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angle; 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 

 from close to angle of cell ; 3 approximated for some distance to 

 4, 5 which are strongly stalked, or 4 rarely absent ; 6, 7 stalked; 

 8 not anastomosing with 7. 



Ragonotia dotalis. 



Anerastia dotalis Hulst, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 164 (1886) ; 

 Rag. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 329, pi. 38. f. 19; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. 

 Am. p. 437. 



Ciris discigerella Rag. N. Am. Phyc. p. 17 (1887). 

 U.S.A., Colorado, Arizona. 



Genus Polyocha. 



Type. 



Polyocha Zeller, Isis, 1848, p. 876 sanguinariella. 



Polyochodes Chretien, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1911, 



p. 13 stipella. 



Proboscis aborted and minute ; palpi typically downcurved, 

 extending about three times length of head, the 2nd joint 

 moderately scaled, the 3rd rather long and naked ; maxillary 

 palpi dilated with scales ; frons smooth, with tuft of scales ; 

 antennae of male typically laminate and without sinus and ridge 

 of scales at base. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, 

 the terinen obliquely curved ; vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 strongly stalked ; 6 from below upper angle ; 8, 9 stalked ; 

 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from close to angle of 

 cell ; 3 approximated for some distance to 4, 5 which are strongly 

 stalked ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 not anastomosing with 7. 



Sect. I. Palpi of male obliquely upturned ; antennae serrate, with sinus and ridge of 

 scales at base of shaft. 



(1) f Polyocha plinthochroa, sp. n. 



Head and thorax bright rufous mixed with some ochreous ; 

 abdomen oclireous, dorsally fulvous yellow towards base; antenna? 

 ochreous. Fore wing bright rufous with a faint purplish gloss, 

 some ochreous in lower part of cell and below and just beyond 

 the cell, the veins remaining rufous ; a narrow yellowish- white 

 costal fascia, tapering to a point just before apex. Hind wing 

 ochreous white, the costal area, and terinen tinged with red- 

 brown. 



Transvaal, Karma {Cooke), 1 J type, White R. (Cooke), 1 $ . 

 Exp. 26 mm. 



(2) T Polyocha leucopleurella. 



Emmalocera leucopleurella Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 38 (1888) ; id. 

 Rom. Mem. viii. p. 317, pi. 44. f. 15. 



Gold Coast ; S. & N. Nigeria ; Kashmir ; Madras. 



