ACANTHOPSYCHE. PSYCHE. 



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Subgenus AMICTA. 

 Amicta, Heyl. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1881, p. 66. 



Type, A. quadrangular is, Christ., from Europe. 

 Range. Europe ; Turkestan ; Ceylon ; Java. 

 Fore wing with veins 1 b and c separate. The typical section 

 has vein 6 of both wings absent. 



SECT. II. The cell of both wings short ; fore wing with vein 6 

 present ; veins 7, 8, 9, and 10 stalked. 



632. Acanthopsyche (Amicta) rhabdophora, Hmpm. III. Het. ix, 

 ined., pi. 159, fig. 22, pi. 176, figs. 10, 10 a, b, c, d (larva-case). 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen black. Fore wing smoky black, 

 the base whitish. Hind wing pure white. 



Larva-case formed of comminuted fragments of vegetable matter, 

 that of the male rougher and suspended by a long thread, whilst the 

 case of the female is smoother and without a thread. 



Hob. Pimdaloya, Ceylon. Exp. 14 millim. 



Genus PSYCHE. 

 Psyche, Schrank, Fauna JBoica, ii, 2 Abth. p. 87 (1802). 



c? . Antennae bipectinated to tips, the branches short or long. 

 Fore tibia with no spine. Fore wing with 10 to 12 veins ; veins 

 1 b and c anastomosing or separate. Hind wing with 7 or 8 veins. 



Fig. 204. 



1. Psyche (Manatha) albipet. 4. P. (Eurycyttarus) pileata. 



2. P. (Ckalioides) vitrea. 5. P. (Barandrd)fumata. 



3. P. (Heylaertsia) griseata. 



