SITBPAMILY V.-ACR:E11T:E, Bates. 



Acrccinx, Bates, Journ. Eiu., vol. ii, p. 176 (1864) ; WiW/V^.:', Doubleday, Gen. D. L., vol. i, p. 137 

 (1848). 



" Head rather small, scaly, but little if at all liairy. Eyes oval or rounded, prominent, 

 /'rt/^idivertient, ascending, rising considerably above the forehead ; basal joint short, hairy; 

 second joint elongate, mostly much swollen, hairy, the hairs often very thinly scattered ; third 

 joint very short, especially in those species which have the second joint most swollen. 

 Antcmia; scarcely more than half the whole length of the body, rather abruptly clavate ; the 

 club compact, obtuse at the apex, the joints composing it not more distinct than those of the 

 other portion of the antennas. Thorax oval, generally rather elongate ; the prothorax very 

 distinct. Abdomen elongate, clavate, much arched ; the last segment in the female often 

 furnished with a corneous appendage. FoREWiNG opaque, or partially or wholly diaphanous, 

 subtriangular, elongate ; the apex more or less rounded ; the costa but little arched ; outer 

 margin seldom more than half the length of the costa, sometimes nearly straight, except 

 towards the apex, sometimes rounded ; inner margin nearly straight. Costal nervure ex- 

 tending considerably beyond the middle of the costa ; subcostal nervure invariably five- 

 branched [if the termination of the subcostal nervure is counted as a branch, if not, it is only 

 four-branched] ; its first branch thrown off at or near to the end of the cell ; the second 

 always considerably beyond the cell ; discoidal cell seldom more than half the 

 length of the wing; upper disco-cellular nervule veiy short, or entirely wanting; 

 internal nervure wanting. Hindwing obovate ; the costa nearly straight ; the outer 

 margin much rounded ; the inner margin about equal in length to the outer, slightly 

 embracing the base of the abdomen. Discoidal cell always closed, narrow, sometimes very 

 short, rarely half the length of the wing ; discoidal nervule sometimes appearing to be a 

 third subcostal nervule ; sometimes united to the subcostal nervure, or to its second branch 

 by a distinct upper disco-cellular ; loxver disco-cellular always united to the third median ner- 

 vule, often very close to its origin. Forelegs of the male with the femur mostly longer 

 than the tibiae ; tibiae nearly cylindric, smooth or very slightly spiny, longer than the tarsus ; 

 tarsus cylindrical or slightly fusiform, sometimes one-jointed, sometimes showing indications of 

 four or five joints. Of the female with the tarsus four or five-jointed ; each joint, except the fifth 

 when present, armed at the apex with a short pair of spines, sometimes covered by a bunch 

 of stiff hairs arising from the base of the following joints : first joint generally about as long 

 as the rest combined ; the second, third and fourth progressively shorter, generally very 

 obliquely truncate at the apex ; fifth, when present, always very minute, barely distinguishable. 

 Middle and hindlegs rather short, with the tibia; and femora about equal in length; tarsi 

 rather shorter ; tibiae spiny, especially towards the apex, nearly cylindrical ; tarsi spiny, the 

 spines much longest at the sides ; the first joint more than equal to the two following com- 

 bined, nearly cylindric ; second and third rather flattened, elongate ovate ; the second slightly 

 longer than the third ; fourth joint shorter than the third ; fifth rather longer than the second ; 

 claws without paronychia or pulvilli, broad at the base, where there is a large lobe, then 

 suddenly narrowed, tapering to a very acute point, often much bent, especially the outer claw 

 in the males, which is much shorter than the inner in many species." 



"Larva cylindric, spiny. Pupa suspended, slender, angulate." {Doubleday, 1. c.) 

 The head-quarters of this subfamily is in Africa, but numerous species have been described 

 from the New World, a few from Australia, and only two species from India, one of which 

 occurs again in Java, Where they occur these two species are numerous in individuals, though 



