( '^^--> ) 



(??. Tongue slinrt. Joint of palpns open. Auteniia of S deeply g:rooveil, 

 strongly compressed, ciliae long ; in ? almost cylindrical, feebly grooved, basal 

 fascienlated ciliae slightly prolonged. Tibiae not spinose ; foretibia with apical 

 thorn, shorter than first tarsal segment (thorn excl.) ; spurs short, one pair to liind- 

 tibia; pulvillns and paronychium /n-i'scnt. Abdomen witii spines all over tlie 

 tergites, the spines denser at the apical margins. Distal margin of forewing 

 entire. No friction -organ in c?. 



Early stages not known. 



Tlab, From N.W. India to Ceylon. 



One species. 



Differs from ( 'lanin and Poli/iifi/rl/us in the proximal pair of spurs being absent 

 from the hindtibia, and in the tibiae not l)oing spinose ; from Tjiotho? in tlie even 

 distal margin of tlie forewing and the noii-sjiinose tibiae. 



2511. Agnosia orneus. 



*Sj)hiii.r ora«'«s Westwood, Ctih. Or. Enl. p. 13. f. IC. f. ?j (1848) ((J, Central India ;— Mus. Oxford). 

 *Sii(eniil/nis pmUrniuH Walker, Lint Lei). Ins. B. .)/. viii. p. 253. n. IG (18;i6) ((j" ?, N. India ;— 



Mus. Brit.) ; Boisd., Sjm: Geii. Lip. Hit. i. p. 46. n. 37 (1875) (Centr. India). 

 /lii.tinnii pu<lorina, Butler, Trims. Ziml. Soc. Loiiil. ix. p. 596. n. 7 (1877) (N. [ndia). 

 CUnis piKlnrhia. id., Illiistr. Tiip. Sperini. Lrp. U't. li. ,l/.v. p. 14. t. 81. f. 3(c^) (1881) ( .\lmor.alil : 



Cot. & Swinh., Cut. Muths Ind. i. p. 29. n. liU (1887) (Almorah). 

 Bnaitina oriiciis, Kirby, Cut. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 70.3. n. 11 (1892) (X. India). 

 Aiiihiily.r or/ieti, Hampson, in Blanf., Fnnnii ISril. /ml., Mnthx i. p. 80. n. 114 (1892) (Almorah ; 



Centr. India). 



Westwood describes the foretibia as being "terminated by a strong, curved, 

 horny spine." This peculiar character has not been noticed by Walker, Boisduval, 

 Butler, Hampson. 



cJ ¥ . Tenth tergite elongate-spatulate, apex somewhat truncate; ninth tergite 

 with long hair-scales (PI. XXIV. f. l:i>. (Jlasper sole-shaped (PI. XXXIII. f. 9), 

 without friction-patch ; harpe with three hooks, nearly equidistant, one distal, the 

 other two from the upper edge ; a convex patch of short bristles above the harpe. 

 Penis-sheath (PI. XXX. f. 40) without armature, but the penis-funnel (i'-k) 

 produced into a broad lobe which is covered with minute spines. 



? . Not dissected. 



Early stages not known. 



Hah. Xorth-West India to Ceylon. 



Three specimens in the British Museum ; one of them, from Haragam, near 

 Kandy, (_!eylon, is larger than the others. Several specimens in tlie Oxford 

 Museum ; one in the Tring Museum. 



LXXIV. PARUM gen. nov.— Typus : colligata. 



DaphnuHa Walker, Lint Li-p. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 238 (1856) (partiin ; tjpe ; urellarh) 

 Metaguttes, Oberthiir (/«.// Boisduval, 1875), Et. Enl. xi. p. 29 (1886). 



c??. Tongue short and weak, with mesial fringe. Pilifer with bristles. Trans- 

 verse carina of lalirinn long. Pal|)us larger in <S than in ?, second segment 

 smoothly scaled, joint not distinctly open. Tibiae without spines ; spurs very short, 

 two or one pair to hindtibia ; pulvillns and ])aronyohinni present, the latter wit.h 



