NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIV. 1917. 



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a^ Antennae with the basal 

 jointvery long and curved 

 b*. Antennae with the basal 

 joint short . 

 c'. Forewing with the costa slightly 

 excised beyond middle, the 

 apex rounded ; palpi about 

 three times length of head 

 c'. Forewing with vein 7 from the cell. 



a'. Frons with very large conical pro- 

 minence, grooved below ; palpi 

 short and upturned . 

 b'. Frons with conical prominence end- 

 ing in a small corneous beak ; 

 palpi obliquely upturned ; fore- 

 wing with veins 9 to 12 becoming 

 coincident below costa 

 c'. Frons without prominence ; palpi 

 porrect, about twice the length of 

 head ..... 



Megarthria, p. 54 

 Embryoglossa, p. 54 



Sphinctocera, p. 55 



Balaenifrons, p. 57 



Morpheis, p. 56 

 Galleristhenia, p. 53 



Type. 



chrysaugeUa 



Gen. Parazanclodes. 



Parazanclodes Hmpan., Rom. Mim. vUi. p. 490 (1901) .... 



Proboscis aborted ; palpi of male slight, upturned ; maxillary palpi minute ; 

 frons with rather large tuft of hair ; antennae short, the basal joint dilated ; 

 forewing narrow, the costa arched at base, then strongly excised, the apex pro- 

 duced and falcate, the termen strongly excised to middle ; the cell two-thirds 

 length of wing ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 4 and 5 well separated ; 



6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, II from cell ; the male 

 with large glandular swelling at base of costa on underside fringed with long 

 hair, the cell clothed with fine hair, a patch of androconia below the cell 

 before base of vein 2. Hindwing with vein 2 from before angle of cell ; 

 3 and 5 from angle ; 4 absent ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8 ; the male 

 with patch of androconia in lower extremity of cell on upper side. 



* Parazanclodes chrysaugeUa. 



Parazanclodes chrysaugeUa Hmpsn., Rom. Mem. viii. p. 490. pi. 53. f. 18 (1901). 

 Br. IT. Guinea. 



Gen. Prasinoxena. 



Type. 



Prasinoxena Meyr., Trans. Eni. Soc. 1894. p. 479 monosfila 



Proboscis slight ; palpi of male minute, upturned, of female porrect and 

 extending about the length of head ; maxillary palpi slight ; frons without 

 tuft of hair ; antennae short, the basal joint somewhat long and dilated. Fore- 

 wing rather short and broad, the costa rather oblique towards apex which is 

 produced and pointed, the termen obUque ; the cell long ; vein 2 from middle 

 of cell ; 3, 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from just below upper angle ; 7, 8, and 10 stalked, 



7 from beyond 10, 9 absent ; II from cell ; the male with slight glandular swell- 



