204 LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA 
285. GENUS TISIS, WALKER 
Tisis, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus Vol. 29, p. 793 (1864). — Type : T. bicolorella, Walker. 
Tonosa, Walker, ibidem, Vol. 29, p. 796 (1864). — Type : T. seclusella, Walker. 
Tingentera, Walker, ibidem, Vol. 29, p. 798 (1864). — Type : T. meliorella, Walker. 
Tipha, Walker, ibidem, Vol. 29, p. 798 (1864). — Type : T. chalybaeella, Walker. 
Tirallis, Walker, ibidem, Vol. 2c, p. 806 (1864). — Type : T. chalybaeella, Walker. 
Cacogamia, Snellen, Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 46, p. 48 (1903). — Type : T. elegans, Snellen. 
Characters. — Head smooth-scaled; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. Antennae over r, 
in Gf with sinuation and thickening of dense scales near base. in Q more or less roughened with scales 
near base, basal joint long, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint with appressed 
scales, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute, or in O' sometimes clothed with dense rough 
scales to apex. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with 
róugh hairs. Forewings with r5 furcate, 2 from angle, 3 absent (seldom visible as a minute furcation at 
extreme apex of 2), 4 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, '9 sometimes out of 7, 11 from middle. 
Hindwings t or over r, elongate-trapezoidal, termen more or less rounded, cilia 1/2-3/4; 4 connate with 
or out of 3 or absent, 5 closely approximated or out of 3, 6 and 7 stalked, 6 sometimes to costa or 
absent. . 
Remarks. — Correlated with Doxogenes and Timyra as similar but distinct developments from a 
common origin. Elegant insects, often with ornamental orange and metallic colouring. 
Geographical distribution of species. — Malayan, with centre of origin in Borneo. 
Larva unknown. 
r. T. meliorella, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. Vol. 29, p. 798 (1864). Borneo. 
2. T. hemixysta, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 438 (1910). Borneo. 
3. T. mesososla, Meyrick, Suppl. Ent. p. 5o (1914). Formosa. 
4 T. hyacinthina, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 439 (1910). Borneo, 
5. T. argyrophaea, Meyrick, ibidem, p. 439 (1910). Borneo. 
6. T. eurylampis, Meyrick, ibidem, p. 438 (1910). Borneo, 
7. T. helioclina, Meyrick, ibidem, p. 19 (1894). Burma. 
8. T. elegans, Snellen, Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 46. p. 49, pl. 5, f. t0 (1903). — Java. 
9. T. chalybaeella, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. Vol. 29, p. 799 (1864). — Borneo. 
PI. 4, Fig. 80. 
latífasciella, Walker, ibidem, Vol. 29, p. 806 (1864). 
10. T. charadraea, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 439 (1910). Malay States. 
11. T. luteella, Snellen, Tijdschr. v. Ent. Vol. 46, p. 5o, pl. 5, f. 13 (1903). Java, Borneo, Sumatra. 
12. T. bicolorella, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. Vol. 29. p. 793 (1864). Borneo. 
13. T. imperatrix, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 440 (1910). Borneo. 
14. T. seclusella, Walker, List Lep. Het. Brit. Mus. Vol. 29, p. 796 (1864). Borneo. 
286. GENUs MNESTERIA, MEYRICK 
Mnesteria, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 438 (1910). — Type : M. fAaretrata, Meyrick. 
Characters. — Head smooth-scaled; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. Antennae over r, in 
Gf simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten, in c with slight apical scale-projection. Labial palpi 
