OVIPENNTS. MACH^ROPHOKA. 



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3 from well before angle ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 

 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9; 10, 11 almost from a point, 11 curTed. Hind 

 wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 3 from before angle ; 5 from just 

 abo\e angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from middle of cell. 



*873, Ovipennis dudgeoni. 



Nuclaria chidqeom,'E\wes, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 388, pi. 32. f. 10; Hmpsn. 

 Moths lnd\ ii. p. 104; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 361. 



5 . Head orange-yellow ; antennae fuscous except towards base ; 

 thorax fuscous, the patagia with orange patches at base and 



extremity ; legs fuscous, the 

 1st joint of tarsi white ; 

 abdomen fuscous. Fore wing 

 with black patch at base 

 followed by a whitish patch, 

 then a fuscous patch extend- 

 ing to near termen, bisected 

 by a yellow streak leaving the 

 inner and terminal areas yel- 

 low ; the costal area yellowish 



Fig. 322. — Ovipennis dudgeoni, 5- 



white, expanding into a patch at apex ; cilia brownish yellow, 

 black towards apex. Pore wing with the basal area yellowish ; a 

 diffused postmedial fuscous patch ; the inner and terminal areas 

 yellow ; the apex white ; cilia yellow, fuscous towards apex. 



Hah. SiKHiM {Dudgeon), 1 § typef in Coll. Elwes. Exp. 

 26 millim. 



Genus MACH-SIROPHORA. 



Type. 



Machairophora, Hmpsn. HI. Het. ix. p. 86 (1893) , fulvipuncta. 



Proboscis aborted, minute ; palpi porrect, not reaching beyond the frons ; 

 antenna bipectinate, with short stiff branches ; hind tibia3 with the medial 

 spurs absent ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore wing lung and rather 

 narrow; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3 from before angle; b from 

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

 becoming coincident with 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from beyond middle of 

 cell ; 3, 4 stalked ; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from bt yond 

 middle of cell. 



874. Machseropliora fulvipuncta. 



Machairophora fulvipuncta, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 86, pi. 159. f. 10 

 (.1893) ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 121. 



S . Black-brown ; head, tegulae, and 

 patagia with some fulvous hair ; tarsi, hind 

 tibiae, and ventral surface of abdomen 

 orange-yellow ; wings clothed with hair- 

 like scales. Fore wing with more or less 

 prominent orange-yellow patch on middle 

 of inner area, and sometimes slight spots at 

 base and subterminal spots above veins 1, 

 2, 5, and 7. 

 5 apterous (fide E. E. Green). 

 Hah. Ceylon, Maskelyia (Green), 3 c? , type. Exp. 20 millim. 



Fig. 323. — Machcsrophora 



fidvipiincta, (^ . \. 

 (Prom Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



