540 



AECTIAD^. 



Sect. II. {Androstigma). Antennae of male with much shorter branches, the 

 apical part serrate. 

 A. Hind wing with large rounded patch of androconia at tornns. 



1154. Diduga albicosta. 



Diduaa albicosta, Hrapsn. 111. Het. viii. p. 53, pi. 140. f. 17 ; id. 111. Het. 

 ix. p. 82, pi. 158. f. 25 ; id. Moths Ind. ii. p. 96 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. 

 p. 3(32. 



(S . Head, tegulse, and mesothorax white : palpi, frons, and 

 branches of antennae fuscous ; metathorax and abdomen fuscous ; 

 legs yellowish. Fore wing fuscous ; a white costal fascia narrowing 



from base to apes, its lower 

 edge strongly crenulate ; ante- 

 and postmedial fuscous points 

 on costa ; a crenulate terminal 

 white band expanding at vein 

 3, Hind wing pale fuscous, 

 the patch of androconia dark 

 fuscous edged with white. 



2 . Fore wing with the 

 costal half of the terminal band 



Fig. 395. — Diduga albicosta, (^ . 



reduced to a point above vein 6 ; hind wing darker fuscous. 



Hah. NilctIRIs (i/«'n?^9so?i), 1 § type; Ceylon, Pundaloy a (G'rijm), 

 1 -? Exp. 14 millim. 



Subsp. 1. Head, front part of thorax, the costal fascia, and 

 terminal band of fore wing strongly tinged with orange-yellow. 



Hah. BkL^ (Doherty), 2' J. 



B. Hind wing with the inner area clothed with rough hair above. 



1155. Diduga pectinifer, n. sp. 



c5' . Head, tegulge, patagia, and mesothorax orange-yellow ; palpi 



and frons blackish ; meta- 

 thorax and abdomen fuscous ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral sur- 

 face of abdomen greyish brown. 

 Fore wing dark fuscous ; a 

 crenulate orange costal fascia 

 with whitish lower edge ; ante- 

 and postmedial dark points on 

 costa ; a crenulate terminal 

 band with whitish inner edge. 



Fig. 39Q.— Diduga pectinifer, (^ . 



the costal fascia and terminal band irrorated with a few dark scales. 

 Hind wing reddish brown, the cilia white at tips. 



Hah. PuLO Laut (Dohertij), 1 c? type. Exj). 12 millim. 



