Classification of the Pyralidse. 480 



Sect. II. Hindwing with vein 3 stalked with 4, 5. 

 Type. (2). Petta alternata, Wan-., A. M. N. H. (G), Assam, Bor- 



xvi., p. 469 neo, Sam- 



bawa. 



Genus Diplopseusiis, 



BiplopseusHs, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1884, p. 284. 



Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint extending about twice tlie length of 

 head and thickly scaled, the 3rd obliquely upturned and set on 

 before the apex of 2nd joint ; maxillary palpi large and triangularly 

 scaled ; frons oblique ; antennae of male somevyhat thickened and 

 flattened ; tibise with the outer spurs about half the length of 



Dlplnpsenstis minima^ <i i \- 



inner. Forewing with the apex somewhat acute ; the outer margin 

 excised below the apex ; vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 stalked ; G from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free. 

 Hindwing with the outer mai'gin excised below apex ; vein 3 from, 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



Type. DiPLOPSEUSTis pekieresalis, Wlk., xix., 958 . Formosn, As- 

 ■fCi/moriza minima, Butl., P. Z. S., 1880, p. sam, Aus- 

 G84 tralia, N. 



Diplopseustis co/isteUala, Warr., A. M. N. II Zealand, 



(G), xvii., p. 4t;4. F]ji. 



Diplopseustis pallidaUa, Warr., A. M. N. H. (G), 



xvii., p. 465. 

 Sufetula nana, Warr., A. M. N. H. (G), xviii., 

 p. 225. 



Auctorum, 



Diplopseustis propJietica, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc, 



1887, p. 198 Australia. 



