PHR AGM AT ,ECIA . — EBEMOCOSSUS . 



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671. Phragmataecia castanese, Hiibn. Beitr. ii. i. i. c. p. 9 (1790). 

 Bonibyx arundinis, Hiibn. Eur. Sckmett., Bomb. figs. 200, 201. 

 Zeuzera innotata, Wlh. Cat. xxxii, p. 587. 



Phragmatoecia saccharum, Moore, Lep. Ath. p. 87 ; C.fy S. no. 1602. 

 Phragniatoecia minor, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 87 ; C. 8f 8. no. 1601. 

 Phragmatsecia minima, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 66, pi. 144, fig. 14. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish white. Fore wing brownish 

 white irrorated with dark specks. Hind wing white or brownish 

 white. 



Fig. 213. — Phragmatacia castanets, tf . {. 



In some specimens the striations of the fore wing are absent. 

 Hah. Europe ; Africa ; Madagascar ; China ; Nilgiris ; Ceylon. 

 Exp., <$ 22-38, $ 54 millim. 



672. PhragmataBcia impura, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 66, pi. 144, 



fig. 7. 



$ . Head, thorax, and fore wing smoky black ; abdomen and 

 hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hob. Nilgiris, S. slopes, 3000 feet. Exp. 36 millim. 



Genus EREM0C0SSUS, nov. 



Type, E. fcedus, Swinh. 

 Range. Karachi. 



Palpi with the third joint large and rounded; antennae of male 

 bipectinated to tips, the branches short. Legs without spurs, 



Fig. 214. — Eremocossus fadus, tf . I. 



the femora hairy. Wings long and narrow ; fore -wing with inner 

 margin evenly curved; vein 11 given off from the subcostal 



