Classification of the Pyralidse. 495 



7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 free. Hindwing with the outer margin 

 straight from apex to vein 2, then truncate ; veins 3, 4, 5 from 

 angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



Type. -'Myrmidonistis hopj.(11{a, Meyr., Trans. Ent. 



Soc, 1887, p. 197 ...... Austriilia. 



Genus Parachm[dia^ dov. 



Palpi i^orrect, downcurved, extending about twice the length of 

 head, the 2nd joint angled with scales above, the 3rd long ; max- 

 illary palpi long and filiform ; frons with a tuft of hair ; antennae 

 of male ciliated. Forewing of male with a hyaline fovea in cell ; 

 the costa arched towards apex, which is rectangular ; vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; G from upper angle ; 7 absent ; 

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

 of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing moderately 

 with 8. 



Type. tPARACHMiDiA FEUViDALis, Wlk., xxxiv., 1461. St. Domingo. 

 Scojyula prodigalis,W\k., xxxiv., 14G1. 



Genus Rostripalpus. 



Rostripalpus, Hmpsn., Moths of India, vol. iv., p. 142 



(1890). 



Palpi rostriform, downcurved, thickly scaled and extending about 

 the length of head ; maxillary palpi minute and filiform ; frons 



RostrqKilpus loiiyipennis, 9 , f (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 



with a slight tuft ; antennas of female minutely ciliated ; tibiae 

 with the spurs long. Forewing very long, narrow and produced at 

 apex ; vein 3 from angle of cell; 4, 5 stalked : 10, 11 free. Hind- 

 wing with vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle, 7 anastomosing strongly with 8. 

 Type. tRosTRiPALPOS LONGiPENNis, Hmpsn., 111. Het., 



viii., p. 128, pi. 154, fig. 20 Nilgiiis. 



