406 



PYRALIDiE. 



before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 7 curved and approximated, 

 to 8, 9, to which 10 also is approximated. Hind wing of male with 

 fringe of hair on median nervure towards angle of cell : a small 

 tuft below vein 2 and a fringe on vein 1 c ; vein 3 from before 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 somewhat approximated for a short distance ; 

 6, 7 from upper angle. 



5163. Loxoneptera carnealis, n. sp. 



S • Pale flesh-colour ; palpi fulvous, white at base below - r 



abdomen ochreous tinged 

 with fuscous. Fore wing 

 with the veins rather 

 darker ; a black disco- 

 cellular speck. Hind 

 wing fuscous, with large 

 ochreous costal patch from 

 before middle to near 

 apex, joined by a curved 

 patch below the cell from 

 the anal angle ochreous. Underside pale ; fore 



Fig. 219. — Loxoneptera carnealis, $ . 



near the base ; 



wing with the cell and disk suffused with fuscous 



Hah. Sikhim (Moller) ; Khasis. Exp. 36 millim 

 coll. Elwes. 



Type 



Genus PROffiDEMA, nov. 



Type, P. inscisale, "Wlk. 



Range. N.E. India ; Ceylon ; Malayan subregion to N. Australia. 



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

 hair ; maxillary palpi filiform ; Irons with a rounded prominence : 

 antennae thickened and flattened ; tibiae with the outer spurs half 

 the length of the inner ; male with the claspers long and exserted. 

 Pore wing rather narrow ; the apex rounded ; vein 3 from before 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 7 curved and approximated to 8, 9. 

 Hind wing with veins 4, 5 approximated for a short distance ; 

 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



5164. Procedema inscisale, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1410; Moore, Lep,- 

 Ceijl. iii, pi. 181, fig. 1 ; C. # S. no. 4137. 



Palpi orange ; head and thorax purplish brown ; abdomen 



fuscous,the basal and terminal 

 segments tinged with fulvous. 

 Pore wing purplish fuscous ; 

 the costal area orange-yellow, 

 expanding before middle 

 into a triangular patch with 

 its apex on vein 1, and 

 again on apical area into a 

 patch narrowing to outer 



angle. Hind wing pale brownish fuscous ; the cilia yellow. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Ceylon ; Borneo ; JN T ew Guinea ; Australia.- 



Kvp. 36 millim. ' 



Fig. 220. — Prooiclema inscisale, $ . \. 



