132 pyralid^e. 



Genus ENDOTRICHA. 



Endotricha, Zell. Isis, 1847, p. 593. 



Doththa, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 285 (1859). 



Messatis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 918 (1859). 



Pacoria, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1255 (1865). 



Zamia, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1256. 



Tricomia, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1259. 



Ehisina, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1324. 



Endotrichodes, Rag. Ann. Soc. JEnt. Fr. 1890, p. 521. 



Endotrichopsis, Warr. A. M. N. S. (6) xvi, p. 467 (1895). 



Perisseretma, Warr. A. M. N. S. (6) xvi, p. 468. 



Type, E. flammealis, Schiff., from Europe. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Palpi upturned, hardly reaching vertex of head, and thickly 

 scaled ; maxillary palpi usually minute and filiform : antennae of 

 male ciliated, the basal joint somewhat dilated ; patagia of male 

 with long tufts of hair extending far beyond metathorax ; abdomen 

 with thick lateral anal tufts ; legs long, slender, and smoothly 

 scaled. Pore wing usually long and narrow ; the costa arched 

 towards apex, which is acute ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 approximated towards origin or stalked ; 10, 11 free. Hind 

 wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 approximated 

 towards oi'igin or stalked ; 6, 7 shortly stalked. 



Sect. I. {Zamia). Male with the fore wing very broad, the inner 

 margin expanded and lobed, the outer margin erect ; hind 

 wing very broad, with a fold running from the base through 

 the cell to outer margin, the inner area expanded and lobed. 



4484. Endotricha decessalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 390; Smpsn. HI 



Set. ix, pi. 172, fig. 11 ; C. $ S. no. 4496. 



Differs from albicilia in being more fidvous red ; fore wing with 

 the antemedial line dark ; the submarginal line arising from the 

 costa further from the apex and running obliquely to outer angle. 



Hob. Ceylon ; Burma ; Sumbawa. Exp. 20 millim. 



Sect. II. Male with the wings normal. 



A. (Perisseretma). Maxillary palpi of male twice as long as the 

 labial, curved and meeting at apex, fringed ivith long scales on 

 inner side towards extremity. 



4485. Endotricha endotrichalis, Warr. A. M. N. S. (6) xvi, p. 468. 



3 . Purplish pink irrorated with fuscous. Fore wing with 

 the basal area suffused with fuscous, its outer edge oblique; a 

 prominent black discocellular spot ; a quadrate black patch 

 between lower angle of cell and vein 1 ; an indistinct oblique pale 

 postmedial line ; the outer area suffused with fuscous ; a marginal 

 series of black specks. Hind wing with traces of an antemedial 

 and two postmedial pale lines ; a marginal series of dark specks. 



Hab. Mussooree. Exp. 16 millim . 



