754 SIE G. F. HASIPSON — BEVISION OF MOTHS [NoV,15, 



Sect. 1. (^Phalangiodes). Fore legs of male with thick tufts of long 

 hair on the tibiae, the 1st joint of tarsus fringed with long 

 hair on both sides ; mid and hind tibise fringed on both sides 

 with short hair. Fore wing with veins 4, 5 from above angle 

 of cell and shghtly distorted ; hind wing with vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell, curved downwards for a short distance, 

 and with a small streak of hyaline membrane above it ; veins 

 4, 5 curved apart near origin, then approaching each other 

 again ; 7 curved downwards near origin. 



(1) Leptrodes pueritia' Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 264. F. India, 

 Phalcena jperspectata Fabr. Syst. Ent, p. 640. Ceylon, &Burma ; 



the Malayan subregion ; 

 Australia. 



Sect. II. (Lepi/rodes). Male with the fore tibia and 1st joint of 

 tarsus fringed with long hair, but the tibia without thick 

 tufts ; neuration normal, and no hyaline streak on hind wing. 



Type. (2) Leptkodes geometkalis Gruen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 278, pi. 8. f. 6. 



W. Africa ; China ; Formosa ; India, Ceylon, & 

 Burma ; Java ; Australia, 



(3) Lepyeodes capensis Wlk. xxxiv. 1344, W, & S. Africa, 



Aucto7-um. 



Lejjyrodes quadrinalis Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 278. 



Central Africa. 

 „ jiiahilis Waliengr, (Efv, Ak, Forh, xxxii. 1, p, 122. 



Transvaal. 



Genus 81. Stllepis, 



SylUpis Poey, Lep. Cuba (1832V 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint slightly sealed in front, the 3rd 

 minute and porrect ; maxillary palpi filiform, f rons flat and oblique ; 

 antennae annulate, in male with short fasciculate branches ; tibiae 



Fig, 81. 



Syllepis marialis, cJ . |. 



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

 Fore wing narrow ; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 7 straight 

 and well separated from 8, 9, to which 10 is approximated. Hind 



^ Cramer's plate is wrougly lettered, v. description. 



