BIHANG TILL K. SV. VET.-AKAD. TIANDL. BAND 27. AFD. IV. N:0 7. 19 



The systematic position and affinities of this genus have 

 been the subject of some discussion. ^ Every one, who com- 

 pares tlie neuration of Sabalia, Phyllalia, Phiala and other 

 genera of StriplinopteryginEe, must however, I think, admit 

 that Sahalia is connected with the more typical genera of 

 the subfamily by intermediate forms, which completely fill 

 up the gap between Sahalia and Striphnopteryx. The genus 

 BrahnKea, the only known representant of Hampsons family 

 BrahmseidEB, is also very nearly allied to the Striphnoptery- 

 ginee and especially to Sahalia. The short and week but 

 distinct proboscis, the short and singularly formed cell of 

 hind wing together with the very peculiar style of coloration 

 and the structure of the larva prevent me however at pre- 

 sent from uniting Brahmcea with the Striphnopterygidse. 

 Hampson - states also that the frenulum is absent, but at 

 least in the male of the Afriean B. lucina there is a distinct 

 frenulum and retinaculum. 

 *1. S. picarina Walk. List 32 p. 548 (1865). — Karsgh Ent. 



Nachr. 24 p. 289 fig., p. 292 (1898). — Hamps. Tr. E. 



Soc. Lond. 1901 p. 190 fig. (1901). 



Zambezi — Grerman East-Africa. 



2. S. Jaclisoni Em. Sharpe. An. N. H. (6) 5 p. 443 fig. (1890). 

 — Karsch Ent. Nachr. 24 p. 292 (1898). 



Germ. East Africa. — Brit. East Africa. 



3. S. Fiillehorni Karsch Ent. Nachr. 26 p. 354 (1900). 

 Nyasaland. 



°4. S. TippelsUrchi Karsch Ent. Nachr. 24 p. 292, 293 (1898). 



Germ. East Africa: Iramba. 

 5. S. fidvicincta Hamps. Tr. E. Soc. Lond. 1901 p. 190 (1901). 



Nyasaland. 

 °6. S. sericaria Weymer Berl. E. Zeit. 41 p. 89 (1896). — 



Karsch Ent. Nachr. 24 p. 292, 294 (1898). 



Germ. East Africa: Victoria Nyanza. 



Subfamily Janinse. 



Forewing with the lower discocellular usually not longer 

 than the middle discocellular; vein 10 absent; vein 11 free 



1 Cf. Karsch, Ent. Nachr. 21 p. 343; 24 p. 291; Hamps. Tr. E. Soc. 

 Lond. 1901 p. 187. 



2 Fauna of Brit. India. Moths. 1 p. 29: Cat. Lep. Phalan. 1 p. 18. 



