DISCOTHYEIS. — PACHYZANCLA. 401 



middle. Hind wing with the postrnedial line maculate from vein 3 

 to inner margin, the spots on veins 2 and 16 black and prominent. 

 Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 22 millim. 



Genus NOMOPHILA. 

 Nomophila, ttibn. Verz. p. 368 (? 1818). 



Type, N. noctuella, Schiff. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Palpi porrect and triangularly scaled, the 3rd joint hidden by 

 hair ; maxillary palpi filiform ; frons rounded ; antennae of male 

 with long cilia ; tibise with the outer spurs about half the length 

 of the inner ; abdomen of male with lateral tufts on the terminal 

 segments. Fore wing long and narrow ; the apex rounded ; 

 vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from the angle ; 

 10 approximated to 8, 9. Hind wing ample ; veins 4, 5 closely 

 approximated for a short distance ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 

 anastomosing with 8. 



5150. Nomophila noctuella, Schif. Wien. Verz. p. 136; C. $ S. 

 no. 4530. 

 Pyralis hybridalis, Hiibn. Samml. eur. Schmett., Pyr. figs. 114, 184. 

 Nephopteryx indistinctalis, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 59. 



Grey-brown ; palpi white below at base ; abdomen with paired 

 sublateral white stripes. Eore wing with a black streak below 

 basal half of cell ; large dark-edged brown orbicular stigmata in 



and below middle of cell 

 and a reniform discocellular 

 stigma ; a dentate postmedial 

 line retracted at vein 3 to 

 below the end of cell ; a more 

 or less prominent highly 

 dentate submarginal line and 

 Tig, 211. —Nomophila noctuella, S- i- series of dentate marginal 



marks ; a dark line through 

 the cilia ; the wing may be suffused with grey and all the markings 

 dark and prominent, or may be nearly uniform brown or fuscous 

 with the markings obscured. Hind wing paler, with the apical 

 area slightly darker ; the cilia whitish at tips. 



Hob. Universally distributed. Exp. 24-34 millim. 



Genus PACHYZANCLA. 



Pachyzancla, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 315. 

 Acharana, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii, p. 285 (18«5). 

 PUoptila, Swinh. A.M. N. H. (6) xiv, p. 142 (1894). 



Type, P. stultalis, Wlk. 



Range. The tropical and warmer temperate zones. 



Differs from Pyrausta in the hind wings having the cell somewhat 

 shorter and veins 4, 5 approximated for a short distance ; the outer 

 spurs half the length of the inner, 



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