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28. Hindwings witli cell i 29. Oruza 



Hindwings with cell i 31. Eucolastra 



Hindwings witli cell f 32., Miraasura 



29. Abdomen with dorsal crest on hasal seg- 



ment only 30. 



Abdomen with dorsal crests on other than 

 basal segment ' 31. 



30. Palpi with a small posterior apical tuft 



on second joint 28. Hypohleta 



Palpi without apical tuft on second joint 33. Eustrotia 



31. Thorax not crested ^ 30. Lophoruza 



Thorax with a nosterior crest 32. 



32. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked 34. Maliattha 



Hindwings with 3 and 4 not stalked ... 35. Lithcicodia 



33. Frons with a transverse apical groove ... 36. TJncula 

 Frons without apical depression 34. 



34. Hindwings with 6 and 7' stalked 37. Ilahrophyes 



Hindwings with 6 and 7 connate 35. 



35. Thorax not crested ^ 36. 



Thorax with a posterior crest 39. Tarache 



36. Hindwings with 8 anastomosing with cell 



to ^ 23. Dlplothecta 



Hindwings w'ith 8 anastomosing with cell 



near base only ... 37, 



37. Palpi with terminal joint very short ... 24. Sophia 

 Palpi with terminal joint long 38. Epopsima 



1. Gen. Aeaeoptera, Hmps. 



Frons not projecting. Palpi moderate or long, upturned; 

 second joint thickened with rough scales; terminal joint 

 moderate or long. Thorax not crested. Abdomen without 

 crests, or "with minute crests on apical segments (canescens). 

 Posterior tibiae smooth. Forewings without areole, 3 and 4 

 stalked, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 stalked. Hindwings with 3 and 4 

 stalked, 5 from slightly below middle (f), 6 and 7 stalked, 

 8 anastomosing with cell to \. 



micraeola, Meyr. epiphracta, Turn, pleurotypa, Turn. 

 canescens, Wlk. 



Araeoptera microclyta, n. sp. 



(/jLiKpoKXvro<;, splendidly small). 



(S , 10 mm. Head whitish; face wdth fine fuscous 

 transverse lines. Palpi long, terminal joint long (§) ; whitish, 

 outer surface of second joint fuscous, temiinal joint with a 

 slender subapical fuscous ring. Antennae whitish, annulated 

 with fuscous. Thorax whitish, with fuscous irroration. 

 Abdomen whitish, on dorsum mixed with brown and irrorated 

 with fuscous. Legs fuscous, annulated with whitish; posterior 

 pair wholly whitish. Forewings rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; whitish, 

 markings fuscous mixed with brown ; a spot on base of costa ; 



