XANrHODtTLE. 



341 



Ab. 1. inquinata. Fore wing entirely red-brown except a grey 

 patch on middle of inner area, a postmedial patch on costa extending 

 to lower angle of cell, and a curved mark from apex to vein 6. 



Nab. Victoria, Melbourne {liaytior, Lucas, Anderson), 7 S i 

 Burnside, 1 c? • Exjp. 24 millim. Type f in Coll. Meyrick. 



717. 



XantTiodule semiochrea, Butl. 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 355. 



Xanthodule semiochrea. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 384, pi. 9. 



f , 1 



Fig. 243. — Xanthodule semiochrea, i^ . 



S . Reddish brown; frons 

 and vertex of head yellowish 

 white. Hind wing orange, 

 with apical brown patch and 

 very fine terminal brown line. 



Hah. QuEENSLAN^D, Peak 

 Downs, 1 (S type. Exjp. 18 

 millim. 



Genus XAKTHOCRASPEDA. t,,,,^^ 



±3'pe. 

 Xanthocraspeda, Hmpsn. Moths Lid. ii. p. 121 (1894) marginata. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, not extending beyond the frons, 

 which is clothed with rough hair ; antennae of male with bristles and cilia ; 

 tibife with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing 

 long and narrow ; vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3 from long before angle ; 5 

 from well above angle; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10 free; 11 

 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from middle of cell; 3 from 

 well before angle ; 6 from well above angle; 6, 7 on a long stalk; 8 from 

 towards end of cell. 



718. Xanthocraspeda marginata. 



Nudaria marginata, Wlk. xxxi. 274 (1864) ; Hmpsn. Moths lud. ii. p. 122 ; 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 364. 



J . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous yellow ; fore and mid 

 tibiae and tarsi tinged with brown above ; 

 abdomen fuscous below except at ex- 

 tremity; wings reddish brown. Eore 

 wing with the costa orange-yellow from 

 before middle to near apex: the inner 

 margin yellow; cilia yellow at tips. 

 Hind wing with the inner area yellow ; 

 cilia yellow at tips. 



Hah. S. India, Coimbatore {Walliouse), 

 1 S type. Exp.. 22 millim. 



Fig. 244. — Xanthocraspeda 



marginata, (^ . \. 

 (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



Genus BALBURA. 



Type. 



Balbura, Wlk. ii. 481 (1854) dorsisigna. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, the 

 1st joint fringed with hair ; antennje of male bipectinate, with short branches, 

 the apical third serrate; tibias with the spurs moderate. Fore wing rather 



