290 PSYCHID.E. 



Key to the Subfamilies. 



a. Fore wing with veins 16 and c anastomosing. 

 «'. Fore wing with vein 1 b sending several 



branches to inner margin 1. (Eceticince. 



b'. Fore wing with vein 1 b sending no branch 



to inner margin 3. Chaliince. 



b. Fore wing with veins 1 b and c anastomosing 



or separate. 

 a. Fore wing with vein 1 b sending one 



branch to inner margin 2. PsycJiince. 



c. Fore wing with veins 1 b and c separate ; 1 b 



sending no branch to inner margin. 



a. Hind tibiae with one pair of spurs 5. Psychoidince. 



V. Hind tibia? with two pairs of spurs 4. Canephorince. 



Subfamily (ECETICINiE, H.-S. 



Fore wing with vein 1 c anastomosing with 1 b, which emits 

 several branches to the inner margin ; a forked veinlet in the cell 

 of both wings. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Antennae bipectinate to two-thirds length; 



abdomen long; wings long and narrow .... 1. CEceticus, p. 290. 



b. Antennas bipectinate to tip ; abdomen shorter ; 



wings broader and shorter. 



a'. Fore tibia with a spine 2. Clanta, p. 291. 



b'. Fore tibia without a spine 3. Amatissa, p. 292. 



Genus CECETICUS. 



Oiketicus, Lands. Guild. Trans. Linn. Soc. xv, p. 375 (1827). 

 Dappula, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 103 (1883). 



Type, 0. Jcirbyi, L. Guild., from Central America. 



Mange. Central and S. America; China; Ceylon; Australia. 



$ . Antennae bipectinated to two-thirds length ; the wings long 

 and straight ; the abdomen extending far beyond the anal angle. 

 Fore tibia with a very long spine. 



616. CEcetiCTlS tertius, Tempi. Trans. Ent. Soc. x, 1847, p. 39, pi. v, 

 figs. 1-5 (larva-case). 

 Oiketicus templetonii, Westw. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 234 ; C. $ S. no. 492. 



Fig. 199. — CEceticus tertius, $. \. 

 cJ . Head and thorax greyish black ; abdomen fuscous. 



Fore 



