296 PSYCHID^. 



Subgenus PTEROMA. 

 Pteroma, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, ined. 



Type, P. plagiophleps, Hmpsn. 



Range. Ceylon. 



S . The branches of antennae long. Fore wing with veins 1 h 

 and o anastomosing; veins 6 and 7 absent; 8 and 9 stalked; 11 

 anastomosing shortly with 12. Hind wing more rounded than in 

 Brachycyttarus ; the cell open ; vein 6 absent ; a bar between 7 

 and 8. 



628. Acanthopsyche (Pteroma) plagiophleps, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, 



ined., pi. 159, fig. 19, pi. 176, fig. 13 (larva-case). 



d . Uniform pale brown ; the underside of hind wing bluish 

 white. 



Larva-case suspended by a long silken thread ; both case and 

 thread covered with comminuted fragments of leaves. 



Hah. Nawala-pittia, Ceylon. Exp. 16 millhn. 



Subgenus METISA. 



Metisa, Wlk. Cat. iv. p. 957 (1855). 



Babula, Moore, J. A. S. B. lix, pt. 2, p. 262 (1890). 



Type, M. plana, "Wlk. 



Range. India and Ceylon. 



J . Fore wing with veins 1 b and c anastomosing ; vein 6 

 present. Hind wing with vein 6 present, 8 coincident with 7 to 

 end of cell. 



629. Acanthopsyche (Metisa) plana, Wlk. Cat. iv, p. 958 ; C. $ S. 



no. 494; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. pi. 118, fig. 9. 



c? . Head pale brown ; thorax and abdomen black-brown, almost 

 bare of scales. Wings very pale brown. 

 Hob. Colombo, Ceylon. Eccp. 16 millim. 



630. Acanthopsyche (Metisa) moorei, Heyl. Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1890, 



Babula grotei, Moore, J. A. S. B. lix, pt. 2, p. 262. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-brown ; wings coppery 

 brown. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, and 9 stalked. 

 Hob. Calcutta ; Bangalore. Exp. 16-20 millim. 



*631. Acanthopsyche (Metisa?) snelleni, Heyl. Bull. Soc. Ent. Belg. 

 1890, p. 3. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown ; wings yellowish 

 brown, the veins darker ; fore wing with the apex produced ; 

 veins 8 and 9 stalked. 



Larva-case grey, formed of comminuted vegetable matter. 



Hah. Assam. Exp. 22 millim. 



