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The specimen is labelled " found in xylo-stick, supposed to be parasitic 

 on the pupae of Xi/loryctidae." This and the other species of the genus are 

 probably not parasitic but feed on the faeces and rubbish in the one case in 

 the nest of the parrots, in the other in the borings of the Xyloryctidae. 



Gen. Acara. 



Type. 



Acara Wlk., xxvii. 198 (1863) morosella 



Ertzica Wlk., xxxv. 1768 (1866) morosella 



Proboscis short ; palpi of male short, upturned, fringed in front with long 

 hair, of female obliquely downcurved, extending about twice the length of head 

 and fringed below with long hair ; maxillary palpi minute ; frons with large 

 tuft of hair ; antennae of male almost simple, the basal joint with a tuft of scales 

 below. Forewing with the costa slightly arched, the apex produced and acute, 

 the termen evenly curved ; the male with the cell about two-thirds length of 

 wing ; veins 2, 3, 4, 5 given off at even distances ; the discocellulars angled 

 inwards above ; vein 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from angle, 7 from 

 beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell ; a large glandular fold on basal half of costa on 

 underside, fringed with hair at extremity ; female with the cell shorter, vein 

 3 from near angle of cell, 5 from just above angle, the discocellulars angled 

 inwards at middle. Hindwing with the apex produced and acute, the termen 

 excised below apex ; vein 3 from just before angle of cell ; 4, 5 shortly stalked ; 

 the discocellulars angled inwards to near base ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 not anastomosing 

 with 8. 



Acara morosella. 



t Acara morosella Wlk., xxvii. 199 (1863) ; Hmpsn., Moths Ind. iv. p. 8; Rag., Mom. Mem. viii. 



p. 446. pi. 46. f. 10. 

 t Ertzica maximella Wlk., xxxv. 1768 (1866). 



Galleria macroptera Snell., Tijd. v. Enl. xxiii. p. 249 (1879) ; id., idem, xxvii. p. 53. pi. v. i. 11. 

 Acara impunctdla Sauber, Semp. lit:cs. Phil. Schmett. ii. p. 645. pi. 66. f. 2 (1902). 

 Assam ; Ceylon ; FhiUppines ; Java ; Celebes. 



Auctorum. 

 Acara psolopasta Turner, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. xxiv. p. 131 (1913) 1 Eucallionyma. Queensland 



Gen. Schistotbeca. 



Type. 

 Schistotheca Rag., Bull. Soc. Era. Fr. (6). ii. p. clxxv. (1882) . . . . canescens 



Proboscis slight ; palpi of male short, upturned, thickly scaled, of female 

 downcurved and extending about three times length of head ; frons smooth, 

 with large tuft of hair ; antennae of male almost simple. Forewing with the 

 costa arched, the apex rectangular, the termen evenly curved ; the male with 

 vein 3 from long before angle of cell ; 5 from just above angle ; the discocellulars 

 highly angled inwards ; vein 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from 

 before 9 ; 10, 11 from cell ; a large fold on basal half of costa on underside 

 containing masses of flocculent hair ; the female with veins 4, 5 from a point. 

 Hindwing with vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; the discocellulars 

 angled inwards to near base ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 not anastomosing with 8. 



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