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Key to Genera and Subgenera. 



A. Fore tibia with a long spine I. Acanthopsyche, p. 293. 



a. Fore wing with, veins 1 b and c 



anastomosing. 

 a'. Hind wing with the cell closed. 



a 2 . Vein 6 absent in both wings . . (1) CEceticoides, p. 298. 

 b 2 . Fore wing vein 6 present; 



hind wing vein 6 absent .... (2) Dasaratha, p. 294. 

 <r. Fore wing vein 6 absent; 



hind wing vein 6 present. ... (3) Brachycyttartisj:). 295. 

 d 2 . Vein 6 present in both wings . (5) Metisa, p. 296. 

 b'. Hind wing with the cell open . . (4) Pteroma, p. 296. 



b. Fore wing with veins 1 b and c 



separate (6) Amicta, p. 297. 



B. Fore tibia without a spine II. Psyche, p. 297. 



a. Fore wing with veins 16 and c 



anastomosing. 

 a . Vein 6 present in both wings . . (1) Manatha, p. 298. 

 b'. Fore wing vein 6 present ; hind 



wing vein 6 absent (2) Heylaertsia, p. 298. 



c'. Fore wing vein 6 absent; hind 



wing vein 6 present (3) Chalioides, p. 299. 



a". Vein 6 absent in both wings . . (4) Eurycyttarus, p. 299. 



b. Fore wing with veins 1 b and c not 



anastomosing (5) Barandra, p. 300. 



Genus ACANTHOPSYCHE. 



Acanthopsyche, Heyl. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1881, p. 66. 



<$ . Antennae bipectinated to tips, the branches diminishing in 

 length from the middle. Fore tibiae with a very long spine. 



ubyenus CECETICOIDES. 

 Oiketicoides, Heyl. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. 1881, p. 66. 

 Type, (E. inquinata, Led., from Europe. 

 Range. Europe; Japan; India; Ceylon; Australia. 

 S . Fore wing with vein 1 c anastomosing with 1 b ; vein 6 

 absent in both wings. Hind wing with a bar between veins 7 

 and 8. 



Sect. I. Veins 4 and 5 of both wings stalked. Fore 

 wing with vein 7 from cell. 



621. Acanthopsyche {(Eceticoides) bipars, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 406 

 C. $ S. no. 866. 



c? • Head, thorax, and abdomen 

 black, clothed with white hairs. 

 Fore wing hyaline, the basal area 

 smoky black; veins and margins 

 narrowly black. Hind wing with 

 the basal two-thirds smoky black ; 

 the marginal area hyaline; the 

 veins and margins narrowly black. 

 flab. Bombay. Exp. 18-28 millim. 



Fig. 202. — (Eceticoides bipars, $ . 



