Classification of the PrjraJiJas. 

 Genus Hendecasis. 



493 



Hendecasis, Ilmpsn., Moi;hs of India, vol. iv., p. 140 



(1896). 



Palpi porrect, straight and nearly naked, about three times 

 length of head, the 2ud joint long, the 3rd well developed ; maxil- 

 lary palpi triangularly scaled ; frons rounded ; antennas annulate 



Ilendecasis dupUfasdalis, $ , | (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 



and somewhat thickened. Forewing with the apex acute ; the 

 outer margin excurved at middle ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 

 6 from upper angle ; 7 absent ; 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hindwing with 

 veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; G, 7 from upper angle. 

 Type. (1). fHENDECASis duplifas^cialis, Hmpsn., Ill, W. Africa, 



Het., viii., p. 141, pi. 15G, fig. 18 . . India, Ceylon. 

 (2). -]-Hem)ecasis FUEVALi!*, Hmpsu., 111. Het., 



ix., p. 180, pi. 174, fig. 7. . . . Ceylon. 



(3). fHENDECASIS APICIFERALIS, Wlk , XXxiv., 



123G China. 



Genus Plegnectoides. 



Pleonectoides, Hmpsn., 111. Het., viii., p. 134 (1891). 



Palpi porrect,rostriform,pro]ecting about twice the length of head, 

 the 2nd joint thickly scaled, the third hidden by hair ; maxillary palpi 

 dilated with scales ; frons oblique; anteunaj annulated with rings 



Pleonectoides vinacea, ^ , \ (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 



at the joints ; legs long and slender, the outer spurs about half the 

 lehgth of inner ; abdomen with lateral tufts towards extremity. 

 Forewing long and narrow ; vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4, Son a 

 long stalk ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, and 11 



