COTACHENA. 



143 



Palpi black, white below ; thorax and abdomen yellow. Fore 



wing yellow suffused with 

 rufous and fuscous ; an ante- 

 medial dark line with a more 

 or less promiuent hyaline 

 speck before it in the cell and 

 a large quadrate hyaline spot 

 beyond it with black outer 

 edge ; a large hyaline medial 

 spot below vein 3, with a line 

 from it to inner margin ; a 

 lunulate dark-edged hyaline spot from costa to vein 5, with a line 

 from it to vein 3. Hind wing pale orange, with a dark cell- 

 speck ; a postmedial line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 and 

 often reduced to spots. 



The Chinese and Dharmsala race pubescens is smaller, with the 

 fore wdng more suffused with fuscous than the typical southern 

 form. 



Hab. China ; Dharmsala ; Sikhim ; Nagas ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. 

 Exp. 22-26 millim. 



Fig. 82. — Cotachena histricalis, $ . 



Subfamily PYRALIN^E. 



Proboscis usually well developed ; maxillary palpi present and 

 usually filiform. Pore wing with vein 7 stalked with 8, 9. Hind 

 wing with the median nervure non-pectinate ; vein 8 free. 



Key to the Geneva. 



A. Hind tarsi with no tuft of hair on 1st 

 joint. 

 a. Palpi with the 2nd and 3rd joints 

 upturned. 

 a'. Proboscis absent or minute ; fore wing 

 with veins 4, 5 stalked or closely 

 approximated towards origin. 

 a 2 . Pore wing with vein 9 stalked with 

 7, 8; hind wing with vein 4 



present 



b 2 . Pore wing with vein 9 from cell ; 

 hind wing with vein 4 absent .... 

 b' '. Proboscis well developed. 



a 2 . Abdomen long and dilated at 

 extremity ; antennae of male with 



short branches 



b 2 . Abdomen normal ; antennae of 

 male ciliated. 

 a 3 . Hind wing with veins 4, 5 

 stalked. 

 a 4 . Pore wing with vein 7 from 8 



after 9 4. Hypsopygia, p. 148. 



6 4 . Pore wing with vein 7 from 



8 before 9 5. Pybalis, p. 149. 



8. Aglossa, p. 147. 

 2. Ceocalia, p. 147. 



1. Vitessa, p. 145. 



