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Genus EPHESTIA. 



Ephestia, Guen. Eur. Microlep. Ind. Meth. p. 81 (1845). 

 Cadra, Wlk. Cat. xxx, p. 961 (1864). 



Type, E. elutella, Hiibn., from Europe. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Palpi upturned and reaching just above vertex of head, the 3rd 

 joint well developed ; maxillary palpi filiform ; antennae of male 

 somewhat thickened. Fore wing long and narrow ; vein 4 absent ; 

 3 and 5 from angle ; 9 absent ; 10 free ; male with a fold at base 

 of costa on underside containing a fringe of long hair. Hind wing 

 with vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; the 

 discocellulars oblique; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing strongly with 8. 



Sect. I. Antennas of male with the shaft not excised towards base. 



4317. Ephestia cautella, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 73 ; C. # S. no. 4586. 

 Cadra defectella, Wlk. Cat. xxx. p. 962 ; C. $ 8. no. 4646. 



Fuscous grey-brown. Fore 

 wing with indistinct erect 

 antemedial brown band ; 

 traces of a minutely dentate 

 submarginal line shghtly 

 bent outwards at vein 5. 

 Hind wing semihyaline 

 Fig. 44.— Ephestia cautella, j. §. whitish ; the veins and 



margins tinged with fuscous. 

 Bab. Aden ; Bhutan ; Ceylon ; Sumbawa. Eccp., S 14-16, 

 $ 18 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennas of male with the shaft excised towards base. 



4318. Ephestia rubrimediella, n. sp. 



Head and thorax brown irrorated with grey ; abdomen fuscous. 

 Fore wing brown thickly irrorated with grey ; a large medial 

 red-brown patch or diffused band ; two discocellular specks ; an 

 ill-defined irregularly dentate postmedial brown line with traces 

 of another line beyond it ; an indistinct marginal series of brown 

 specks. Hind wing pale semihyaline brown, with brown marginal 

 Jine ; the cilia grey- 



Bab. Khasi and Naga Hills {Boherty). Exp. 26 millim. Type 

 in coll. Elwes. 



G-enus HOMffiOSOMA. 



Hornoeosoma, Curt. Ent. Mag. i, p. 190 (1833). 



Type, B. sinuella, Fabr., from Europe. 

 Bange. Universally distributed. 



Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 3rd joint well- 

 developed and acuminate ; maxillary palpi filiform ; antennas of 



