294 PSYCHIDjE. 



*622. Acanthopsyche ((Eceticoides) elwesi, Heyl Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 

 1890, p. xi. 



<$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen clothed with greyish-black hair ; 

 legs black, the tarsi yellowish. Wings uniform greyish black; 

 fore wing with apex rounded ; veinlet in cell single. Hind wing 

 rounded, the upper part of the cell much shorter than the lower. 



Hob. Ghinjam. Eccp. 18 millim. 



SECT. II. Veins 4 and 5 of both wings from the cell. Fore 

 wing with vein 7 stalked with 8 and 9. 



623. Acanthopsyche (^ftcoufcs)cana, Hmpm. III. Het. ix, ined., 

 pi. 19, fig. 21, pi. 176, fig. 8 (larva-case). 



3 . Head white ; thorax and abdomen pale ochreous brown ; 

 wings greyish fuscous. 



Larva-case rather smooth, covered with comminuted vegetable 

 scales and fibres. 



Hab. Pundaloya, Ceylon. Evp. 24 millim. 



SECT. III. Fore wing with veins 4 and 5 from cell, 

 7 from below angle of cell. 



*624. Acanthopsyche ( (Eceticoides) minor, Moore, Lep. Atk.ip.73', 

 C. $ S. no. 498. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen pilose. "Wings covered with 

 minute scales ; pale cupreous brown, palest below. 

 Hab. Calcutta. Exp. 15 millim. 



Subgenus DASARA THA. 

 Dasaratha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 396. 



Type, D. himalayana, Moore. 



Range. Punjab. 



d . Fore wing with veins 1 b and c anastomosing ; vein 6 

 present; hind wing with vein 6 absent ; a bar between veins 7 

 and 8. The veinlet in the cell of both wings forked. 



625. Acanthopsyche (Dasaratha) himalayana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, 



p. 397; C. $ S. no. 497 A. 



c? . Nearly uniform dark brown ; the head and thorax rather 

 darkest. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 4 and 5 from cell 

 in both wings. 



Hab. Dharmsala, Punjab. Exp. 18 millim. 



626. Acanthopsyche (Dasaratha) longicauda, Warren, P. Z. S. 1888, 



p. 299; C. $ S. no. 491 A. 



<5. Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous grey; antennae 



