502 Sir George F. Hampson on the 



V Forewiner with vein 10 stalked 



with 7. 8, 9 . . . .23. Oniphalohasis. 



h^ Maxillary palpi iiliform ; frous with a 

 sharp tuft; hindwing of male 

 with a tuft of hair near inner 

 margin above ..... 30. Prosnris, 



c^ Maxillary palpi minute ; frons smooth; 

 palpi with the 2ad joint short, 

 the 3rd L)ng, in male with a 

 fringe of hair on inner side arising 

 from a groove . . . .31. Trehania. 



h* Forewing with vein 7 from 8 after 9 . 39. Mapeta. 

 b^ Forewing witli vein 6 stalked with 7, 8, 9. 

 a^ Forewing with vein 7 from 8 after 9. 



a* Forewing with the costa lobed near 



base ....... 32. Xenomilia. 



h* Forewing with the costa evenly curved . 33. Heterocrasa. 

 63 Forewing with vein 7 from 8 before 9. 



(ti Forewmg with vein 10 free . . .22. Hyholoma. 

 6' Forewing with vein 10 stalked with 



_ 6, 7, 8, 9 40. Oryhina. 



B. Hind tarsi with a large tuft of hair on 1st joint. 

 a Palpi long rostriform and fringed with liair in 



male, upturned in female 21. Rhynchefera. 



b Palpi long rostriform and smoothly scaled in 

 both sexes ; male with tufts of hair at end of 

 2nd and 3rd joints, forming a cavity . . 37- Propachys. 

 c Palpi short, and straight, hardly reaching beyond 



the frontal tuft . . .... 28. Sacada. 



Genus Vitessa. 



Vitessa, Moore, Lep. E. I. C, p. 299 (1858). 



Palpi upturned, slender, and smoothly scaled, the 2nd joint 



reaching vertex of head, the .'^rd lang ; maxillary palpi dilated with 



scales ; antennae of male bipectinate with the branches dilated at 



extremity, iu female thickened and flattened ; tibite slightly 



Vitessa suradeua, $ , { (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 



fringed with hair ; abdomen dilated at extremity and with large 

 aual tuft, the claspers of male very lai'ge and usually protruded. 

 Forewing long and narrow ; the costa arched towards apex j 

 vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked in male, approxi- 

 mated in female ; 9 given off from 8 after 7. Hindwing with 

 vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 & 6, 7 stalked in male, 4, h 

 approximated in female. 



