NoVTTATEa ZOOLOOICAE XXV. 1918. 377 



Genus Pemphegostola, 



Type. 

 Pemphegostola Strand, Deutsch. Ent. Zeit. 1909. p. 663 ..... synemonisHs 



Strand says that the forewing has vein 1 , c, present, which is not the case 

 in Apoprogenes ; in that case it would fall by the key in the Castniadae, but 

 its affinities seem to be here. 



* Pemphegostola synemonistis. 



Pemphcgoitola synemonisHs Strand, Deutsch. Ent. Zeit. 1909. p. 665. 

 Madagascar. 



Apoprogenes. 



Type. 

 Apoprogones (sic) Hmpsn., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1903. p. 137 ..... hesperistis 

 Oedimatopis Prout, Ann. Transvaal Mus. v. p. 152 (1916) ..... hesperistis 



Apoprogenes hesperistis. 



f Apoprojones hesperistis Hmpsn., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1903. p. 137. fig. 

 Oedimatopis jansi Prout, Ann. Transvaal Mus. v. p. 152. pi. xxv. f. 1 (1916). 



Transvaal, Znluland, ITatal. 



Family TASCINIDAE. 



Neocastnia Hmpsn., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895. p. 284. 



Neocastnia Hmpsn. is a synonym of Tascina Westw. ; the palpi reach to 

 about the middle of the frons in the male, to well above vertex of head in the 

 female ; the hindwing has veins 4, 5 separate to the base from veins 2, 3. 



Genus Tascina. 



Type. 



Tascina Westw., Trans. Soc. Zool. (2) i. p. 198 (1877) orientalis 



Neocastnia Hmpsn., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895. p. 285 ...... nicevillei 



(1) Tascina nicevillei. 



■\ Neocastnia nicevillei Hmpsn., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1895. p. 285. fig. ?; id. Motka Ind. iv. p. 471- 

 Burma, Tenasserim. 



(2) * Tascina metallica. 



Tascina metallica Pag., Iris, iii. p. 3 (1890). 



The distinctions between the sexes are reversed in the description. 

 Borneo, Sarawak ; Pulo Laut I. ; Philippines, Palawan I. 



(3) * Tascina orientalis. 



t Tascina orientalis Westw., Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. (2) i. p. 199. pi. 33. f. 5 (1877). 



? Singapore. Specimens purchased in the mart at Singapore may have 

 come from the mainland or any of the neighbouring islands. 



