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20. Genus Ptkroxys, nov. 



Type, pliancBus, Hewitson. 



Antennae : club short, rather abruptly thickened and tapering to 

 a fine point, bent at about a right angle at its thickest part, the 

 terminal portion longer than the rest of the club ; second joint 

 of palpi densely scaled ; the third joint almost entirely concealed. 

 Fore wing : inner and outer margins subequal ; male with a costal 

 fold ; cell of fore wing three-fifths length of fore wing ; vein 1 2 

 reaching costa just before end of cell ; vein 6 well beloAv end of 

 cell ; upper discocellular short but distinct ; middle and lower disco- 

 cellulars slightly oblique, the lower rather the longer ; vein 3 shortly 

 before end of cell, about four times as far from vein 4 as from base 

 of wing ; vein 2 less than twice as far from end of cell as from base 

 of wing. Hind wing : vein 7 about three times as far from base of 

 wing as from end of cell ; middle discocellular erect, lower outwardly 

 concave, the lower much the longer ; vein 5 from their angle ; vein 3 

 from end of cell ; vein 2 twice as far from base as from end of cell ; 

 outer margin even, lobe inconspicuous. Hind tibice with two pairs 

 of spurs and a long tuft of hair from proximal end. 



*phan(eus, Hew 1. 



*liddcrdaH, Elwes 2. 



Confined to the Oriental region. 



21. Genus Casyapa. 



Uast/pa, Kirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lap. p. 5/6 (1871). 



Type, corvus, Felder. 

 Chatocneme, Felder, Sitzb. Ak. Wiss., math.-nat. CI. vol. xl. 

 p. 460 (1860) (nom. prseocc). 



Antennae long : club moderate, gradually thickened, tapering to a 

 fine point; terminal portion bent but not hooked. Tore wing : male 

 with a costal fold ; inner and outer margins subequal ; cell just two- 

 thirds the length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before the end of 

 cell ; vein 8 from upper angle of cell ; vein 7 below angle ; upper 

 discocellular short, distinct, almost erect ; middle and lower disco- 

 cellulars subequal, erect, and in the same straight line ; vein 5 equi- 

 distant from 4 and 6 ; vein 3 well before end of cell, rather more 

 than twice as far from base of wing as from end of cell ; vein 2 

 three times as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind 

 wing evenly rounded, not produced into a lobe ; cell long, extending 

 more than half across wing ; vein 7 shortly before end of cell, three 

 times as far from 8 as from 6 ; discocellulars faint, nearly erect ; 

 vein 5 wanting; vein 3 just before end of cell ; vein 2 three times 

 as far from base of wing as from end of cell. Hind tibiae densely 

 fringed and with only the terminal pair of spurs. 



corvus, Felder 1. 



( crifomedia, Guer 2. 



s odix, Boisd. 

 [ *caristus, Hew. 



Confined to the East Indies. 



