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ARCTIUM. 



1483. Xanthocraspe&a marginata, Wlk. Cat. xxxi, p. 274 ; C.%8. 

 no. 721. 



S • Head, thorax, and abdomen bright 

 yellow. Wings dark reddish brown ; 

 fore wing with the central portion of 

 costa and basal three-fourths of inner 

 margin yellow. Hind wing with the 

 inner margin and cilia towards anal angle 



Fig. 76.—Xa9ithocraspeda J^ow. 



marginata, tf . a. Hah. Coimbatore. Exp. 22 millim. 



Genus THUMATHA. 

 Thumatha, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1900 (1866). 



Type, T. fuscescehs, Wlk. 



Range. Ceylon ; Australia. 



Palpi porrect and slender. Antenna? bipectinated in male. 

 Tibiae with the spurs long. Fore wing short and broad ; veins 3, 

 4, 5 from close to end of cell ; 6 from below upper angle; 7, 8, 9 

 stalked; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hind wing with veins 3 and 

 4 stalked; 5 from angle of cell; 6 and 7 stalked; 8 from beyond 

 the middle of cell. 



1484. Thnmatha fuscescens, Wlk. Cat. xxxv, p. 1901 ; Hmpsn. III. 

 Het. ix. pi. 158, fig. 18. 



3 . Pale reddish brown. Fore wing with 

 traces of ante- and postmedial waved lines ; 

 a black spot at end of cell ; a spot on the 

 costa before the apex ; series of submarginal 

 and marginal specks. 



Hah. Ceylon; Moreton Bay, Australia. 

 Fig. 77.— Thumatha Exp. 16 millim. 

 fuscescens, c?. \. 



Genus NTJDAHXA. 



Nudaria, Haw. Lep. Brit, p. 156 (1803). 

 Rhanghana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 22. 



Type, N. mundana, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Europe ; Africa ; throughout India ; Burma ; Australia. 



Palpi minute and porrect. Antenna? with the basal joint 

 swollen and large. Tibia? with the spurs rather short. Fore 

 wing with the cell long ; veins 9 and 11 present ; vein 5, when 

 present, often comes from the middle of discocellulars in male, but 

 is curved, not straight as in the Geometridce. Hind wing with 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell, 5 from above angle ; 6 and 7 on a 

 long stalk ; 8 from near end of cell. 



