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b 5 . Abdomen with dorsal tufts ; 

 fore wing with the costa 



^ arched at base 16. OMPHALOCEBA, p. 167, 



b l . Veins 4, 5 of each wing approxi- 

 mated for about one-third 



length or stalked 19. PARACTENIA, p. 172. 



c 3 . Maxillary palpi minute. 



4 . Fore wing with veins 4, 5 



from angle of cell 23. DILOXIA, p. 179. 



. Fore wing with veins 4, 5 



^ stalked 17. TOCCOLOSIDA, p. 168, 



b' 2 . Palpi more than twice the length 



of head. 



a 3 . Maxillary palpi filiform ; frons 

 with a sharp tuft; hind wing 

 of male with a tuft of hair near 



inner margin above 20. PROSABIS, p. 173. 



b s . Maxillary palpi minute ; frons 

 smooth ; palpi with the 2nd 

 joint short, the 3rd long, in male 

 with a fringe of hair on inner 



side arising from a groove 21. TEEBANIA, p. 174. 



b'. Fore wing with vein 6 stalked with 



7,8,9. 4 



a 2 . Fore wing with vein 10 free .... 15. HYBOLOMA, p. 167. 

 6 2 . Fore wing with vein 10 stalked 



with 6, 7, 8, 9 25. OBYBINA, p. 181. 



B. Hind tarsi with a large tuft of hair on 

 1st joint. 



a. Palpi long, rostriform and fringed 



with hair in male, upturned in female. 14. EHYNCHETEHA,p.l66. 



b. Palpi long, rostriform, and smoothly 



scaled in both sexes ; male with tufts 

 of hair at end of 2nd and on 3rd 

 joint, forming a cavity 24. PBOPACHYS, p. 180. 



c. Palpi short and straight, hardly reaching 



beyond the frontal tuft 18. SACADA, p. 169. 



Genus VITESSA. 

 Vitessa, Moore, Lep. E. I. C. p. 299 (1858). 



Type, V. suradeva, Moore. 



Range. Sikhim ; Assam ; S. India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Anda- 

 mans ; Nicobars ; Celebes ; Ceram ; New Guinea. 



Palpi upturned, slender, and smoothly scaled, the 2nd joint 

 reaching vertex of head, the 3rd long ; maxillary palpi dilated 

 with scales ; antennae bi pectinate in male with very short branches 

 dilated at extremity, thickened and flattened in female ; tibiae 

 slightly fringed with hair ; abdomen dilated at extremity and with 

 large anal tuft, the claspers of male very large and usually pro- 

 truded. Fore wing long and narrow ; the costa arched towards 

 apex ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked in male, approxi- 



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