180 



PYRALID^E. 



wing broad ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle. 

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

 6, 7 from upper angle. 



4616. Diloxia fimbriata, n. sp. 



S . Grey with a rufous tinge ; head, thorax, and abdomen 

 suffused with fuscous ; wings slightly irrorated with fuscous. 



Pore wing with the basal 

 area fuscous, bounded by the 

 pale curved antemedial line ; 

 the medial area paler, with 

 a prominent black cell-spot 

 and black specks on costa, 

 bounded by the pale sinuous 

 postmedial line, beyond 

 which the area is more or 



Fig. 105. — Diloxia fimbriata, <$. 



less suffused with fuscons. Hind wing with the basal area pale, 

 bounded by a dark-edged curved pale medial line, with the area 

 beyond it pinkish. Underside more suffused with pink. 



2 • More uniformly suffused with fuscous. 



Hah. Nilgiris (Hampsori). Exp. 24-30 milium Type in B. M. 



Genus PROPACHYS. 

 Propachys, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 6 (1863). 



Type, P. nigrivena, "Wlk. 



Range. China ; Sikhim ; Khasis. 



Palpi rostriform and curving downwards at extremity, the end 

 of the 2nd and 3rd joints tufted with long curved hair, forming 

 a cavity in the male, in the female longer and slightly fringed 

 with, hair ; maxillary palpi minute and filiform ; proboscis well de- 

 veloped ; irons rounded ; antennas minutely ciliated ; male with a 

 tuft of long hair from below the patagia ; tibiae and tarsi fringed 

 with hair. Pore wing with the apex rounded ; vein 3 from before 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle. Hind wing with vein 3 from near 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 stalked. 



4617. Propachys nigrivena, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 17 ; C. $ S. no. 4728. 



Fig. 106. — Propachys nigrivena, $. \. 



Bright crimson ; palpi, legs, and abdomen black ; head golden 

 yellow. Tore wing with the veins beyond the cell, the median 



