14 Lord Walsingham's monograph of the genera 



fasciculis lateralibus et fascicule anali conspicuis. Pedes supra 

 calcaria fasciculati. 



Antenna thickly fringed on the upper side, the fringes tapering 

 to the apex. Labial palpi ascending, 2nd joint recurved, clothed 

 with coarse scales ; apical joint naked, slender, acuminate. Maxil- 

 lary palpi very short. Haustellum thickly clothed. Ocelli 

 present. Head and thorax smooth. Fore wings narrow, elon- 

 gate, rounded at apex ; costa arched beyond the middle, depressed 

 before it ; neuration, 12 veins, 2 and 3 arising from near angle of 

 cell, 7 and 8 from a common stem. Hind wings semitransparent 

 at base, rounded at apex, abdominal angle well-developed, costal 

 and dorsal margins almost parallel ; neuration, 8 veins, end of cell 

 somewhat square, 3 and 4 from a common stem. Abdomen flat- 

 tened, slightly tufted at sides, anal tuft broad and well-developed. 

 Legs tufted at base of spurs, but not to the same extent as in 

 Atkinsonia. 



This genus differs from Atkinsonia, Stn., in the greater 

 width of the hind wings, and appears to be more nearly 

 allied to Tincegeria, Wlk., and Arauzona, Wlk., in this 

 respect, partaking of the characters of Dasycera, Hw., 

 and its allies, on the one side, and of Stathmopoda, Stn., 

 Schreckensteinia, Hb,, &c., on the other. Comparing it 

 with undoubtedly allied genera mentioned in this paper, 

 it seems to form a connecting-link between the so-called 

 Gelechidce and the Elachistidce. I entirely agree with 

 the opinion expressed by Mr. E. Meyrick, in a letter to 

 me on this subject, that Snellenia lineata, Wlk., from 

 New South Wales, which he regarded as probably allied 

 to Atkinsonia, is nearly related to Dasycera ; but the true 

 Atkinsonia from India seems to form a distinct con- 

 necting-link between this and the African forms de- 

 scribed by Zeller under the genera (Edematopoda and 

 Eretmocera, which undoubtedly approach Butalis, Tr. 



Tabulation of the species comprised in the genus 

 Snellenia : 



A. Neuration of fore wings more or less outlined with dark scales. 

 a. Fore wings orange-yellow. 



1. lineata, Wlk. 



2. =flavipennis, F. & E. 

 6. Fore wings red. 



1. Tarsi with white rings =tarsella, Wlsm. 



2. Tarsi without white rings coccinea. Wlsm. 



