294 



AECTIAB-a;. 



before middle and a small tuft of black scales at lower angle of 



cell ; faint traces of an ante- 

 medial line oblique from 

 costa to median nervure, then 

 erect ; an indistinct post- 

 medial line oblique from costa 

 to vein 6, then erect and 

 ending at tornus. Hind 

 wing whitish, slightly tinged 

 with fuscous, the termen 

 and cilia ochreous. 

 2 . Hind wing fuscous, the cilia ochreous. 

 Hah. BoKNEo, Sarawak {Wallace), 2 d" , 2 $ , type and types- 



decuhitana cLnd illatalis; FuloLaut (Boherty), 1 $ . Kvjj. 14millim, 



Fig. 211. — Stictosia flcxilisan a, ^ . 



Genus PRONOLA, nov. 



Type, P. magniflaqa. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, upturned, not reaching vertex of 

 head ; antennae of male ciliated ; tibia with the spurs long. Fore wing short 

 and broad, the costa highly arched ; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell, strongly 

 curved ; 3 from well before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper 

 angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 11 free ; male with the subcostal 

 nervure highly arched, a patch of downturned scales in end of cell on under- 

 side and a sparse fringe of long hair on basal half of vein 2. Hind wing with 

 vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 from just above angle ; 

 6, 7 coincident, the subcostal nervure bent upwards and 8 from towards end of 

 cell ; a patch of androconia on upperside in end of cell. 



A. Fore wing with the upper edge of dark patch evenly 



curved magniplaga. 



B. Fore wing with the upper edge of dark patch deeply 



excised in cell diffusa ( 5 ). 



618, Pronola magniplaga. 



Pronola magniplaga, Schaus, J. N. Y. Bnt. Soc. vii. p. 214 (1899). 



(S , Head and thorax orange-yellow ; abdomen reddish brown^ 



the anal tuft ochreous. Fore 



wing pinkish brown ; the base, 



■■>lP#'^==::r:/ ^ a costal fascia, and the terminal 



band yellow, wide at apex, 



T: ! ^^^^— -r^^^:^ r^ nan-owing to a point at tornus, 



' '■' '^~" "' ^ the brown area shading to 



purplish towards the yellow. 



Hind wing pale red-brown, the 



costal half pale yellow. 



5 . Pore wing with the apical yellow area rather larger ; hind 



wing dark fuscous, with the costa and termen towards apex yellow. 



Hah. Brazil, Hao Paulo {Jones), 1 S ; Bolivia, Chaco {Garle]);p\ 



1 5 . Exp. 20 millim. Typef in Coll. Schaus. 



Fig. 212. — Pronola magniplaga, c? . 



