( 29.5 ) 



(??. Tongue sliorf.. Joint of palpus oj)en. Antenna of S dcepl)' grooved, 

 strongly compressed, ciliae long ; in ? almost cylindrical, feebly grooved, basal 

 fasciculated ciliae slightly prolonged. Tibiae tiot spinose ; foretibia with a})ical 

 thorn, shorter than first tarsal segment (thorn excl.) ; spurs short, otie pair to hind- 

 tibia; pnlvillus and paronychium prescDt. Abdomen with spines all over the 

 tergites, the spines denser at the apical margins. Distal margin of forewing 

 entire. No friction-organ in S. 



Early stages not known. 



Uab, From N.W. India to Ceylon. 



One species. 



Differs from Clam's and Pohnityclnis in the proximal pair of spurs being absent 

 from the hindtibia, and in the tibiae not being spinose ; from Luotho/i in the even 

 distal margin of the forewing and the non-spinose tibiae. 



2.5(1. Agnosia orneus. 



*SpI,!n.r oniex.i Westwood, Gdi. Oi: Ent. p. VA. f. H!. f. 3 (184«) ((J, Central India ;— Mus. Oxford). 

 *Smeniil!n(.i pniloriniis Walker, Lht Lei). In^. B. M. viii. p. 2.5.3. n. IG (1856) (J* ?, N. India;— 



Mus. Brit.) ; Boisd., S/ta: Gen. Lip. HH. i. p. 40. n. ii? (187,5) (Centr. ladia). 

 Jiiixidmi piiiluriiKi, Butler, Trntis. ZonJ. Sdi: Loud. ix. p. 596. n. 7 (1877) (N. India). 

 ('/,i)i!s /nidaniia, id., lUnstr. Ti/p. Sperhn. Lep. IlH. B. M.y. p. U. t. 81. f. 15 (^) (1881) (Almorah) ; 



Cot. & Swinh., Cat. Moths Ind. i. p. 29. n. 161 (1887) (Almorah). 

 Biisuina oriifus, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 703. n. 11 (1892) (N. ludia). 

 Aiuhidyx irniea, Hampson, in Bknf., Fanna Brit, hid., .\fnflix i, p. 81). u. 114 (1892) (Almorah ; 



Centr. India). 



Westwood describes the foretibia as being "terminated by a strong, curved, 

 liorny spine." Tliis peculi.ar cliaracter has not been noticed by Walker, Boisduval, 

 I'ntler, Hampson. 



c??. Tenth tergite elongate-spatulate, apex soiuewliat truncate; ninth tergite 

 with long iiair-scales (PI. XXIV. f. 1:3). Clasper sole-shaped (PI. XXXIII. f. !)), 

 without friction-patch ; harpe with three hooks, nearly equidistant, one distal, the 

 other two from the upper edge ; a convex patch of short bristles above the harpe. 

 Penis-sheath (PI. XXX. f. 49) without armature, but the penis-funnel {v-v) 

 ])roduced into a broad lobo which is covered with minute spines. 



? . Not dissected. 



Early stages not known. 



Hab. North-West India to Ceylon. 



Three specimens in the British Museum ; cue of them, from Haragam, near 

 Kandy, Ceylon, is larger than the others. Several specimens in the Oxford 

 Museum ; one in the Tring Museum. 



LXXIV. PARUM gen. nov.— Typus : rolUgata. 



/)((/</( ««.s>a Walker, List Lep, Ins. B. M. viii. p. 238 (185G) (partim ; type : oceUaris) 

 Mrlayaste.f, Oberthur (ho« Boisduval, 1875), Et. Ent. xi. p. 29 (1886). 



S ? . Tongue short and weak, with mesial fringe. Pilifer with bristles. Trans- 

 verse carina of labrum long. Paljjus larger in i than in ?, second segment 

 smoothly scaled, joint not distinctly open. Tibiae ivithout sjiines ; spurs very short, 

 two or one pair to hindtibia ; pulvillus and paronycdiium present, the latter witli 



