COMPSOGENE. 103 



3. Sculpturing on segment 4 usually present ; 



cremaster wedge-shaped, tip bluntly [Jord., p. Ill- 



bifid Oxyambilyx Roths. & 



No sculpturing on segment 4 ; cremaster 



wedge-shaped, not bifid Clanis Hubn., p. 141 . 



4. Sculpturing on segment 4 5. 



No sculpturing on segment 4 8. 



5. Frontal ridges on head 6. 



No frontal ridges on head 7. [p. 174_ 



6. Ante-spiracular ridges present MarCmba Moore, 



Ante-spiracular ridges absent Agnosia Roths. & 



7. Cremaster conical, simply pointed ; length [Jord., p. 212. 



of pupa 47 mm Rhodoprasina Roths 



Cremaster 5-sided, simply pointed ; length [& Jord., p. 20f). 



of pupa 30 mm Degmaptera Hamps.. 



8. Tongue equal in length to fore leg ; cro- [p. 227. 



master simply pointed LEUCOPHLEBiAWestw., 



Tongue shorter than fore leg 9. [p. 156. 



Tongue longer than fore leg ; cremaster 



vestigial Langia Moore, p. 197. 



9. Cremaster bifid 10. 



Cremaster not bifid, channelled dorsalry 



and vent rally ; two dorso -lateral teeth, 



one near base, one near tip Cypa Walk., p. 222. 



10. Segments 4, 5 and 6 with a subapical belt [Swinh., p. 234. 



of pointed tubercles Phyixosphjngia 



No belts of pointed tubercles Polyptychic Hubn., 



[p. 162. 



Genus COMPSOGENE Rothschild & Jordan. 

 Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 188 ; id., 1907, p. 41. 

 Ambljipterus, Moore, 1882, p. 13. 



Genotype : panopus Cram. 



Imago. — " ^$. Tongue strong at base, reaching middle of 

 abdomen. Palpus large, prominent, truncate, terminal surface 

 nearly as long as the frons in $, first segment strongly curved, 

 nearly 3 mm. long in a straight line from base to tip ; second 

 (inclusive of scaling) 5 mm. long and 3 mm. broad. Antenna 

 of (} 3 mm. and of $ 5 mm. shorter than R 1 of fore wing, end- 

 segment prolonged, setiform, with a rather large number of 

 bristles ; segments grooved in $, almost cylindrical in 9. 

 Abdomen with spines at the edges of the sternites as well as 

 the tergites, but the spines of the former very weak and small. 

 Tibiae not spinose, as long as, or a little longer than, the first 

 tarsal segment ; spurs long, unequal, two pairs on hind tibia, 

 long terminal pair little shorter than first tarsal segment : 

 hind tarsus half as long again as cell of hind wing measured 

 along SC, end-segment (claw excluded) not longer than 

 last but one ; pulvillus large, paronychium with two lobes 

 at each side, upper lobe long and slender, lower lobe much 

 broader. Distal margin of fore wing entire, apex truncate - 

 sinuate ; cell of hind wing small, not quite a third the length 

 of the wing, measured along SC : R 2 of hind wing before 



