448 Mr. E. Meyrick on the classification 



16. IsocENTEis, Meyr. 



Face slightly rounded ; ocelli distinct ; tongue developed. An- 

 tennae three-foiu-ths, in ^ filiform, ciliated (1 — 2), Labial palpi 

 moderately long, porrected, second joint with dense projecting 

 scales attenuated to a point forwards, terminal joint concealed. 

 Maxillary palpi moderate, porrected, apex penicillate. Abdomen 

 in (^ with slender anal tuft. Posterior tibiae with spurs all long 

 and almost equal. Fore wings with vein 7 from near 9, 8 and 9 

 stalked, 10 approximated to 9 towards base. Hind wings 1 ; veins 

 3, 4, 5 approximated at base, 7 out of near origin, anastomosing 

 with 8 to two-fifths. 



A small Indo-Malayan genus, of which the species 

 range very widely. I am not sure that the following 

 Central Asiatic species is certainly referable here, as I 

 have only seen one specimen in indifferent condition, 

 with the structural characters partly obscured. It is an 

 offshoot of Pyrausta. 



Icetalis, Stgr., List XXXIII. 



17. PSABIMOTIS, Hb. 



Face somewhat rounded ; ocelli distinct ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae three-fourths, in ^ filiform or serrulate, ciliated (^ — 1), 

 Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, second joint with dense 

 projecting scales attenuated to a point forwards, terminal joint 

 concealed. Maxillary palpi moderate, porrected, filiform, termin- 

 ating in somewhat penicillate scales. Abdomen in ^ with small 

 anal tuft. Posterior tibiae with outer spurs two-thirds of inner. 

 Fore wings with vein 7 from rather near 8, 9 and 10 out of 8. 

 Hind wings over 1 ; veins 3, 4, 5 closely approximated at base, 7 

 out of 6 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to two-fifths. 



A development of Pyrausta, consisting only of the two 

 following European species ; whether the genus is a 

 natural or tenable one appears to me very doubtful. It 

 would not surprise me to find that the origin of vein 10 

 of the fore wings from 9, which is the only distinguishing 

 point from Pyrausta, is not constant, although in fact 

 it holds in all the specimens which I have examined. 

 The generic name is printed by Hiibner Psamotis, but in 

 the two collateral forms of the name given at the same 

 time (Psammoten, &c.) the double m is used ; this is 

 also etymologically correct, and the first spelling is 



