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porrect to beyond frons, fringed with hair below; the third segment short and pointed; antennae of $ ciliated; 
thorax and abdomen without crests; fore tibiae short and broad, with a long slender curved claw at extremity 
on inner side and a short one on outer; mid and hind tibiae spined; neuration normal. Type N. punctifera Walk. 
■ The appearance of the only species of the genus somewhat recalls that of the preceding M. scutosa Schiff. 
N. punctifera Walk. (= spinosae Walk, nec Gum., leucatma Meyr.) (27 i). Forewing grey thickly ir- pundifera. 
rorated with black and suffused more or less strongly with rufous; inner line diffuse, outwardly angled, and bent 
outwards above inner margin, indistinctly double; outer line lunulate dentate with white dots on the veins, 
incurved below middle, with an indistinct line beyond it; subterminal line diffusely pale, preceded by dark 
shading and a costal patch; a terminal series of black dots, preceded by some dark lunules; stigmata large, 
blackish, the claviform and orbicular often confluent; hindwing whitish, with broad blackish terminal border, 
sometimes showing a pale spot at middle towards termen; a dark lunule at end of cell; fringe white with dark 
line at base; sometimes the basal and inner areas are fuscous. An Australian species, occurring in N. Australia, 
Victoria, New South Wales, and W. Australia. -— The ab. grisescens ab. nov. is a grey form without any griseseens. 
rufous tinge. 
The 3 genera following are remarkable for having in the forewing of the $ a more or less developed 
glandular swelling on middle of costa, and below it partially scaled elongate brands above the subcostal vein and 
below it in the cell, causing in some cases distortion of the veins. In them all the tongue is well developed; 
the frons with rounded prominence; the palpi short, somewhat oblicpiely porrect upwards, fringed below 
with hair; antennae of $ shortly ciliated; thorax and abdomen without crests; the mid and hind tibiae spined; 
the neuration normal. 
4. Genus: Heliocheilus Grote. 
Characterised by the foretibiae being of normal length and thickness, beset with spines along the sides, 
and with a pair of slender claws at its extremity; the subcostal nervure and nervules distorted. Type H. 
paradoxus Grote from N. America. 
An American genus embracing one Palaearctic and two Indian species. 
H. translucens Fldr. Forewing pale olive brown; inner line sinuous, angled outwards on median translucens. 
vein; outer line lunulate dentate, indistinct, incurved below vein 4, preceded by a whitish space, and followed 
by fuscous shading to the indistinct diffusely pale subterminal line; hindwing ochreous white; a large dark 
lunule at end of cell; a broad blackish terminal band, radiating to base on inner margin and submedian fold, 
and with a pale patch before termen between veins 2 and 4; the fringe pale. Urni, N.W. Himalayas. 
H. hyalosticta H trips. (28h). G Forewing brownish grey with darker dusting; inner and median lines hycdostida. 
marked by dark spots on costa; outer line curved, strongly dentate, whitish, preceded by dark streaks on the veins 
and followed by a brown costal patch; a row of black terminal dots; a fuscous bar on discocellular; hind¬ 
wing ochreous white tinged with brown; cellspot, curved outer line, and subterminal shade brownish; in the $ 
the two stigmata are blackish with pale annuli and black edges; the outer line followed by a brown band. 
Sind, N. W. India and Burma. 
5. Genus: Jtagliuva Moore. 
Characterised by the foretibia in the $ being shortened and widened, without spines, with a long curv¬ 
ed claw at extremity on the inner side and a shorter one on the outer; the subcostal neuration distorted. 
Type R. confertissima Moore. Only 2 Indian species are known; the genus appears more developed in S. Africa. 
R. confertissima Moore (27 1). Forewing ochreous suffused with rufous brown; the veins brownish; confertis- 
inner line waved, indistinct; outer line lunulate dentate, incurved from vein 4, the teeth forming a row of sima - 
black dots on the veins; some obscure dark dentate marks near before termen, with a black spot on costa 
before apex; a terminal series of black dots; claviform stigma diffused, fuscous; the orbicular a fuscous dot; 
the reniform undefined, fuscous; hindwing ochreous white, with indistinct subterminal dark band. Recorded 
only from South India, Gooty and Coimbatore. 
