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straight, somewhat narrower, and of a whitish tinge, running to 2 / 3 of 
termen, furcate before end; parallel to beginning and end of this streak, 
two pale ochreous straight streaks: from above 2 / s of dorsum to fold and 
from costa before apex to 1 / 3 of termen, respectively; subterminal streak 
broader, whitish tinged; a broad, indistinct, angulate transverse fascia 
from posterior x / 3 of dorsum, reaching obliquely halfway across wing, 
thence running towards costa beyond '/a, an< l confluent above with pale 
longitudinal above mentioned streak; terminal part of wing beyond 
transverse fascia suffused with blackish ; posterior half of costa to before 
apex pale ochreous, with a row of minute greyish-olive transverse strigulae; 
apex dark fuscous-olive, with a small white dot; dorsum from before base 
to 2 / 3 with a row of black points; tornal edge suffused with black. Cilia 
ochreous-whitish, blackish in apex, mixed with a few dark fuscous scales 
along middle, two dark leaden -grey dots on tips opposite tornus. Hind 
wing glossy pale ochreous, sparsely scaled, suffused with fuscous towards 
apical and terminal edge, cilia pale ochreous-fuscous. 
Fig. 11: Arcichniotes dactylota gen. nov., spec, nov., male, genitalia. 
Tegumen broad, short. Uncus small, pad-like, weak, bristled. Socius 
long, curved, pending. Subscaphium short, rather stout, curved, bifid. 
Transtilla indefinite. Valva rather narrow, cucullus narrowed, top rounded, 
sacculus narrow. Vinculum small. Juxta semimembraneous. Aedoeagus 
huge, stout, cylindrical, top truncate. Socii, five curved thorns, and one 
large spike (Slide No. 505 D). 
Mist Camp, 1800 m, January 1, 1939. One specimen. 
Clysiana Fletcher, 1940 
Clysia Hubneb, 1826 (preoccupied), Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 409. Meyrick, 
Handb. Brit. Lep., p. 556, 1895. Revis. Handb. Brit. Lep., p. 494, 1928. Kennel, 
in Spuler, Schmett. Eur., vol. 2, p. 255, 1907. Palaearct. Tortric., p. 240, 1913. 
