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In his „Fauna of British India'', vol. II. p. 477, Sir Geo. P. H amp- 

 son identifies Pdlpavgiila as well as Anmneta with Hiibner's genus 

 Melipofis. This is not correct as there are very essential structural dif- 

 ferences Ijetween the types of both. For example the spines on the fore 

 tibia found in FidpungiUa {or Anumeio) are absent in Melipoti.s; very sugge- 

 stive also is the difference in the habitus of the genital apparatus of both 

 genera: in PalpmniuJa the uncus is very stout, the valvae without processes 

 and the ductus seminalis forms a very large bulla, whereas in Meli- 

 pofis the uncus is atrophied and of a (juite different shape; the same 

 is true as regards the valvae, which moreover have several processes 

 on the inner surface; lastly the ductus seminalis does not form the 

 large widening, so characteristic for all species of the gemis Palpa иди] a. 



Dr. A. Spule r ^) suggests, that Leiicnnifis fenera S t g r. would be 

 more conveniently pbu^ed in the genus Piilpa)i(pihi, but tliis is decidedly 

 erroneous as fenera cannot be inclnded in any group of that genus 

 (according to the Staudinger and Rebel catalogue), showing 

 much more affinity to many species of Leucanifis. 



Finally I must say, that I cannot venture to separate si famine« 

 B.-Haas from Palpa lupila, considering the contras stronger than the 

 pros, but as it is -л very divergent species I suppose that it can be 

 looked upon as a subgenus. I must further remark that in imifafrix 

 С h г. we see an example of the fact, that one structural difference 

 cannot finally decide the question of generic affinity, even so strong 

 a difference as the pi'esence or absence of a prominence on the frons, — 

 a character which has much l»een used for differentiating a vast num- 

 ber of genera. ImHatri.c can on no account be placed in a different ge- 

 nus as mirifica Erse h. and slmiola P ii n g. 



Besides the already named atrosijpiafa W I k. 1 could not obtain 

 for examination stiieheli С a I 1).. male specimens of sfniDiiiiea B.-H a a s. 

 and females of spilofa Ersch. Of all other species 1 had a sufficient 

 material at hand. 



Among the species named in the S t a u d i n g e r - R e b e 1 cata- 

 logue under Palpa lapila the folbnving groups may easily be recognized: 



A. Vein 5 of hind wing obsolescent, from just 

 lielow middle of discocellulars. 



a. Fore til)ia with a strong, curved terminal 



claw on inner side Marsipiophora. n.g. 



b. Fore ti1)ia with a strong, straight termi- . 



nal dart on outer side. ....... Epharmottomena, n.g. 



B. Vein .') of hind wing well develo])ed from 

 near vein 4. 



a. Pore tibia with horny si)ines Palpangula Stgr. 



b. Pore tibia without armature Anydrophila, n. g. 



^) S pul er, A. Die Schmetterlinge Europas. 1908, p. 309. 

 Revue Russe d'Entom. 1909. № 1—2. (Juin 1909). 



