of the Pyralidina of the European fauna. 489 



Includes at present only the following South European 

 species. 



baptodactyla, Z. 



80. Ckasimetis, n. g. 



Face withoiit tuft ; ocelli obsolete ; tongue developed. Antennae 

 two-thirds, in <? ciliated {^). Labial palpi moderate, ascending, 

 loosely scaled, terminal joint short, pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Tibiie thickened with scales on origin of spurs, outer 

 spurs almost equal inner. Fore wings bifid, cleft from about 

 middle ; veins 2 and 3 out of 4, 5 and 6 short, 7 absent, 9, 10 and 

 11 out of 8. Hind wings trifid, third segment without black scales 

 in dorsal cilia ; vein 2 from middle of cell, 3 absent, 5 aud 6 short, 

 7 and 8 divergent from beyond cleft. 



I know only the two following species, of which one is 

 European, the other East Siberian. It is an interesting 

 genus, as being obviously the ancestral form of Ptcro- 

 ■phonis. 



hrachijclactyld, Tr. 



amureiisis, Christ. 



81. Pterophorus, Gcoffr. 



Face without tuft ; ocelli obsolete ; tongue developed. Antennae 

 two-thirds, in S ciliated {\ — 1). Labial palpi moderate, more or 

 less ascending, filiform, second joint sometimes loosely scaled, 

 terminal joint moderate or short, acute. Maxillary palpi obsolete. 

 Tibiae simple, outer spurs almost equal inner. Fore wings bifid, 

 cleft from about middle ; vein 2 from near angle or out of 4, or 

 absent, 3 absent, 5 and G very short, 7 absent, 9 absent, 10 absent, 

 11 from a point with or out of 8 or absent. Hind wings trifid, third 

 segment without black scales in dorsal cilia ; vein 2 from middle 

 of cell, 3 absent, 5 and 6 very short, 7 to apex. 



A considerable genus, nearly cosmopolitan, but no 

 truly indigenous species occurs in Australia. 



caspius, Ld. punctinervis, Const. 



volgensis, Moschl. xanthodactylus , Tr. 



spilodactylus, Curt. xerodactylus, Z. 



galactodactylus, Hb. *decvpiens, Ld. 



*subalternans, Ld. haliodactylns, Z. 



phlomidis, Stgr. calcarius, Ld. 



pcntadactylus , L. parthicus, Ld. 



cojifusus, H.-S. semiodactylus, Mn. 



