DIDUGA. 



541 



Sect. III. (Diduga). Antennfe of male ciliated. 



A. Fore wing of male with a tuft of hair on imier margin, vein 11 anasto- 

 mosing with 12; hind wing with costal folfl on underside on basal 

 half of costa, and fringe of hair on upperside on terminal half; a tuft 

 of long hair on upperside below base of cell ; the olaspers long and 

 tufted with hair. 



1156. Diduga trichopliora, u. sp. 



J . Head, tegulse, patagia, and mesothorax orange ; palpi and 



frons blackish ; metathorax and abdomen fuscous ; legs yellow, 



tinged with fuscous above. 



Pore wing dark fuscous ; an 



orange costal fascia with 



strongly crenulate lower edge, 



irrorated with a few dark scales ; 



an antemedial dark striga from 



costa ; a crenulate terminal 



. , , , , band with whitish inner edge. 



Fig. 327. -Diduga trichojphora, ^. ,. ^.^^ ^.^^^ ^^^^.^^ ^^.^^^_ 



Hab. Pttlo Latjt (Dohertij), 1 6 ; Bali (Doherty), 1 6 type. 

 Exp. 16 millim. 



B. Fore wing of male with vein 11 free ; hind wing without 

 costal fold or tufts of hair. 



a. Fore wing with crenulate yellow costal fascia. 



a\ Fore wing uniform fuscous, except the costal fascia 



and terminal band flavicostata. 



bK Fore wing becoming dull rufous towards inner margin, riifidisca. 



b. Fore wing with yellow postmedial spot only on costa fumipenms. 



1157. Diduga flavicostata. 



Fitane flavicostata, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. xxii. p. 92, pi. x. f. 8 (1879) ; Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 325. 

 Bidvga costote, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. lii. p. 535, pi. 211. ff. 8, 9 (1887); 



Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 96 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 362. 

 Biduga fulvicosta, Hmpsn. HI. Het. viii. p. 52, pi. 140. f. 16 (1891); 

 Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 362. 

 Head, tegulge, base of patagia, and mesothorax orange- 

 yellow ; palpi, frons, metathoras, pectus, legs, and abdomen fuscous. 



Pore wing fuscous ; an orange- 

 yellow costal fascia with strongly 

 crenulate lower edge, the costal 

 edge black towards base, and ante- 

 and postmedial points on costa ; a 

 crenulate whitish to orange ter- 

 minal band expanding at vein 3 ; 

 the costal fascia often irrorated with 

 black scales. Hind wing fuscous. 

 Ab. 1. fulvicosta. Pore wing with the terminal band obsolescent 

 above vein 3. 



Hah. 'NiTjGI'Ris (Hampson), 1 5 , type /wZvicosia ; C'ey-lo's (Green, 

 Pole), 3 (5,5 5 , type costata ; Burma, Toungoo (De NiceviUe), 1 5 

 PuLO Latjt {Doherty), 1 J ; Java, 1 S ', Celebes. Exp. 16-18 

 millim. 



Fig. 398. 

 Biduga flavicostata, <$ . \. 

 (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



