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Genus PHORICA. 

 Phorica, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1732 (1858). 



Type, P. phasijpennis, Wlk. 



Range. "Hindostan." 



Differs from BairacliaHa in the palpi being rather shorter and 

 more slender, the 3rd joint not enlarged at extremity. Fore wing 

 with the outer margin not so oblique and not hooked at outer 

 angle. 



2368. Phorica phasipennis, Wlk. Cat. xv, p. 1732; C. fy S. no. 

 2329. 



S . Head dark red-brown ; thorax clothed with grey and red- 

 brown scales ; abdomen fuscous black. Fore wing vinous grey- 

 brown ; an obscure oblique line from costa before apex to base 

 of inner margin, the area inside it with grey and brown streaks ; 

 a greenish yellow patch beyond it below T cell ; a white spot at 



Fig. 250. — Phorica phasipennis, J. 1* 



lower angle of cell ; a large brown patch beyond cell ; an indistinct 

 dentate submarginal line ; some brown streaks on marginal area ; 

 some white specks on costa towards apex. Hind wing dark 

 brown ; underside paler, with indistinct cell-spot. 

 Hob. " Hindostan." Ecep, 46 millim. 



Genus BATRACHARTA. 



Batracharta, Wlk. Jovrn. Linn. Soc. vi, p. 196 (1862). 

 Pilosocrures, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 85 (1891). 



Type, P. obliqua, "Wlk. 



Range. Manipur ; Nilgiris ; Borneo. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd 

 long, naked, and blunt at extremity; antennae with fasciculated 

 cilia in male; abdomen long, and extending far beyond the hind 

 wing, with a dorsal tuft on first two segments and slightly humped 

 towards extremity ; mid and hind tibiae fringed with long hair on 

 the upperside. Fore wing with the costa arched towards apex ; 

 the outer margin very obliquely rounded ; the outer angle hooked. 

 Hind wing with the apex much rounded. 



