1898.] 



or THE StJBFASIILY PYEAUSTIN^. 



61^ 



vein 4 ; a terminal band dentate inwards above vein 5. Hind 

 wing with terminal blackish band and traces of a medial band. 

 Hah. Brazil, Castro Parana. Exp. 12 mm. 



Genus 15. Atji-aoopteea. 



Aulacojyfera Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 254 (1896). 



Palpi upturned and slender, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of 

 head, the 3rd long and acuminate ; maxillary palpi filiform ; frons 

 rounded ; antennae annulate ; tibise with the outer spurs about 

 two-tliirds length of inner. Pore wing with vein 3 from before 

 angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 7 straight and well separated from 

 8, 9, to which 10 is approximated; male with vein 11 curved and 

 running round a furrow of somewhat ribbed membrane below the 

 costa. Hind wing with vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4, 5 approxi- 

 mated for a short distance ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



Fig. 15. 



Aulacoptera fuscinervalis, c?. 



(From Moths Ind. vol. iv.) 



Type. AuLACOPTEEA FuscrNEEVAXis Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xxi. p. 300. 



Assam ; Pulo Laut. 



Genus 16. Xanthomel^ka. 



XanthomeTcena, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 255 (1896). 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd 

 well developed and acuminate ; maxillary palpi small and filiform ; 

 frons rounded ; antennse of male thickened and flattened ; tibiae 

 with the outer spurs half the length of inner ; abdomen long and 



Xanthomelmna sckematias, (^ . 



(From Moths Ind. vol. iv.) 



slender, with large protrusible anal tufts. Pore wing long and 

 rather narrow ; the cell short ; vein 2 from angle ; 3 approxi- 

 mated for some distance to 4, 5, which are on a long stalk ; 7 

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