364 pyralid^:. 



palpi dilated with scales ; frons flat and oblique ; antennae slightly- 

 longer than the fore wing and ciliated ; legs long ; tibiae with the 

 outer spurs half the length of inner ; abdomen long. Fore wing 

 long and narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 3 from before angle of 

 cell ; 4, 5 well separated at origin ; 7 straight and not approximated 

 to 8, 9. Hind wing with the cell more than half the length of 

 wing ; vein 3 from angle ; 4, 5 closely approximated for a short 

 distance ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



5060. Euclasta defamatalis, Wlk. Cat. xviii, p. 544; Hmpsn. III. Het, 

 ix, pi. 174, fig. 1 ; C. cy S. no. 4225. 



Head and thorax pale fulvous ; palpi white below ; frons with 

 lateral white lines ; abdomen pale fuscous, ringed with white. 



Fore wing pale fuscous ; the 

 costal area brownish to end 

 of cell and with a black speck 

 in cell and discocellular spot ; 

 a white fascia through 

 lower part of cell ; the 

 outer area whitish, the veins 

 streaked with brown and 

 Fig. 194.— Euclasta defamatalis, J. \. two subapical black streaks ; 



a white line from costa before 

 apex excurved to vein 4, then curving round and running to near 

 base of inner margin, with some black on its inner edge and slightly 

 dentate at each vein ; a marginal white line. Hind wing semi- 

 hyaline ; the apical area slightly suffused with fuscous. 



Hab. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma. Exp., S 24, 

 $ 30miUim. 



5061. Euclasta filigeralis, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 481, pi. 15, 

 fig. 14. 



d . Differs from defamatalis in the head, thorax, and abdomen 

 being rufous, the last with the discocellular speck minute and no 

 spot in cell ; the white fascia through the cell to outer margin 

 much finer ; the curved line interrupted below apex and above the 

 fascia on inner margin, which is traversed by a fine rufous line. 



Hab. Bangalore ; Ceylon. Exp. 26 millim. 



Genus POLYTHLIPTA. 



Polythlipta, Led. Wien. ent. Mon. 1863, p. 389. 



Type, P. macralis, Led. 



Range. India, Ceylon, and Burma ; Malayan subregion to 

 Amboina. 



Palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair 

 below, the 3rd naked and porrect ; maxillary palpi filiform ; frons 

 rounded ; antennae almost simple and about the length of fore wing ; 

 legs very long ; mid and hind tibiae with the outer spurs two-thirds 

 length of inner ; abdomen long and slender. Fore wing with 



