex. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, reaching just beyond the frontal 

 tuft ; antennse of male ciliated ; tibias Avith the spurs moderate. Fore wing 

 short and rather broad ; vein 2 from middle of cell, somewhat curved at base ; 

 3 and 5 from close to angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 

 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 free, oblique. Hind wing with vein 2 from near 

 ano-le of cell ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 from above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from 

 towards end of cell. 



Sect. I. Antennte of male with a very large hoUowed-out vesicle at extremity 

 of basal joint ; abdomen with large lateral tufts of hair from 3rd 

 segment ; fore wing with a fold at base of inner margin containing 

 tufts of hair. 



610. Utriculifera fuscapex. 



Utricidoferafuscapex, Hrapsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 82, pi. 158. fF. 7, 17 (1893) ; 

 id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 95. 



Grey-brown : abdomen fuscous, the lateral tufts of male and anal 



tuft paler ; the vesicle on antennae 

 black; the frons ochreous. Pore 

 wing with the basal area suffused 

 with brown ; the costal edge dark 

 towards base : faint traces of a 

 curved antemedial line ; two points 

 on discocellulars ; a triangular 

 ■p- oQg apical blackish patch extending to 



Utriculifera fuscapex, (^ . h middle of termen. Hind wing 



(Frorn Moths Ind. vol. ii.) fuscous. 



Hab. Belgaum (Watson), 1 $ ; Ceylok, Nawalapittya (Green), 

 2 c? , 1 5 type ; Louisiades, Eossel l.(Meel'), 1 d . Kvjo. 16 millim. 



Sect. II. Male with the antennae, abdomen, and fore -wing normal. 



611. Utriculifera macroplaga, n. sp. 



^ . Head and thorax yellowish white ; frons and abdomen above 



black. Fore wing yellowish 

 white ; subbasal, antemedial, 

 and postmedial black points 

 on costa ; a large fuscous 

 postmedial patch from sub- 

 costal nervure to inner mar- 

 gin, its inner edge straight, 

 its outer rounded ; some 

 black points on costa towards 

 apex and on termen below 



Fig. 206. — Utrictilijera macroplaga, (5 . \. 



apex. Hind wing and underside of fore wing fuscous. 

 Hal. PxjLo Laut (Doherty), 2 S , type. Exp. 12 millim. 



