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Sect. I. Antennae of male with the basal joint conically dilated 

 with scales, the basal part of shaft with a sinus and a ridge of 

 scales. 



4410. Rhodophaea heringi, Rag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1888, p. 282 ; 

 id. M011. Phyc. p. 73, pi. viii, fig. 1 ; C. § S. no. 4562. 



Brown suffused with white ; palpi at sides, the dilated joints of 



antenna? of male, and anal tuft blackish. Fore wing with the costal 



area whiter, the inner and outer 



areas less suffused ; a tuft of 



raised scales on base of median 



nervure ; a medial line oblique 



from costa to cell, where it 



joins a brown-edged and brown- 



_,. eo r>7 7 t , . . „ , centred grey conical patch ex- 

 Fig. 5b. — Rhodophma herinqi, ,-?. i. , ,. ? .* . .., 



tending to inner margin with a 



ridge of raised scales on its inner edge ; two dark discocellular 



specks ; a dark submarginal line slightly bent outwards at vein 5, 



then minutely dentate, a dark mark beyond it from costa to vein 6 ; 



an obscure marginal series of dark specks. Hind wing pale fuscous 



brown, with darker marginal line. 



Hah. Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 18-22 millim. 



Sect. II. Antennae of male with the basal joint strongly dilated 

 and indented on hinder side near the apex ; the base of shaft 

 deeply excised ; frons hollowed out ; palpi with the 3rd joint 

 short and blunt. 



4411. Rhodophasa ligeralis, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 37 ; C. $ S. no. 4563. 



$ . Grey suffused with brown and purple ; palpi fuscous, the end 

 of second joint white ; frons and vertex of head white. Pore wing 

 with the basal area greyish and irrorated with a few black scales, 

 the medial area purplish brown ; a deep black medial line, slightly 

 curved from costa to vein 1, then bent outwards, with purplish 

 inside it expanding into a large patch on inner area ; a deep black 

 submarginal line excurved between veins 6 and 2, bent outwards to 

 inner margin and with an indistinct purplish line beyond it ; a deep 

 black marginal line. Hind wing pale brownish and iridescent, the 

 costa browner ; a dark marginal line and line through the cilia. 

 Hah. Ceylon. Exp. 20-22 millim. 



Sect. III. (Acrohasis). Antennae of male with a tooth on inner 

 side of basal joint. 



*4412. RhodophaBa epigrammella, Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 122, pi. vi r 



fig. 9. 



J . Grey-brown. Fore wing with a large brown-irrorated white 

 triangular patch on basal part of costa, its apex on inner margin, 



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