ACANTHOPSYCHE. — PSYCHE. 



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Subgenus AMICTA. 



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



Type, A. quadrangularis, Christ., from Europe. 

 Range. Europe ; Turkestan ; Ceylon ; Java. 

 Eore wing with veins 1 b and c separate. The typical section 

 has vein 6 of both wings absent. 



Sect. II. The cell of both wings short ; fore wing with vein 6 

 present ; veins 7, 8, 9, and 10 stalked. 



632. Acanthopsyche (Amicta) rhabdophora, Hmpsn. Ill, Het. ix, 

 ined., pi. 159, fig. 22, pi. 176, figs. 10, 10 a, b, c, d (larva-case). 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen black. Eore wing smoky black, 

 the base whitish. Hind wing pure white. 



Larva-case formed of comminuted fragments of vegetable matter, 

 that of the male rougher and suspended by a long thread, whilst the 

 case of the female is smoother and without a thread. 



Hub. Pundaloya, Ceylon. Exp. 14 millim. 



Genus PSYCHE. 



Psyche, Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii, 2 Abth. p. 87 (1802). 



S . Antennae bipectinated to tips, the branches short or long. 

 Eore tibia with no spine. Eore wing with 10 to 12 veins ; veins 

 1 b and c anastomosing or separate. Hind wing with 7 or 8 veins. 



1. Psyche (Manaiha) albipes. 



2. P. (Chalioides) vitrea. 



3. P. (Heylaertda) griseata. 



Fig. 204. 



P. (Eurycyttarus) pileata. 

 P. (Barandra) fumata. 



