874 PYBALIDjE. 



Genus FURCIVENA, nov. 



Type, F. strigiferalis, Hmpsn. 



Range. Sikhim. 



Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint fringed with scales below, the drd 

 naked ; maxillary palpi filiform ; frons flat and oblique ; antennse- 

 of male thickened and flattened ; tibiae with the outer spurs half 

 the length of inner. Tore wing with vein 3 from angle of cell ; 

 4 5 stalked ; 7 and 10 well separated from 8, 9. Hind wing with 

 the cell about half the length of wing; vein 3 from angle; 4, 5 

 stalked ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



6080. Fnrcivena strigiferalis, n. sp. 



rf . Bright ochreous ; 3rd joint of palpi black. Fore wing with 



the base of costa black ; a pro- 

 minent spot in base of cell ; 

 tnree l ess prominent spots on 

 inner margin ; a subcostal streak ; 



* wo * n ee ^' two * n i nterno ~ 



median interspace ; a prominent 

 discocellular spot, and a curved 

 series of postmedial black streaks 

 ^ t he int P erspaces not extending 



to marginal area ; a marginal black line extending round the apex. 

 Hind wing pale fuscous ; the cilia ochreous. 



Hal. Sikhim (Dudgeon). Exp. 16 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus SAMEODES. 



Sameodes, Snell. Tijd. v. EnL xxiii, p. 217 (1880). 

 Pessocosma, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 300. 



Type, S. cancellalis, Zell. 



Range. The tropical and subtropical zones. 



Palpi rostriform, extending about the length of head and down- 

 curved at extremity, the 3rd joint prominent; maxillary palpi 

 filiform ; frons rounded. Pore wing with vein 3 from just before 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 from the angle. Hind wing with the costa 

 slightly excised beyond the middle ; veins 4, 5 approximated for a 

 short distance ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing strongly 

 with 8. 



SEW.'. I. Antennae of male with long cilia and sinuous at middle ; 

 both wings with the apex somewhat produced. 



A . (Pessocosma). Male iviih the hind tibiae not distorted, the outer 

 spurs half the length of the inner ; fore wing with no costal 

 lobe. 



5081. Sameodes peritalis, Wlk. Cat. xvii, p. 466; Hmpsn. III. Het. 

 ix, pi. 174, fig. 21 ; C. $ S. no. 4372. 



Differs from cancellalis in the hyaline markings of the fore wing; 



