6o lepidopteka heterocera 



77. Genus PARATORNA, Meyrick 



Paratorna. Vteyiick, Jouni. Hombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Vol. 17, p. 980(1907). — 'l"ype : P. doriasi 

 Meyrick. 



Characters. — Aatennae iu (j' ciliated. Falpi moderate, curved, ascending, second joint with 

 appressed scales, terminal joint moderate. oblique. Thorax without crest. Anterior tibise and tarsi very 

 shori, stout. Forevvings with tufts of scales, without costal fold, ape.x obliquely rounded, termen promi- 

 nent, apparent apex on vein 5, 7 sep:irate. Hindwings without basal pecten ; 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approxi- 

 mated, 6 anil 7 closeiy ap])roximated towards base. 



Remarks. — .\ develo]iment o{ Peronea, correlated to the preceding genus. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Indiaii. 



Larva unknown. , . 



I. P. dorcas, Meyrick, Journ. Bombax- Nat. Hist. Soc. \'ol. 17, p. 980(1907). India. . ; 



- Pl. 2, Fig. 23; Pl. 5, Fig. 75. 



78. Genus PERONEA, Ourtis 



Peronea. Curtis, Hrit. Ent. Vol. i, p. i5 (1824). — Type : P. cristana, Fabricius. 



Acleris. Hiibner, Syst. Verz. Schmett., p. 384 (1826). — Type : P. aspersana, Hiibner. 



Lopas. Hiibner, ibidem, p. 384 (1826). — Type : F. cristana, Fabricius. 



Rhacodia. Hiibner, ibidem, p. 384 (1826). — Type : P. caudana, Fabricius. 



Eclectis. Hiibner, ibidem, p. 385 (1826). — Type : P. hasHana, Linna^us. 



Teleia. Hiibner, ibidem, p. 385 (1826). — Type : P. abietana, Hiibner. 



Oxlgrapha. Hiibner, ibidem, p. 386 (1826). — Type : P. literana, Linnaeus 



Crcesia. Hiibner, il^idem, p. 392 (1826). — Type : P. holmiana, Linnaeus. 



Paramesia. Stephens, Cat. Brit. Ins. p. 187(1829). — Type : P./errtigana, Treitschke. 



Glyphisia. Stephens. ibidem, p. 188 (1829). — Type : P. caudana, Fabricius. 



Chelmatophila. .Stephens, ibidem, p. 189 (1829). — Type : P. mixtaua, Hiibner. >; 



Teras. Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. Vol. 7, p. 233 (1829). — Type : P. candana, Fabricius. 



Leptogramma. Curtis, Guide Brit. Ins. p. i73(i83i). — Type : P. liierana, Linnaeus. 



Phloiophila. Duponchel, Hist. Nat. Lep.. Vol. 9, p. 19 (1834). — Type : P. literana, Linnu;us. 



Glyphiptera. Duponchel, ibidem, p. 126 (1834). — Type : P. literana, Linnaeus. 



Phricanthes. Meyrick, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales. Vol. 6, p. 636 (188 r). — Type : P. asf>erai:a, 



Meyrick. 

 Polylopha. Lower, rrans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., Vol. 25, p. 71 (1901). — Type : P. epidesma, Lower. 

 Polyortha. Dognin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., p. 85 (igo5K — Type : P. niveopunctata, Dognin. 



Characters. — .-\ntenn;e in cf shortly ciliated. Palpi moderately long, porrected, second joint 

 with projectingscales above and beneath, terminal joint moderate. Thorax sometimes with crest. Fote- 

 wings with tufts of scales (seldom almost obsolete), without costal fold; 3 and 4 sometimes stalked, 

 7 separate, to costa. Hindwings without basal pecten ; 3 and 4 connate or short-stalked, 5 approximated 

 to 4 or parallel, 6 and 7 closely approximated towards base. 



Remarks — Correlated with Mictoneura; the most primitive species closely approach the 

 ancestral torm of the family, differing essentially therefrom only in the characteristic costal termination 

 of vein 7 of forewings. Many of the species are remarkablc for their high degree of variability, especially 



