-L he Striplmopterygidse are, as far as is hitherto known, 

 restricted to Asia, Africa and Europé. The Asiatic genera 

 have been accurately defined by Hampson in the Fauna of 

 British India. Moths. Vol. 1 p. 41 — 64 and the sole paleearctic 

 genus, Lemonia, is discussed by the author in Iris Vol. 7 

 p. 185. In this paper I propose to give a review of the 

 Ethiopian genera of the family. Without taking the Ethio- 

 pian genera into consideration it is impossible to form a 

 correct opinion of the extent and natural definition of the 

 family. I have therefore been compelled to modify the 

 following definition of the family in accordance with the 

 structure of some of the Ethiopian forms. 



Fara. Striphnopterygidae. 



Proboscis absent or short and weak. Palpi hairy. An- 

 tennse bipectinated in both sexes. Mid tibiae with one pair 

 of spurs; hind tibise usually with two pairs. The abdomen 

 usually shorter, never longer than the hind wings. Före 

 wing with vein 1 forked at the base, 1 c absent, 5 emitted 

 from or from above the middle between vein 4 and Q, 10 

 ahsent or very short and emitted from 9 much farther from the 

 cell than vein 8, 11 free from the cell or rarely anastomosing 

 first with 9 and then with 12. Hind wing with two internal 

 veins, vein 5 from or from above, rarely from below the 

 middle between vein 4 and 6, vein 8 free from the base but 

 usually connected with the cell by an oblique bar. Frenulum 

 and retinaculum usually present in the male, often absent 

 or rudimentary in the female, rarely absent in both sexes. 



By the characteristic given above and especially by the 

 singular arangement of the veins 7 — 10 of the före wing the 

 family Striphnopterygidse may easily he distinguished from 

 the families Bombycidae and Notodontidse. 



