PABACTENIA. — PltOSARIS. 



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4593. Paractenia quisqualis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 865, pi. 57, fig. 11 ; 

 C.SfS. no. 4461. 



d . Euf ous brown irrorated 



Fig. 101. — Paractenia qmsqualis, $ 



Hab. Poona. Exp. 20 millim. 



with black. Pore wing with 

 waved ante- and postmedial 

 lines approaching each other 

 below cell ; the area between 

 them fuscous black ; a black 

 cell-spot. Hind wing ochre- 

 ous, with traces of a medial 

 line ; slight fuscous suffusion 

 towards outer margin ; both 

 wings with a prominent series 

 of black marginal specks. 



4594. Paractenia ruptilinealis, Wccrr. A.M.N. H. (6) xvi, p. 466. 



§ . Head, thorax, and abdomen pale rufous. Pore wing with 

 the basal area dark chocolate bounded by a pale sinuous line ; the 

 medial area pale rufous bounded by an oblique pale-edged dark 

 slightly sinuous line ; some pale specks on costa ; outer area 

 chocolate ; a pale line at base of cilia. Hind wing pale, with 

 curved dark postmedial line ; the outer area slightly suffused with 

 fuscous ; a dark marginal line and dark line through the cilia. 



Hab. Khasis. Exp. 20 millim. 



Sect. II. Pore w r ing with veins 4, 5 stalked. 



4595. Paractenia semiochrea, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) xvi, p. 466. 



5 . Head, thorax, and abdomen rufous. Pore wing deep purplish 

 red irrorated with black ; pale sinuous black edged ante- and post- 

 medial lines ; a black discocellular speck ; a pale line at base of 

 cilia, which are dark. Hind wing ochreous, with traces of curved 

 dark medial line ; the outer area suffused with fuscous ; a pale 

 line at base of cilia. 



Hab. Khasis. Exp. 22 millim. 



Genus PROSARIS. 

 Prosaris, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 12. 



Type, P. pernigralis, Meyr. 



Range. N.E. India ; Burma. 



Palpi curved downwards, more than twice the length of head, 

 and thickly scaled ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales and well 

 developed : a large frontal tuft ; proboscis small ; antennae of male 

 with long cilia ; tibiae and proximal joints of tarsi fringed with 

 hair ; fore femora with a tuft of hair below. Pore wing some- 

 what narrow, the apex produced and outer margin oblique ; veins 

 4, 5 not approximated towards origin. Hind wing with vein 3 

 from near angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; male with a tuft of 



