Classification of the Pyralidae. 487 



6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free. Hiadwing with 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle. 



Type. fScENEDRA DECORATALis, Wlk., xxxiv., 1242 . Australia. 

 -fPyralis contentalis, Wlk., xxxiv., p. 1247. 



Genus Persicoptera. 

 Ferslcoptera, Meyr., Trans. Eat. Soc, 1884, p. 283. 



Palpi upturned and reaching halfway to vertex of head, the 

 2nd joint fringed with long scales in front, the 3rd short ; maxil- 

 lary palpi minute and filiform ; frous rounded : antennae of male 

 fasciculate ; tibiae smoothly scaled. Forewing with vein 3 from 



Persicoptera pulchrinalis, ^ , \. 



before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; G from upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10 free ; 11 anastomosing with 12. Hindwing with 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle. 



Persicopteka ruLCiiRiNAMS, Guen., Delt. and Australia, 



Pyr., p. 220, pi. iii., fig. 2 Tasmania. 



■\Scopula gavimlis, Wlk., xxxiv., 1475. 



Genus Cangetta. 

 Cangetta, Moore, Lep. Ceyl., iii., p. 314 (1886). 



Palpi upturned and hardly reaching vertex of head, the 2nd 

 joint fringed with hair below, the 3rd conically scaled ; maxillary 

 palpi as long as the labial, and dilated with scales at extremity ; 

 frons flat and oblique ; antennae annulated with rings at the 

 joints ; legs long and slender ; tibiae somewhat hairy. Forewing 



