EUPTEROT1DJE. 



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Family EUPTEROTID.E. 



A family of large-sized moths. The palpi hairy ; antennae pec- 

 tinated in both sexes ; mid tibia with one pair of spurs, hind tibia 

 with two pairs. Frenulum present. Fore wing with vein 16 

 forked at the base, 1 c absent, 5 from or from above the middle of 

 the discocellulars, 10 almost always absent. Hind wiug with two 

 internal veins ; vein 5 from or from above the middle of the disco- 

 cellulars ; a bar between veins 7 and 8, the latter free from the base. 



Larva with five pairs of prolegs, and tufted with hair. 



Fig. 24. Larva of Eupterote fabia. |. 

 (From Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 136, fig. 1 6.) 



Key to the Genera. 



A. Frons without a corneous ridge. 



a. Fore wing with an areole : antennae Saturni- 



form 



b. Fore wing with no areole ; antennae 



plumose. 

 a'. Palpi upturned and thickly fringed with 



hair in front. 

 2 . Fore wing with veins 7, 8 ; 9 given 



off before end of cell 



b 2 . Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 given 



off from end of cell. 

 a 3 . Fore wing with upper discocel- 



lular very oblique 



b 3 . Fore wing with upper discocel- 



lular nearly erect. 



4 . The discocellulars angled both 

 above and below vein 5 in both 



wings 



6 4 . The discocellulars angled above 



vein 5 in both wings. 

 a 5 . Fore wing rounded at apex . . 

 b 5 . Fore wing produced at apex. . 

 c 4 . The discocellulars angled at or 



below vein 5 in both wings. 

 a 5 . Hind wing with vein 7 given 

 off before the end of the cell. 



1. GANGABIDES, p. 42. 



2. PANDALA, p. 43. 



3. MELANOTHBIX, 



[p. 44. 



4. DBEATA, p. 44. 



5. P ALIBIS A, p. 45. 



6. TAGOBA, p. 46. 



7. PSEUDOJANA, p. 48. 



