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Family LITHOSIID^. 

 Genus TANTIIRA Kirby. 



1892, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. p. 86. 



Penthetria Hy. Edw. 

 1881, Hy. Edw., Papilio i, 80. 



Primaries 12-veined, median vein 4-branched; veins 3-5 straight, 

 equidistant; cell closed: vein 6 arises below apex of cell; veins 

 7-9 on a stalk from apex of cell; vein 10 from the subcostal near 

 apex of cell; vein 11 also from subcostal; 12 from base of wing. 

 Secondaries 8-veined, two internal veins ; median vein 3-branched; 

 veins 3-4 on a stalk from lower angle of cell ; cell closed ; vein 5 

 arising below the middle of cell; veins 6-7 on a long stalk from 

 apex of cell; vein 8 from subcostal below middle of cell, running 

 straight to apex of wing. Antennae simple, minutely ciliate. 



Type Penthetria tnajicscula Hy. Edw. 



Penthetria parvula Hy. Edw. does not belong to any family of 

 the Macroheterocera. 



Genus GRAMBIDIA Pack. 

 The venation is peculiar. Primaries: vein i is free; median 

 2-branched; vein 2 arising from the middle of the discal cell; ar- 

 cuate at base; vein 3 is a continuation of the median, straight to 

 outer margin of wing (veins 4-5 absent); cell closed, vein 6 at 

 or below apex of cell; a small, roundedly triangular accessory 

 cell, indifferently present or absent in the same species; when 

 absent, veins 7-9 arise on a stalk from apex of discal cell, and 

 vein 10 from the subcostal; when present, veins 7-9 arise from 

 the end of the accessory cell and vein 10 from its base, or from 

 its upper part; vein 11 arises from the middle of the subcostal 

 vein; vein 12 from base of wing, running very close to vein 11, 

 or actually united with it for a considerable distance. Seconda- 

 ries: two internal veins; median 3-branched; vein 2 arises before 

 middle of cell; veins 3-4 on a long stalk from lower angle of cell 

 (vein 5 absent); cell weakly closed; veins 6-7 on a short stalk 

 from apex of cell; vein 8 from subcostal at middle of cell. 



Table of species: 



Wings pale brown pallida Pack. 



Wings white. 



Head yellow, contrasting with body . . . cephallca G. & R. 



Head white, concolorous . casta Sanb. 



