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30. Genus Ctenoptilum. 



Otenoptilum, de Niceville, Journ, Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. v. 

 p. 220 (1890). Type, vasava, Moore. 



Anteiin?e : club rather robust, gradually thickened, recurved, finely 

 pointed. Palpi very conspicuous, porrect ; third joint fairly robust, 

 long, slightly carving downwards, bluntly pointed. Fore wing: 

 costa straight, apex broadly truncate ; inner and outer margins 

 suboqual ; cell almost two-thirds the length of costa: vein 12 

 reaching costa far before the end of cell ; vein 8 usually given 

 out beyond the end of cell — that is, veins 7 and 8 anastomose for a 

 portion of their basal length (this is not an invariable character ; the 

 length of the anastomosis varies in different specimens, and occa- 

 sionally, though very rarely, veins 7 and 8 are free for their entire 

 length) ; discocellulars taken together forming a curve, the lower 

 the longer ; vein 3 shortly before the end of cell ; vein 2 con- 

 siderably nearer to vein 3 than to base of wing. Hind wing : outer 

 margin with a tooth-like projection at vein 7 and a second more 

 prominent one at vein 4 ; from this latter projection to the anal 

 angle the margin is perfectly straight, thus giving the wing a 

 very squared appearance. Neuration of hind wing much as in 

 Odontojptilum. Hind tibife with two pairs of spurs, the upper pair 

 minute. Male with a long tuft of hair attached to the proximal 

 end of hind tibiae. 



vasava, Moore 1. 



miilfiffHttafa, de'Sicev 2. 



This genus is closely allied to Caprona and Odontoptilum ; the 

 sharjjly pointed antennae, however, will at once separate it. 

 Confined to Asia. 



31. Genus Tai'ena. 



Tapena, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i. p. 181 (1881). 



Type, tliwaitesi, Moore. 



Antennae : club moderate, hooked, tip acuminate. Palpi con- 

 sj)icuous, porrect ; third joint, short, obtusely conical. Fore wing : 

 apex broadly truncate ; inner and outer margins subequal ; no costal 

 fold in male; cell less than two-thirds the length of costa; vein 12 

 reaching costa before the end of cell ; discocellulars suberect, the 

 lower the longer ; vein 3 shortly before the end of cell ; vein 2 

 about twice as far from end of cell as from base of wing. Hind 

 wing : outer margin sinuate, produced at vein 3, giving the wing a 

 squared appearance ; vein 7 well before the end of cell ; disco- 

 cellulars and vein .i faint ; vein 3 immediately before end of cell ; 

 vein 2 considerably nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. 

 Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Male with a tuft of long hair- 

 like scales attached along the inner side of the hind tibiae. 



The species agni differs from the type in the outer margins of 

 both v>ings being even, but agrees with it in all other respects. 



thuHtifcsi, Moore , , 1 . 



ay»/, de Niceville 2. 



