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Genus Ematheudes. 



Type. 



Ematheudes ZeU. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 385 ... panctella. 



Proboscis aborted and minute ; palpi downcurved, extending 

 about three times length of head and thickly scaled ; maxillary 

 palpi minute and filiform ; frons with large tuft of scales ; 

 antennse of male minutely sei'rate and ciliated. Fore wing 

 narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved ; vein 3 

 from close to angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6 from below upper 

 angle; 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 

 fi*om well before angle of cell ; 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; 6, 7 

 shortly stalked ; 8 not anastomosing with 7. 



(1) Ematheudes punctella. 



Chilo punctella Treit. Schmett. Eur. ix. 2, p. 268 (1833) ; Dup. 

 Lep. Fr. pi. 273. f. 4 ; Herr.-Schiiff. Eur. Sclimett. iv. p. 108, 

 Tin. f. 85 ; Rag. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 333 ; Htaud. Oat. Lep. pal. 

 ii. p. 13. 



tS. France ; Spain ; Corsica ; Italy ; Sicily ; Morocco ; 

 Greece ; Turkey ; Cyprus ; Asia Minor ; Syria. 



(2) *Ematheudes pseudopunctella. 



Ematheudes jDseudojnmctella Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 40 (1888) ; id. 

 Rom. M6m. viii. p. 334, pi. 36. f. 22 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. ii. p. 13. 

 Syria. Probably an aberration of E. punctella'. 



(3) Ematheudes straminella. 



Ematheudes straminella Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1872, p. 107, pi. 8. 

 f. 9. 



Gambia ; Sierra Leone ; Angola ; Br. C. Africa ; Portu- 

 guese E. Africa. 



(4) fEMATHEUDES LENTISTRIGALIS. 



Emmatheudes lentistrigalis Hmpsn. Tr. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 134, 

 pi. iv. f. 65 (1909). 



Gold Coast ; N. Nigeria ; Br. E. Africa ; Uganda ; Br. C. 

 Africa. 



(5) Ematheudes paleatella. 



Einatheudes puleateila Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 40 (1888); id. Rom. 

 M6m. viii. p. 334, pi. 36. f. 20. 



Br. E. Africa; Uganda; Br. C. Africa; Mashonaland ; 

 Transvaal ; Natal ; Basutoland ; Cape Colony. 



(6) Ematheudes tunesiella. 



Ennatheudes tunesiella Rag. Iris, v. p. 298 (1892); id. Rom. 

 Mem. viii. p. 335, pi. 42. f. 22; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. ii. p. -13. 

 S, Italy ; Tunis ; Syria ; W. Turkestan, 



