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A. zelleri Men. (= zelleriella Brd.) (55a). Differs from A. atra in its smaller size (length of forewing zellerl. 

 (1.5 Dim), shorter antenna, and shorter, rounder, more densely scaled wings; in atra the antenna is two-thirds 

 and in zdleri liardly lialf tlie length of the forewing. $ reddisli yellow, with polished blaek-brown head and 

 neck. — The larva very similar to that of atra, feeds on grasses; larva-case shorter and slenderer. Found in 

 Hungary, Croatia, Dalniatia, and perhaps France. 



A. inquinata Led. (55 a), from Beirut in Syria, is dirty brown in the ^, the scaling of the wings inquinata. 

 somewhat denser and more greyish felty than in the two previous species. The hindwing is said to have 8 

 veins, 4 and 5 stalked, and the forewing as in true Aainthopsyche only 11 veins, of which 6 and 7 are stalked. 

 It is therefore not quite certain if the species belongs to the present genus. $ and larva-case not known. 



A, nigriplaga Wilem. (56 g), from Japan, is closely allied to the Indian A. bipars Walk., but the veins nigriplaga. 

 are more distinct and the black marking in the basal area of the hindwing more extended, but more restricted 

 in the forewing. Expanse 18- — 28 mm. Said to occur also in China (Cherra) and India (Sikkim), and has perhaps 

 sometimes been confounded with A. hifcirs Walk. 



A. himalayana Moore, from Kashmir, belongs to the subgenus Dasaratha Moore, in which vein 6 is himalayana. 

 present in the forewing and the cell-vein forked in both wings. <$ almost uniformly dark brown, head and tho- 

 rax darkest in tint. In the forewing veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked, 4 and 5 from the cell in both wings. 

 18 mm. — Dharmsala; only at the boundary of our Region. 



4. Genus: Chalipcetoii gen. nov. 



The author of the two species jjlaced them into Chalia Moore; but the tjqae of the new genus, C. 

 .■itaudinxjeri Heyl. differs very essentially from the genotype of Chalia, Ch. doubledayi Westw. : Fore\\ing with 

 only 11 veins, 4 and 5 from a point, the missmg vein being probably 7, and 8 and 9 stalked, the apex 

 of wing between these two; in Chalia the forewing has 12 veins, 4 and 5 stalked, 7 also stalked with 8 and 

 9, 8 terminating in the apex of the wing. Veins 1 b and 1 c anastomose as in Chalia, but send a branch to 

 the hind margin as in ^care</topS2/c/?e ; it must be left undecided if 1 b is forked at the base. The discocellular 

 of the forewing is divided by the single cell-vein into two even halves which have the same direction, while 

 in Chalia the anterior portion is longer and extends more distad. Hindwing with 7 veins (6 absent), none 

 of them stalked, 8 connected with cell by a long oblique bar and forked at the base; the cell-vem curved. 

 Differs further from Chalia in the pectinations of the (^'-antenna being very long, measuring more than one- 

 fourth the length of the shaft and only decrease in size from the apical third. Forewing elongate, with the 

 apex broadly rounded, and the hind and distal margins joined in ^n even curve, width at the broadest 

 point less than half the length; costal margin almost straight. Fore tibia with a very long spine. Abdomen 

 not reaching beyond hindwing. 



Ch. staudingeri Heyl. (55 a). cj: Both wings greyish black, the hairs and scaling of the same colour, siaudmgcri. 

 costal and distal margins deeper black, fringes brownish. Antenna with 30 segments, the shaft yellow and the 

 pectinations brownish black. Legs strongly hairy, excepting the tarsi, which are naked, greyish yellow and above 

 spotted with brown. Expanse 19 mm. $ and larva not known. — ■ Russian Turkestan. 



Ch. puengeleri Heyl. S- Black-brown, hair the same colour on head, but black on thorax and ab- puengeleri. 

 domen. Legs exteriorly black-brown, but with yellow hair interiorly. Antenna brown-yellow, with 20 segments. 

 Palpi blackish. Wings unicolorous, above black-brown, beneath brownish yellow with blackish veins. Veins 

 8 and 9 (according to Heylaerts counting 7 and 8) on a long staUc. Expanse 18 mm. Pupa of (J glossy 

 yellow; larva-case elongate, 15 mm. long, cylindrical, almost jjyriform, irregularly covex-ed lengthways with 

 fragments of wood and leaves. — ■ Nikko, Japan. 



5. Genus: Paeli^thelia Westv. 



,^: forewing with 11 veins, hindwing with 7. In forewing vein Ic absent or only vestigial, la 

 and 1 b forming a long fork in the basal third of the wing, 1 b sending a simple, very oblique branch 

 to the hind margin which it does not reach and is distinctly incurved in its distal half or almost angulate 

 in centre; 4 and 5 from a point or on a very short or even very narrowly separated, 6 absent, 7 distinctly 

 separate from 8 and terminating in the margin far below the apex of wing, 8 and 9 on a very short 

 stalk, 8 terminating in the wing-apex, 10 and 11 parallel from apical third of cell, 10 being but little 

 farther from 11 than from 9; cell symmetrical at apex, the cell- vein from the centre of the discocellular. 

 In the hindwing 4 and 5 on a short stalk, 6 absent, 7 connected with 8 by an oblique bar. Antenna not 

 long, bipectinated to the tip, but the distal branches short, shaft with 32 segments (villosella), scaled above, 



