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ClMBINA CUCULLODES. 



Mas. Rufescens ; antenna cervince ; abdomen ockraceum, segmentis 

 nigro marginatis, fasciculo apicali rufescente-cinereo ; alee 

 anticce strigis suhcoslalibus lineisque tribus obliquis angulosis 

 nigricantibus, spatio marginali purpurascente-cinereo, strigis 

 costalibus obliquis flavescente-cinereis^ margine interiore nigro 

 albidoque notato ; posticce pallidiores basi cinerece. 



Anodonta cucullodes, MSS. 



Male. Reddish. Antennae fawn-colour. Abdomen ochraceous ; 

 hind borders of tbe segments black; apical tuft reddish cinereous. 

 Legs reddish cinereous; fore legs reddish. Wings yellowish cine- 

 reous beneath. Fore wings with a few slender black subcostal 

 streaks, and with three oblique zigzag blackish lines near the 

 exterior border, along which there is a purplish cinereous space ; a 

 few oblique yellowish cinereous costal streaks ; interior border 

 marked with black and with whitish near the base. Hind wings 

 paler, cinereous towards the base and along the interior border ; a 

 whitish black-marked patch by the interior angle. Length of the 

 body 16 lines ; of the wings 32 lines. 



a. Java. Presented by the Secretary of the India Board. 



Genus CHARADRA. 



Mas. Corpus crassum. Proboscis valida, elongata. Palpi 

 porrecti, pilosi, caput vix superantes; articulus 3us longi-conicus, 

 2i dimidio non brevior. Antennae late pectinatae. Abdomen supra 

 carinatum, apice obtusum, alas posticas non superans. Pedes 

 breves, robusti, pilosi ; tibiae postica? calcaribus quatuor longis. Alae 

 anticae subelongatae, subacutae, margine exteriore vix convexo sat 

 obliquo. 



Male. Body very stout. Proboscis stout, elongate. Palpi 

 porrect, pilose, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint 

 elongate-conical, about half the length of the second. Antennae 

 broadly pectinated. Abdomen ridged above, obtuse at the tip, not 

 extending beyond the hind wings. Legs short, stout, pilose ; hind 

 tibiae with four long spurs. Wings slightly elongate, moderately 

 broad. Fore wings slightly acute ; exterior border hardly convex, 

 rather oblique. 



Nearly allied to Drymonia, from which it may be distinguished 

 by the shortness of the abdomen. 



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