1898.] 



OP THE SUBFAMItT PTEAITSTIN^. 



711 



Grenus 68. Authlseetis. 

 Authceretis Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 252, 

 Palpi upturned, the 2n(i joint broadly angled with scales in front, 

 the 3rd greatly tufted with hair and reaching far above vertex of 

 head ; maxillary palpi dilated with scales ; antennae of male with 

 a projection on basal joint in front and a rounded knob on base of 

 shaft ; tibiae with the outer spurs half the length of inner; abdo- 

 men with lateral tufts towards extremity. Fore wing with veins 

 3, 4, 5 somewhat approximated for a short distance ; 7 curved and 

 approximated to 8, 9. Hind wing of male with large tufts of 

 scales below costa and at upper angle of cell below, the area below 

 them clothed with rough fulvous scales ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle 

 of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 68. 



Autharetis eridora, (J . \, 



Type. tAuTH^BETis eridoea Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 252. 



Fiji. 

 Genus 69. Pbokodes. 



Prorodes Swinh, A. M. N. H. (6) xiv. p. 205 (1894). 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd and 3rd joints conically scaled in female, 

 the 3rd in male broad, hollowed out and enclosing a tuft of hair ; 

 maxillary palpi dilated with scales ; frons rounded : antennae of 

 male with the base of shaft excised, then toothed ; tibiae with the 

 outer spurs about half the length of inner. Fore wing with veins 

 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 7 curved and approximated to 8, 9. 

 Hind Aving with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Fig. 69. 



Type. 



Prorodes mimica, J. !• (From Moths Ind. toI. iy.) 



tPEOEODES MIMICA Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xiv. p. 205. 



N.E. India ; Burma ; Malayan subregion ; 

 Notarcha triparalis Warr. A. M, N. H. (6) Queensland. 



xvii. p. 102. 



