PYRALID^, SUBFAMILY HYPSOTKOPIN^E. 61' 



smooth ; antennae of female almost simple. Fore wing long and 

 narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from angle of cell ; 3 and 5 

 stalked, 4 absent; 6 fi-om below upper angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked, 

 .8 from beyond 10 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell short ; 

 veins 2 and 5 stalked, 3 and 4 absent; 6, 7 from upper angle;. 

 8 strongly anastomosing with 7. 



*MeNUTHIA NANELLA. 



Menuthia ncmella Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 50 (1888); id. Rom. 

 Mem. viii. p. 418, pi. 40. f. 22. 

 Zanzibar. 



Genus TiNERAsxiA. 



Type. 



Tinerastia Hmpsn. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 414 (1901)... Jlssirella. 



Proboscis absent; palpi upturned to rather above vertex of 

 head .and nearly smoothly scaled ; maxillary palpi minute and 

 filiform ; frons with I'ounded prominence ; antennae of male 

 laminate and ciliated, the basal joint rather long. Fore wing 

 rather long and naiTOW, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from towards 

 angle of cell ; 3 and 5 from angle, 4 absent ; 6 from below upper 

 angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked, 8 from bej^ond 10; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wing with veins 2 and 5 from angle of cell, 3 and 4 absent ; 6, 7 

 stalked ; 8 anastomosing strongly with 7. 



(1) tTlNERASTIA DISCIPUNCTELLA. 



Menuthia disclpunctella Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 52 (1896) ; 

 id. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 414, pi. 52. f. 10. 



Ceylon. 



(2) tTlNERASTIA FISSIRELLA. 



Menuthia Jlssirella Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. i^. 52 (1896); id. 

 Rom. Mem. viii. p. 414, pi. 52. f. 9. 

 Ceylon. 



Genus Mesodiphlebia. 



Tj'pe. 

 Mesodiphlebia Zell. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvi. 



p. 251 , crassivenia. 



Proboscis absent; palpi poiTect, about twice the length of 

 head, almost straight and thickly scaled ; maxillary palpi well 

 developed and slightly dilated with scales ; frons with conical 

 tuft of hair; antennae of male laminate and . ciliated, the shaft 

 somewhat curved at base and thickened with scales in the sinus, 

 the basal joint rather elongate and flattened. Fore wing long 

 and narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from near angle of cell 

 3 and 5 separate, 4 absent ; 8, 9, 10 stalked, 8 from beyond 10 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 2 and 5 fi'om angle of cell 

 3 and 4 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing strongly 

 with 7. 



