128 arctiid^. 



Subfamily NYCTEOLIN^E. 



A group of Arctiidce, many of them coloured green, frequent- 

 ing trees and shrubs. The apex of the fore wing is more or less 

 produced to a point *. 



Larva. Eight pairs of legs : fleshy, with the anal somite tapering 

 to a point. Halias is smooth, the anal prolegs long, and feeds in 

 the open ; Earias is sparsely covered with hair, has the anal 

 claspers short, and feeds among rolled-up leaves. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Fore wing with an areole. 



a . Fore wing with vein 10 anastomosing 



with 7, 8, 9 to form the areole 1. Sinna, p. 128. 



b'. Fore wing with vein 9 anastomosing 



with 8 to form the areole 6. Paracrama, p. 134. 



b. Fore wing with no areole. 



a'. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9, 10 

 stalked. 



a 2 . Hind wing with vein 5 absent 3. Tyana, p. 130. 



b 2 . Hind wing with vein 5 present .... 4. Halias, p. 132. 

 V . Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 

 10 from cell. 



a 2 . Palpi upturned 5. Earias, p. 132. 



b 2 . Palpi porrect and very long 9. Topadesa, p. 1£7 



c'. Fore wing with veins 8, 9, 10 stalked, 

 7 from cell. 

 a 2 . Palpi with the 3rd joint naked. 

 a 3 . Hind wing with the outer margin 



rounded 2. Ariolica, p. 129. 



b 3 . Hind wing with the outer margin 



angled 7. Siglophora, p. 135. 



b 2 . Palpi with the 3rd joint fringed with 



scales on the inside 8. Gabala, p. 136. 



Genus SINNA. f/u^^— /v ^ U v ' L%i 



Sinna, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 641 (1865). 



Teinopyga, Feld. Reis. Nov. p. 9, pi. 106, fig. 18 (1875). 



Type, S. calos-pila, Wlk., from Java. 



Range. Japan ; China ; Assam ; Java ; Sumatra. 



Palpi porrectly upturned, the 3rd joint slender and long. 

 Antennse simple. Tibise with the spurs long. Fore wing with 

 the apex subquadrate ; veins 3, 4, 5 from near lower angle of cell ; 

 6 from upper angle ; 7 forming a small areole with 8, which gives 

 off 9 and 10. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 from lower angle of 

 cell ; 5 from above angle ; 6 and 7 from upper angle ; 8 from 

 before middle of cell. 



* The Nycteolince approach the Acontiince in the structure of vein 8 of the 

 hind wing in some forms, but their tree-frequenting habits are yerj different. 



