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f . Subfamily : Moffatiinae suhfam. nov. 



Hind tibia with 2 pairs of sjjurs, hind legs quite short, the fore legs on the contrary very long, with 

 long first tarsal segment, the tibia bearing a long spine. In the forewing la and lb separate at the base, 

 then coincident to the outer margin without sending a branch to the hind margin. In the hindwing 8 connect- 

 ed with 7 by a transverse bar, 7 free marginal veins, vein 6 being absent, while the forewing has 12 veins, 

 of which 4 is stalked with 5 and 8 with 9. Wings with hair-scales. 



26. Genus: OTof'fatia Moore. 



Characterised inter alia by the long prominent anal tufts directed straight sidewaj's ; the distance from 

 tip to tip of the tufts measured across the tip of the abdomen equals the length of the body; moreover, the bi- 

 pectinate antennae are unusually long, almost as long as the forewing. The latter rather pointed, with oblique 

 distal margin. 



M. plumicauda Moore. Greyish black, the anal tufts black. Wings hyaline, very sparsely clothed with plumicanda. 

 small thin hair-scales, the margins broadly black, the veins also black. Expanse 24 mm.. Case fusiform, co- 

 vered with short fragments of dry grass-stalks. Flies in October and November from the morning till 4 p. m. 

 on sunny stony places. — North-West Himalayas: Upper Kunawar. 



Alpliabetical List 



of the Palearctic forms *of PsycMdae with references to the original descriptions. 

 * signifies that the form is figured at the place cited. 



albeucerra^ella Hyal. Mill. Ic. Ill, p. 11. * 

 albescens Am. Sigr. Iris XII, p. 356. 



albescens Oreops. Obcrth. ~E.i. d'Ent. VIII, p. 40. 



alb'da Hval. Esp. Eur. Schmett., Abb. 2, p. 391. * 



albipunctella Am. Mill. Ic. Ill, p. 210. * 



alpherakii Psychidea, Heyl. C. E. Soe. Belg. 1883, p. 47. 



alpina Epiclin. Heyl. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1900, p. 189. 



andrewsi Euruk. Wilem. Trans. Ent. vSoc. Sond. 1911, p. 347. 



angusfella Oreops. H.-ScMff. Schmett. Eur. II. p. 22. * 



apiforniis Plialacr. Rossi, Fn. Etrusc. II, p. 178. * 



ardua Epichn. Mann, Verz. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 1807, p. 17. 



armena Am. Heyl. Bom. Mfei. L^p. II, p. 178. * 



asiatica Caneph. SU/r. Stett. Zeit. 1887, p. 94. 



atra Acanth. L., Syst. Nat. (XII), p. 823. 



aiirea Plat. Bull. Trans. Ent. Soc. Eond. 1881, p. 22. * 



betiilina Fumea Zell. Iris 1839, p. 183. 

 bicolorella Oreops. Bdv. Gen. p. 80. 

 biroi Oreops. Rebel, Ann. Mus. Hung. 7, p. 344. 

 bombycella Psychidea Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 133. 

 bruandi Phalacr. Led. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 1855, p. 

 198. * 



cabrerai Am. Rebel, Ann. Naturh. Hofm. 9, p. 46. 

 calberlae Phalacr. Heyl. C. R. Soc. Belg. 1890, p. 131. 

 casta Fumea Pall. Nov. Acta Ac. Caes. Nat. Ill, p. 435. * 

 einerella Pachyt. Dup. Hist. Nat. L6p. IV, p. 61. 

 coniitella Fumea Bdv. Mon. Psych, p. 96. * 

 consorta Amat. Tempi. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. V (1847) 



p. 40. * 

 constancella Ps. Brd. Mon. Psych, p. 39. * 

 crassieornis Phalacr. Stgr. Hor. Ent. Ross. VII, p. 114. * 

 crassiorella Fumea Brd. M^m. Soc. Doubs III, p. 29. 

 crenulella Apt. Brd. Mon. Psych, p. 76. * 



decemvena Euruk. Hamps. Fauna Br. India, Moths. I, p. 300. 



demissa Am. Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. 1863, p. 23. * 



detrita Ps. Led. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 1853, p. 363. * 



ccksteini Am. Led. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien. 1855, p. 755. * 

 ednardsella Fumea Tuif, Entom. Rec. 12, p. 43. 

 elongatella Psychidea Bdv. Mon. Psych, p. 77. 



cppingella Fmnca Tiiit, Brit. Lep. II, p. 295. 



febretta Am. Boyer, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1835, p. 107. * 



ferchaiiltella Luffia Sieph. Zool. VIII. App. p. 109. 



flavescens Reb. Heyl. Natural. 1879, p. 3. 



flavociliclla Epichn. Mann, Wien. Ent. Mon. 1864, p. 177. * 



fulminella Oreops. Mill. Ic. II, p. 127. * 



funiata Barandra Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 396. 



glaphvrella Fumea Rebel, Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. 50, p. 297. 



grondebautella Oreops. Mill. Ic. I, p. 286. * 



graecella Psychidea Mill. Ic. II. p. 252. * 



gracilis Apt. Speyer Stett. Zg. 1886, p. 335. 



graslinella Phalacr. Bdv. Bull. Soc. Ent. France 1852, p. 22. 



gnunnii Am. Heyl. C. B. Soc. Belg. 1887, p. 85. 



liainpsoni Ps. Beih.-Bak. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1894, p. 36. 

 hirsutella Sterrhopt. Hbn. Tin. f. 3. * 

 helicinella Apt. H.-ScMff. Eur. Schmett. 2, p. 21. * 

 helix Apt. Sieb. Parth. Schmett. Bien. p. 36. * 

 helicinoides Stichob. Heyl. C. B. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1879, p. 138. 

 herrichiella Reb. Strand, Seitz, Macrolep. 2, p. 361. 

 himalavana Acanth. Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888, 



p. "397. 

 hirtella Pachyt. Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1843 III, p. 542. 

 hockingi Mahasena Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 397. 

 hofmanni Epichn. Heyl. Natural. 1879, p. 3. 



in(|uinata Acanth. Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. 1858, p. 142. * 

 japonica Clania Heyl. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. 28, p. XL. 

 jordaua Am. Stgr. Iris XII, p. 160. 



kahri Oreops. Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. 1857, p. 80. 

 karawankensis Reb. Hdfn. Soc. Entom. 13, p. 65. 

 kuldschaensis Reb. Heyl. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1883, p. 48. 



lambessa Am. Heyl. C. R. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1889, p. 28. 

 lapidella Luffia Goeze, Beitr. Ill, 4, 168. 

 leschenaiilti Oreops. Slgr. Ann. Soc. Ent. France 1860, p. 663. 

 lorqniniella Hyal. Brd. Mon. Psych. No. 25, p. 46. * 

 lucasi Hyalina Trautmann, Int. Ent. Zeitschr. 2, p. 316. 

 lutea Ani. Stgr. Hor. Ent. Boss. VII, p. 113. 



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