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b\ Fove vviiiof witli the termen evenly curved. 

 a". Foi-e vping long and narrow. 



«3. Palpi with tuft of hair on 3rd joint behind ; 

 abdomen without crests on terminal 



segments Tiiyriodiss, p. 85. 



b^. Palpi without tuft of hair on 3rd joint 

 behind ; abdomen with dorsal crests on 



terminal segments Marathyssa, p. 88. 



&2. Fore wing short and broad Chi.umetia, p. 63. 



B. Abdomen with dorsal crest on anal segment only . Patyeta, p. 68. 



C. Abdomen without dorsal crests. 



a. Fore wing with the termen excised or oblique 



below vein 3 ; abdomen with paired lateral 



anal tufts Phlegetonia, p. 70. 



b. Fore wing with tlie termen evenly curved. 



a^. Adomen with paired lateral anal tufts Anigr-T^a, p. 1)3. 



b^. Abdomen with tubular anal tuft. 

 a^. Fore wing very long and narrow. 



a^. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 stalked ; pro- 

 boscis absent Aon, p. 108. 



b^. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from cell ; 



proboscis fully developed Anuga, p. 102. 



6^. Fore wing triangular P^ctes, p. 1 09. 



Genns PACIDARA. 



Type. 



Facidara, Wlk. xxxiii. 830 (1865) venusiissima. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to vertex 

 of head and moderately fringed with hair in front, the 3rd moderate ; frons 

 smooth ; eyes large, round ; antennte of male bipectinate with moderate branches 

 to middle, the apical part ciliated, of female with the basal half serrate, 

 the basal joint with large tuft of scales; teguJse of male forming a triangular 

 hood extending to metathorax, which has a slight crest, of female with much 

 smaller hood ; fore tibife of male fringed with long hair, the hind tibife with 

 immense curled tufts of hair, the tarsi with fringe of scales above forming a 

 large spatulate tuft at base, the hind femora fringed with long hair, the base 

 of tibiae with long curled tufts of hair ; abdomen with ridges of hair on basal 

 segments and slight crests on terminal segments, a lateral tuft of a few long 

 spatulate hairs at middle and paired anal tufts of long hair. Fore wing with 

 the apex produced and acute, the termen crenulate, slightly angled at vein 3, 

 then oblique; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell; 6 from upper angle; 

 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing 

 with the costa slightly excised at middle, the termen excurved below apex in 

 male, then excised and with large patch of ribbed membrane on underside 

 from cell to apex; the cell less than half length of wing; veins 3, 4 from 

 angle; 5 fully developed from just above angle; 6, 7 from upper angle; 

 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



6198, Pacidara venustissima. 



Pcccidara venustissima, Wlk. xxxiii. 831 (1865). 



cJ . Head and thorax chocolate-brown, the head with some grey 

 scales ; palpi with the 1st and 2nd joints white except behind : 

 antennce with the basal joint white ; patagia with slight oblique 

 white line ; metathorax with white patch ; pectus pure white ; 

 fore legs chocolate, the tarsi white with chocolate band on 1st joint; 

 mid legs chocolate, the spurs white with black ring, the tarsi 

 white, the fringe of hair tinged with chocolate ; hind logs white, 

 the tibia with black points, the spurs with black rings ; abdomen 



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