678 SIE G. F. HAMPSOIf — REVISION OF MOTHS [NoV. 1 5, 



Sect. I. (Conder/a). Antennae of male with the base of shaft 

 greatly excised; patagia with tufts of long hair extending 

 beyond the metathorax. 



(l)tPHRTGANODEs OBSCUEATA Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 345, pi. 183. 

 f . 12. India ; Ceylon ; Burma. 



Sect. II. Antennte of male with the basal joint greatly dilated 

 and bearing tufts of hair ; the base of shaft excised ; the 

 patagia short. 



(2)tPHETGAiroDES EADiCALis Wlk. xxiv. 1417. Ceram. 



(3)tPHRTGANODES EREBUSALIS, n. sp. 



cJ . Deep black-brown, with a slight purplish gloss ; the small 

 distal tuft on basal joint of antennae fulvous ; abdomen grey 

 below. Pore wing with indistinct curved antemedial line, a disco- 

 cellular lunule, and postmedial line bent outwards between veins 5 

 and 2, then reti-acted to below angle of cell. 



Hah. Sierra Leone (Clements). Exp. 34 mm. Types in B.M. 

 and Coll. Schaus. 



Sect. III. Antennse of male with large tuft of scales beyond 

 middle; mid tibiae clothed with long rough hair; hind tibiae 

 shortened, with tufts of hair, the spurs and tarsus fringed 

 with long hair. 



(4)*Phrtganodes nttbilis Peld. Eeis. Nov. pi. 136. f. 21, 



Moluccas. 



Sect. IV. (Microthyris). Antennae of male thickened with scales 

 beyond middle ; patagia long ; hind tibiae with thick tufts of 

 hair. 



(5) Pheyganodes peolongalis Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 353. 

 Boiijs sedalis Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 353. W. Indies ; S. Am, 



t „ eurytcdis Wlk. xviii. 576. 



„ agenoralis Wlk. xviii. 617. ^ 



Sect. V, {Sj^argeta). Antennae of male with scale-teeth on basal 

 third above, then slightly contorted. 



(6) Phexganodes basalticalis Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. 1863, 



p. 407, pi. 14. f. 11. Amboina ; Aru ; New Britain. 



Botys ampUpennis Butl. A. M. N. H. 1882, ii, p. 237. 



Sect, VI, Antennae annulate and longer than fore wing, which is 

 long and narrow, the apex produced and acute, 



(6a) Pheyganodes peoductalis, n. sp. 



cJ, Pale yellowish fuscous; palpi with black band on 2nd 

 joint, white towards extremity ; legs and ventral surface of 



