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darker, with the apical dark area much more prominent and 

 sometimes diffused nearly to anal angle. 



2 with the fore wing more uniformly suffused with fuscous. 

 Hah. Sikhim ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp. 26-28 milhm. 



33. Fore wing of male ivith no tuft of long pale hair at end 

 of the fringe below median nervure. 



5078. Crocidolomia luteolalis, Hmpsn. III. Set. ix, p. 168, pi. 173, 



figs. 4, 11. 



c? . Differs from binotalis in the fore wing being almost entirely 

 suffused with bright ferruginous red ; the fringe below median 

 nervure dark rufous. Hind wing ochreous, with the apical patch 

 black. 



5 with the head, thorax, and fore w T ing uniform rufous brown, 

 the Jast with the lines obscured, and the white spots minute. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 32 millim. 



Genus HELLULA. 

 Hellula, Gum. Belt. Sf Pyr. p. 415 (1854). 



Type, H. undalis, Fabr. 



Range. The tropical and warmer temperate zones. 



Palpi obliquely upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 1st 

 and 2nd joints with tufts of scales at extremity, the 3rd well 

 developed and obtuse ; maxillary palpi filiform ; frons smooth ; 

 antennas somewhat thickened; legs smooth, the spurs moderate 

 and of even length. Eore wing triangular ; vein 3 from near 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle ; 7 anastomosing with 8. 



5079. Hellula undalis, Fair. Bat. Syst. iii, 2, p. 226 ; Herr.-Schaffer, 



Fur. Schmett. iv, pi. 8, fig. 54 ; C. $ S. no. 4518. 

 Scoparia alconalis, Wlk. Cat. xix, p. 827. 

 Leucinodes exemptalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1313. 



Grey and brown suffused with fuscous. Fore wing with pale 



dentate subbasal line; a dark 

 antemedial line on a pale band 

 excurved between subcostal and 

 median nervures ; a pale-edged 

 dark discocellular lunule; a pale 

 postmedial line excurved from 

 vein 7 to 2 ; a pale apical spot and 



Fig. 200.— Hellula undalis, S ■ \- series of pale and dark marginal 



specks. Hind wing pale, with 



slight fuscous suffusion on apical area. 



Hah. Mediterranean subregion, and throughout the tropical and 



subtropical zones, except the Neotropical and Australian regions. 



Exp. 20 millim. 



