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4182. Diptychophora albilinealis, n. sp. 



6 . Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous. Fore wing reddish 

 brown, with diffused fuscous black on basal area; a white ante- 

 medial line slightly indented below costa and with a black line 

 on its outer edge ; two dark-edged yellow discocellular spots ; a 

 dark-edged white postmedial line angled below costa, then oblique 

 and sinuous to inner margin ; a curved white streak on a yellowish 

 mark on apical area ; three marginal black spots below middle ; 

 the bases of cilia fuscous. Hind wing fuscous. 



Hob. E. Pegu (Dolurty). Exp. 14 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



4183. Diptychophora griseolalis, Hmpsn. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 943. 



5 . Whitish, thickly irrorated with brown. Fore wing with 

 the costa pale fulvous at middle ; an antemedial white line with 

 dark line on its outer edge and angled below costa ; a slight 

 yellowish discocellular spot ; a postmedial line highly excurved 

 below costa, then oblique, crenulate, and with white spots on its 

 outer edge to inner margin ; the apical area yellow, with a white 

 fascia ; a dark line through the cilia. 

 Hob. Jubbulpore. Exp. 14 millim. 



4184. Diptychophora adspersella, Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1893, p. 61, 



pi. 3, fig, 4. 



3. Head white; palpi brown at sides; thorax yellowish 



brown ; abdomen pale. Fore wing yellowish white ; the basal 



area irrorated with dark scales ; 



a slightly oblique double medial 



dark line becoming orange at 



costa, the area beyond it whitish, 



followed by a series of dark 



streaks in the interspaces, then a 



series of orange streaks on the 



n,. . 7 , J °j ' 77 ,. , veins on the inner side of the 

 Diptychophora adspersella, o • %• ? i -it -,-, 



fuscous submargmnl line, which 



is angled outwards to the margin at vein 5 ; two black marginal 



specks below middle ; cilia silvery fuscous. Hind wing yellowish 



white, with dark marginal line on apical area. Underside of 



fore wing fuscous, the marginal area pale, yellow at apex. 



Eab. Dharmsala ; Ceylon. Exp. 10 millim. 



Genus PLATYTES. 



Platytes, Guen. Eur. Microlep. Ind. Meth. p. 86 (1845). 

 Ptychopseustis, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 521. 



Type, P. cerussella, Schiff., from Europe. 

 Range. Universally distributed. 



Proboscis well developed. Palpi porrect, extending two to 



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