CBOCALIA. — AGLOSSA. 



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Genus CROCALIA. 

 Crocalia, Rag. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1891, p. 634. 



Type, C. aglossalis, Rag. 



Range. Sind. 



Differs from Aglossa in the 2nd joint of palpi being less broadly 

 ■fringed with hair ; the maxillary palpi minute. Fore wing with 

 veins 4, 5 stalked ; 7, 8 on a long stalk ; 9 from cell. Hind wing 

 with veins 3 and 5 from angle of cell, 4 absent. 



4515. Crocalia aglossalis, Rag. Ann. Soc Ent. France, 1891, p. 635. 



d . Ochreous irrorated with 

 dark red and fuscous scales. 

 Fore wing with very obscure 

 diffused subbasal darker band 

 a highly waved oblique ante- 

 medial line ; a discocellular 

 black spot ; a highly waved 

 submarginal line. Hind wing 

 ochreous white. 

 16 millim. 



Genus AGLOSSA. 

 Aglossa, Latr. Precis Caract. Gen. Ins. p. 145 (1796). 



Type, A. -pinguinalis, Linn. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi upturned well in front of frons, the 2nd 

 joint fringed with hair in front and reaching vertex of head, the 

 3rd long ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales at extremity ; antennae 

 of male ciliated and with long setiferous spines ; hind tibiae fringed 

 with hair on outer side towards base. Fore wing long and narrow ; 

 vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 closely approximated or 

 stalked ; 6 from upper angle. Hind wing with vein 3 from angle 

 of cell ; 4, 5 closely approximated or stalked ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle. 



Sect. I. Veins 4, 5 of each wing stalked. 



4516. Aglossa dimidiata, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 372 ; C. $ S. no. 4501. 



Aglossa micalialis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 277. 

 Pyralis circulars, Motsch. Et. Ent. 1860, p. 37. 

 Aglossa achatina, Butl. III. Het. iii, p. 72, pi. 58, fig. 6. 



Pale pinkish ; abdomen of 

 male with the anal tuft orange. 

 Fore wing with diffused 

 irregular pinkish rufous den- 

 tate lines, the subbasal obso- 

 lescent except at costa, the 

 antemedial, medial, and post- 

 medial angled inwards on 

 median nervure and vein 1, 

 and the last greatly excurved between veins 4 and 1 ; the sub- 



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Fig. 85. — Aglossa dimidiata, $. 



