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b'. Fore wing with the termen evenly curved, 
@. Fore wing long and narrow. 
a3, Palpi with tuft of hair on 3rd joint behind ; 
abdomen without crests ou terminal 
RIETRTOSINNE) dooocagsreddosanaopuscndenoseeoNsgex000 Tnyriopus, p. 85. 
63, Palpi without tuft of hair on 3rd joint 
behind ; abdomen with dorsal crests on 
Lonminaly sen mientsrccemesceeseceseeseisceanss Marattiyssa, p. 88. 
62, Fore wing short and broad .................2555 Cuiumertta, p. 63. 
B. Abdomen with dorsal crest on anal segment only. Parara, p. 63. 
C. Abdomen without dorsal crests. 
a. Fore wing with the termen excised or oblique 
below vein 3; abdomen with paired lateral 
AUIMAVIBUIU ESE seen RCA Cete ee meee ret oecn onneer cereals PHLEGETONTIA, p. 70. 
b, Fore wing with the termen evenly curved. 
a’, Adomen with paired lateral anal tufts ........ . AnNrGR#A, p. Vd. 
U1, Abdomen with tubular anal tuft. 
a’, Fore wing very long and narrow. 
a*, Hind wing with veins 35, 4 stalked ; pro- 
bOseisiabseniby © saecatoarecasecencs aeiex uae Aon, p. 108. 
6°, Hind wing with veins 8, 4 from cell; 
proboscis fully developed .................. Anva@a, p. 102. 
Uanore wing trianeular’ 4). crcs.neresceec ses snows Pecres, p. 109. 
Genus PACIDARA. rT 
Type. 
Pacidara, Wik. xxxiii. 830 (1865) ....... peiaeeisonis eects semtectsris sc venustissima, 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex 
of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; frons 
smooth; eyes large, round; antennz of male bipectinate with moderate branches 
to middle, the apical part ciliated, of female with the basal half serrate, 
the basal joint with large tuft of scales ; tecule of male forming a triangular 
hood extending to metathorax, which has a slight crest, of female with much 
smaller hood ; fore tibize of male fringed with long hair, the hind tibia with 
immense curled tufts of hair, the tarsi “with fringe of scales above forming a 
large spatulate tuft at base, the hind femora fringed with long hair, the base 
of tibiee with long curled tufts of hair; abdomen ‘with ridges of hair on basal 
segments and slight crests on terminal segments, a lateral tuft of a few long 
spatulate hairs at middle and paired anal tufts of long hair, Fore wing with 
the apex produced and acute, the termen crenulate, slightly angled at vein 3, 
then oblique; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 
9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing 
with the costa slightly excised at middle, the termen excurved below apex in 
male, then excised and with large patch of ribbed membrane on underside 
from cell to apex; the cell less than half length of wing; veins 3, 4 from 
angle; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 
8 anastomosing with the cell near base only, 
6198. Pacidara venustissima. 
Pacidara venustissima, Wik. xxxiii. 831 (1865). 
6. Head and thorax chocolate-brown, the head with some grey 
scales; palpi with the Ist and 2nd joints white except behind ; 
antenne with the basal joint white; patagia with slight oblique 
white line; metathorax with white patch; pectus pure white ; 
fore legs chocolate, the tarsi white with chocolate band on 1st joint; 
mid legs chocolate, the spurs white with black ring, the tarsi 
white, ‘the fringe of hair tinged with chocolate; hind legs white, 
the tibia with black points, the spurs with black rings: ‘abdomen 
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