C(ELOEHYlSrCIDIA. DIATHRAUSTA. 



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postinedial line excurved round it, then incurved. Hind wing with 

 obscure curved postmedial line. 



Hob. Simla {Harford) ; Dharmsala (Hocking). Exp. 28 millim. 

 Type in B. M. 



Genus DIATHRAUSTODES, nov. 



Type, D. leucotrigona, Hnipsn. 



Range. Nilgiris. 



Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 3rd joint short 

 and naked ; maxillary palpi filiform ; frons rounded ; antennae 

 annulate ; tibiae with the spurs nearly equal. Fore wing with vein 3 

 from before angle of cell ; 7 straight and well separated from 

 8, 9, 10. Hind wing with the cell short ; vein 3 from angle; 4, 5 

 on a long stalk ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 7 anastomosing with 8 to 

 two-thirds of wing. 



4731. Diathraustodes leucotrigona, n. sp. 



S . Fuscous, suffused with grey ; 

 palpi white at extremity. Fore wing 

 with a triangular white patch on 

 costa beyond middle reaching to 

 vein 6 ; both wings with the cilia 

 white. 



Hah. jNllgiris (Hampson). Exp. 

 Diathraustodes leucotrigona, 3. \. 16 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus DIATHRAUSTA. 



Diathrausta, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 438. 



Type, D. profundalis, Led. 



Range. W. Indies ; Brazil ; India ; Ceylon ; Amboina ; Sumbawa. 



Palpi porrect, triangularly scaled, the 3rd joint hidden by hair ; 

 maxillary palpi dilated with scales ; frons rounded ; antennae 

 annulated and ciliated ; tibiae with the outer spurs two-thirds 

 length of inner. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell - y 

 7 well separated from 8, 9, 10. Hind wing with the cell about 

 half the length of wing ; vein 4 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



4732. Diathrausta profundalis, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 438 r 

 pi. 17, fig. 7. 



Diathrausta conicalis, Warr. A. M. 



N. H. (6) xvii, p. 143. 

 Diathrausta obliterata, Warr. A. M. 

 N. H. (6) xvii, p. 143. 



Fuscous black ; palpi white 

 below; abdomen ringed with 

 white. Fore wing with traces of 

 curved antemedial line ; a post- 

 medial triangular white patch 



Fig. 139. 



Diathrausta 'profundalis, ^ . 



extending down to vein 5, and with traces of a sinuous line from 



