488 



Sir George F. Hampson on the 



somewhat narrow; the cell short; veins 8, 4, 5 stalked; 6 from 

 well below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hindwiug with the 



Cangetta rectiUnea, $ , ^ (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 



cell very short ; vein 3 from angle ; 4, 5 on a long stalk ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing strongly with 8. 



Type. (1). fCAXGETTA liECTiLiNEA, Moore, Lep. Ceyl., 



iii., p. 314, pi. 182, fig. 3. . . . Ceylon. 

 ■fraraj)07iyx griseolalis, Hmpsn., lU. Ilet., 

 ix., p. 176, pi. 174, fig. 12. 

 (2). Cangetta ALBOCARNEA, Warr., A. M. N. H. Assam, Cey- 

 (6), xvii., p. 149 lon,PuloLaut. 



Aiictorum. 



Paraponyx hartoghiulin, Snell., Tijd. v. Ent., 

 f2), vii., p. 97, pl.7, figs. 14, 1.5 



Guinea. 



Genus Petta. 

 Petta, Warr., A. M. N. H. (G), xvi., p. 469 (1895). ., ,. 



Palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd joint fringed with very long 

 hair below, the 3rd long, naked and acute ; maxillary palpi long 

 and triangularly scaled : antennaj of male ciliated : tibise nearly 



Petta costistrigalis, ^, f (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 

 smooth, the spurs long. Forewing with the outer margin excised 

 below apex ; vein 2 absent ; 3, 4, 5 stalked ; 6 from upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hindwing with vein 3 from angle of cell, 

 or stalked with 4, 5 ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



Sect. I. Hindwing with vein 3 from cell. 



(1). f Petta cosTiSTKiOALif!, Hmpsn., Moths of 



India, vol. iv., p. 138 .... Ceylon. 



