364 MAHASENA: PLAT EUM ETA ; STICHOBASIS. By Dr. E. Strand. 



long fringes and serrate antenna, the teeth bearing relatively long and dense cilia. Forewing 6.5 mm long. 

 $ greyish j^cllow, ^v^th yellowish brown head and brownish thoracical plates; length 7 — 8 mm. The larva very 

 similar to that of A. heUcinelln, hibernates and occurs on herbage and fruit-trees. Development in June. 

 (J{J have been recorded from Southern France, Northern Italy, Southern Tyrol, and (questionably) Vienna; in the 

 Berlin Museum two specimens labelled Berlin (Fkomholz), also 2 <^tS from Southern Tyrol. — The partheno- 

 helix. genetic $-form helix Sieh. is distributed in Central and Southern Europe and Western Asia as far as Persia and 

 the Issyk-kul and extends northward to Livonia. 



c. Subfamily: Chaliinae. 



In the forewing veins 1 b anastomoses with 1 c, but does not send a branch to the hind margin. Hind 

 tibia without spurs, but the fore tibia (in the genus before me) with a very long spine. In the hindwing (cf. 

 Mahasena) all 8 veins present, 8 connected with cell by a transverse bar. Forewing with 12 veins. Cell- 

 vein forked at apex in both wings. 



17. GeniLs: MaliaKoiia Moor 



e. 



Antenna very short, the pectinations gradually decreasing in length towards tip. Forewing elongate, 

 with oblique distal margin and short rounded apex. Hindwing much shorter and subtriangular. Abdomen 

 long, thin, far extending beyond the anal angle (by two-thirds in the .species before me). 



hockim/i. M. hockitlgi Moore (55 b). Dark brown with a reddish tone. Underside and antenna somewhat 



paler. Thorax and abdomen with blackish hair. Venis 4 and 5 of the hmdwing stalked; the cell- vein short 

 in both wings. Expanse 32 mm. — Kashmir (Kangra). 



Appendix to the Chaliinae. 



18. Gemis: ]*lat<Minieta Svtl. 



It is only with some doubt that I place here this genus, which is unknown to me, the original descrip- 

 tion not mentioning several important points. — Wings short and broad. Abdomen extending by two-thirds 

 beyond the anal angle of hindwing. Antenna with short and broad pectination. Cell-vein in both wings simple 

 at apex and indistinct towards base. In the forewing veins 4 and 5 stalked, 6 very little nearer 7 than 4.5, 

 8 and 9 from a point or very shortly stalked, between them the apex of wing; all the 12 veins present. 

 In the liindAving 4 and 5 from a point, 6 nearer to 7 than to 4.5, 7 into the costal margin just in front of 

 apex, 7 and 8 from a point, but otherwise not connected; the two submedian veins united at the base, but 

 strongly divergent towards anal angle. In the forewing the discocellular straight in front of the cell-vein, 

 but directed obliquely forward and outward, while the corresponding portion in the hindwing is directed straight 

 towards costal margin, but slightly angulate in the middle, the point of the angle outwards. Wings probably 

 bearing upper scales. 

 mirea. P. aurea Butl., from Yokohama, is dark smoky brown; the wings copper-brown with a golden gloss, 



which is stronger beneath than above; the costal margin of the hindwing above and the hind margin of the 

 forewing beneath silky grey. Expanse 25 — 26 mm. 



d. Subfamily: Epichnopteryginae. 



Differs from the Psychinae particularly in the following points: ^ \\ith two pairs of spurs to the hind 

 tibia (with the exception of Stichobasis) ; hind legs longer than fore legs ; in the forewing 1 a and 1 b distally 

 coincident, 9 usually absent; in the hindwing 7 not connected with 8 by a transverse bar^ 4 absent, 

 only 7 veins being present. Wings covered Avith hair-scales; the abdomen strongly protrusible. $ much 

 reduced, does not leave the case. 



19. Genus : !§tie1iol»asis Kirhy. 



Only one species belongs here, mIucIi is characterised by the elongate wings having no cell in cell and 

 only 10 veins into the margin, the antenna bearing long, irregularly arranged pectinations. The genus does 

 not well fit into the subfamily, as the hind tibia bears only one pair of spurs. 



hdicinoides. S. helicinoides Heyl. resembles EpicJinopteryx pulla, has the forewing 6—6.5 mm long and flies in 



April in mountainous districts of Greece. 



