CHLIDANOTIDAE. 



PREFACE. 



In the Clilidanotidae the. head is rough or loosely-haired ; tongue 

 short or absont ; ocelU present ; antenna about 3/5, simple ; labial palpus 

 ascending or porrected, second segment rough-scaled, terpiinal segment 

 pointed ; maxillary palpus obsolete ; forewing with vein 1 bifurcate, 

 2 from I — I of cell, 3 from or near angle, 8 and 9 stalked or coincident, 

 11 from beyond middle ; hindwing trapezoidal, lower margin of cell 

 without basal pecten of hairs, veins 3 and i connate, stalked or coin- 

 cident, 5 parallel to 4, 6 and 7 stalked [approximated towards base in 

 Picroxena], 8 free. 



So far as known at present, the Chlidanotidaj form a small group 

 of genera confined to the Indo-Australiau area with a single outlying 

 straggler in Zululaud. Most of the described species and five of the 

 seven known genera occur within Indian limits, the non-Indian species 

 being : — 



(1) Trynialitis climacias, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. XXXVI 



295 (1911) (J, from Cooktown (Queensland), 



(2) Trtjmaliiis scalifmi, Meyr., Ann. S. Afr. Mas. X 58 (1912) ^, 



from Zululand, 



(3) Caenognosis incisn, Wlsm., Monogr. Christmas Isd., pp. 79-80 



(1900) $, from Christmas Island, 



(4) Caenognosis neoris, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. XXXVI 



293-294 (1911) (J, from Cairns (Queensland) [Described as 

 Epirrkobca neoris]. 



(5) Picroxcna scorpiKra, Meyr., Zool. Meded. VI. 161 (1921) (J 9>< 



from Pekalongan (Java). 



Further collecting in the Hills of Ceylon, Southern India, Assam, 

 Burma and the Malayan Subregion will doubtless reveal further species. 

 No life-histories are known as yet in this group. 



The following key includes all the known genere, the non-Indian 

 ones being included in square brackets : — 



1. Forewing with all veins present . . 2 



Forewing with one or more veins absent . 3 



