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Genus PSICHOTOE. 



Type. 



Psichotoe, Boisd. Mou. Zyg. p. 129 (1829) dtivnticeli. 



Cacosoitia, Feld. Reis. Nov. p. 2 (187-4), non descr gnatula. 



Proboscis absent; palpi minute and porrect; frons hairy; antenn;^ biserrate ; 

 tibiae with tlie spurs minute ; abdomen with the distal segments dilated and 

 hairy. Foi'e wiug broad and rounded ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 10 stalked ; 9 absent. Hind 

 wing with vein 2 from well before angle of cell ; 3 and 5 from angle ; 4 and 7 

 absent. 



Sect. I. {Psichotoe). Fore wing with vein 11 stalked with 7, 8, and 10; 



7 from 8 beyond 10. 



1. Psichotoe duvauceli. 



Psichotoe duvaucelii, Boisd. Mon. Zyg. p. 129, pi. 8. f. 5 (1829) ; Hmpsn. 

 Moths Ind. i. p. 226 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 111. 



Black ; abdomen with two 

 golden-^-ellow bands, at base and 

 beyond middle. Wings semi- 

 hyaline, sparsely clothed with 

 black hair-like scales, the veins 

 and margins darker. 



Hah. SiND,Karachi; Calcutta (TF. 

 S. Atkinson) ; Assam ; Burma (E. 

 Y. Watson). Exp. 18-20 millim. 



Fig. 9. 



Psichotoe duvauceli, S • t- 

 (From ' Moths of India,' vol. i.) 



Sect II ICacosoma). Fore wing with vein 11 from the cell and curved; 



7 from 8 before 10. 



*2. Psichotoe gnatula. 



Kaclia gnatula, Boisd. Voy. Delegorgue, ii. p. 596(1847); Kirby, Cat. Het. 



p. 106. 

 Cacosoma naclioides, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 102. f. 13 (1874) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 109. 



9. Black-brown; patagia yellow; abdomen dilated, with thick 



tufts of yellow hair from middle 

 to extremity. Fore wing with 

 elongate yellow patch below 

 the cell ; a spot in end of cell ; 

 a postmedial patch between 

 veins 2 and 5. Hind wing 

 yellow with the apical area 

 blackish, narrowing to a point 

 above tornus. 

 Exp. 16 millira. 



Fig. 10 



Psichotoe gnatula, 2 . 

 Ilab. Natal ; Cape Colony". 



