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Show 182 SIR Q. F. HAMPSON-REVISION OF MOTHS [Feb. 21, maxillary palpi filiform; frons flat and oblique; antennae of male ciliated; fore tibiae fringed Avith long hair; mid and hind tibiae Avith the outer spurs about half the length of inner; abdomen of male with lateral tufts on tbe last three segments, the anal tuft long. Fore wing long and narrow, the costa arched towards apex, which is produced, the outer margin excurved at middle ; the inner margin excised before the outer angle, Avhich is lobed ; vein 3 from close to angle of cell; 4, 5 somewhat approximated for a short distance ; 7 curved and approximated to 8, 9. Hind wing ample; the costa highly excised before and after middle ; lobed at middle and towards apex ; veins 4, 5 somewhat approximated for a short distance ; the discocellulars erect; veins 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 touching but not anastomosing with 8. Fig. 94. Terastia meticulosalis, $. \. (From Moths Ind. vol. iv.) (1) TERASTIA EGIALEALIS Wlk. xvii. 383. Himalayas ; Java. procelalis Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. 1863, p. 416. fAgathodes diversalis Wlk. xxxiv. 1307. fMegaphysa quaclriferalis Wlk. xxxiv. 1628. Type. (2) TERASTIA METICULOSALIS Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 212. W . Indies ; Ceylon ; JaA'a ; „ subjectalis Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. Philippines. 1863, p. 480. fMegaphysa quadratalis Wlk. xxxiv. 1527. Megastes cceligenalis Hulst, Tr. A m . Ent. Soc. xiii. p. 156. (3) TERASTIA MARGARITIS Feld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 136. f. 40. Natal. Genus 95. MEGASTES. Megastes Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 375 (1854). Palpi porrect, extending about the length of head, the 2nd joint fringed with hair below, the 3rd prominent and thickly scaled ; maxillary palpi triangularly dilated wTith scales ; frons rounded ; antennae of male bipectinate; build stout; tibiae with the outer spurs about half the length of inner. Fore wins: Avith the costa highly arched towards apex, which is somewhat produced ; the inner margin excised before outer angle, which is hooked ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell; 7 curved and approximated to 8, 9. Hind wing Avith the cell half the length of wing; vein 3 from angle ; 4, |
