290 PSYCHID.*:. 



Key to the Subfamilies. 



a. Fore wing with veins 1 b and c anastomosing. 

 a. Fore wing with vein 1 b sending several 



branches to inner margin 1. CEceticince. 



b'. Fore wing with vein 1 b sending no branch 



to inner margin 3. Chaliince. 



b. Fore wing with veins 1 b and c anastomosing 



or separate. 

 a. Fore wing with vein 1 b sending one 



branch to inner margin 2. Psy china. 



c. Fore wing with veins 1 b and c separate ; 1 6 



sending no branch to inner margin. 



a. Hind tibiae with one pair of spurs 5. Psychoidina;. 



b'. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs 4. Canepliorina. 



Subfamily CECETICIN^E, H.-S. 



Fore wing with vein 1 c anastomosing with 1 6, which emits 

 several branches to the inner margin ; a forked veinlet in the cell 

 of both wings. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Antennae bipectinate to two-thirds length; 



abdomen long; wings long and narrow .... 1. GEcETicus, p. 290. 



b. Antennae bipectinate to tip ; abdomen shorter ; 



wings broader and shorter. 



a'. Fore tibia with a spine 2. CLANIA, p. 291. 



b'. Fore tibia without a spine 3. AMATISSA, p. 292. 



Genus (ECETICUS. 



Oiketicus, Lands. Guild. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv, p. 375 (1827). 

 Dappula, Moore, Lep. Ceyl ii, p. 103 (1883). 



Type, 0. Icirbyi, L. Guild., from Central America. 



Range. Central and S. America; China; Ceylon; Australia. 



<$ . Antennae bipectinated to two-thirds length ; the wings long 

 and straight ; the abdomen extending far beyond the anal angle. 

 Fore tibia with a very long spine. 



G16. CEceticus tertius, Tempi. Trans. Ent. Soc. v, 1847, p. 39, pi. v, 



figs. 1-5 (larva-case). 

 Oiketicus templetonii, Westw. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 234 ; C.$S. no. 492. 



Fig. 199. (Eceticus tertitiK, tf. }. 

 Head and thorax greyish black ; abdomen fuscous. Fore 



