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deep blue-black hairs, some of them on the outside of tibia being 

 tipped with white ; whilst in the Sylhet specimen the hair on the 

 inside of the tibia is fuscous black. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Assam; Sylhet. Exp. 46-51 millirn. 



The following species formerly recorded as Indian are omitted. 



Thyris asiliformis, Fabr., C. & S. no. 205, is probably a W. 



Indian Zygcenid. 

 Sura chalybea, But!., C. & S. no. 209, is from Singapore. 



Family 



Small day-flying moths, mostly with brilliant colours ; the an- 

 tennae thickly fringed with long scales along the whole or part of 

 their length ; palpi long, slender, and sickle-shaped. Wings long, 

 narrow, and pointed ; fore wing with vein 1 6 slightly forked or 

 simple at the base, veins 7 and 8 stalked ; hind wing more or less 

 hyaline, three internal veins, vein 8 free from the root. Legs often 

 clothed with long scales above or on the spurs, w hich are long. 



Larvce (of known species) feeding in webs. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Antennae fringed along whole upperside; 



fore wing with vein 2 from end of cell. ... 1. SNELLENIA, p. 206. 



b. Antennae only fringed on median joints ; fore 



wing with vein 2 from before end of cell. 

 a'. Fore wing with vein 6 present ; hind tibiae [p. 207. 



with the spurs tufted 2. (EDEMATOPODA, 



b'. Fore wing with vein 6 absent ; hind tibiae 



with the spurs not tufted 3. ERETMOCERA, p. 208. 



Genus SNELLENIA. 

 Snellenia, Wlsm. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 13. 



Type, S. coccinea, Wlsm. 



Range. Japan ; Sikhim ; Australia. 



Antennas thickly fringed on the upperside. Palpi erect and 

 slender. Fore wings with vein 1 b forked at the base, 7 and 8 

 stalked. Hing wing with vein 1 a short, 1 b furcate at base, 3 and 

 4 stalked ; the end of cell square. Legs slightly tufted at base of 

 spurs. 



* This family is shown by LordWalsingham, in his Monograph, Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. 1889, to be allied to Tinthia in the Sesiidce on the one hand, and on the 

 other to the subfamilies of Tineida, the Gelechiines, Dasycerinte, and ttutalince. 



