1895.] 



OF THE SCHCETNOBIIN^ AlTD CEAMBIUjE. 



901 



h^. Fore wing with veins 6, 7 from cell. 



o^. Palpi with the 3rd joint short and bhint 11. Obtusipalpis. 



P. Palpi with the 3rd joint long and down- 

 curved. 

 a*. Frons flat and oblique ; fore wing with the 



apex rounded 24. Cirrhochrista. 



b*. Frons with a rounded projection ; palpi 



once to twice the length of head 21. Scirpc/phaga, 



c*. Frons with a slight tuft ; palpi three to 



four times length of head 22. Schoenohius. 



c*. Palpi dilated towards extremity ; tibise with 

 the spurs minute ; fore wing with -yein 1 b 

 not reaching outer angle 25. Acentropus, 



Genus Niphoptealis. 



Niphopyralis, Hmpsn. 111. Het. ix. p. 181 (1893). 



Palpi upturned, smoothly scaled and hardly reaching vertex of 

 head ; maxillary palpi minute ; frons rounded ; antennae of male 

 bipectinated ; tibiae with the spurs nearly equal. Fore wing short 

 and rounded ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 

 7 well separated from 8, 9 ; 10, 11 free. Hind wing -svith veins 

 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



Niphopyralis nivalis, cJ. 



(l)tNiPHOPTEALis NIVALIS, Hmpsn. HI. Het, ix. p. 181, pi. 174. 



f. 6. Ceylon. 



(2)tNiPH0PYEALis CONTAMINATA, Hmpsn. HI. Het. ix. p. 181, 



pi. 174. f. 14. Ceylon. 



(3)tNiPHOPni.Uiis ALBiDA, Hmpsu. 111. Het. ix. p. 181, pi. 174. 



f , 25. Bhutan ; Bombay ; Ceylon ; Borneo. 



Niphopyralis svffidalis, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xvi. p. 299. 



Genus Gojtothteis, nov. 



Palpi obliquely upturned, the 2nd and 3rd joints fringed with 

 hair in front ; maxillary palpi well developed and nearly filiform : 

 irons oblique and thickly clothed with hair ; antennae of male 

 somewhat annulated and strongly ciliated ; spurs well developed 

 and equal. Fore wing with the costa strongly arched at base ; the 

 outer margin produced to a point at vein 7, then excised to vein 



3, where it is strongly angled ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 



4, 5 from angle ; 7 well separated from 8, 9, 10, which are stalked. 

 Hind wing with the outer margin angled at vein 3 ; 6, 7 from 

 upper angle. 



