MOFIATIA . — APEATA. 



303 



648. Moffatia plumicauda, Moore, J. A. S. B. lix, pt. 2, p. 264. 



3 . Dark greyish black, the tufts 

 on abdomen black. Wings hyaline, 

 with scattered hair-like scales ; mar- 

 gins rather broadly black ; veins black. 



Hab. Upper Kunawar. Exp. 24 

 millim. 



Fig. 206—Mojfatia plumi- 

 cauda, 3. }. 



Subfamily PSYCHOIDIN^ Heyl. 



t$ . Fore wing with veins 1 b and c not anastomosing, 1 c very 

 slight ; 1 b not giving off a branch. Hind tibiae with a single 

 pair of spurs. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Antennas bipectinated ; tibia? with the spurs 



long 1. Diabasis, p. 303. 



b. Antennae, not pectinated but roughly scaled : 



tibiae with the spurs minute 2. Aprata, p. 303. 



Genus DIABASIS. 

 Diabasis, Heyl. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1881, p. 67. 



Type, D. helicinoides, Heyl., from Europe. 



Range. Europe ; Nilgiris. 



<3 . Antenna? bipectinated, the branches very far apart and 

 slightly swollen at extremities. Wings elongated. Hind legs 

 longer than fore legs, the tibiae with a pair of long terminal spurs. 



649. Diabasis nilgirensis. 



Bijugis sikkimensis, Heyl. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1890, p. 2 (nom. 

 inept.). 



S . Eore wing with veins 6 and 10 

 absent ; 8 and 9 stalked. Hind wing with 

 veins 6 and 7 stalked, 8 absent ; veinlets in 

 cell in both wings forked. Head, thorax, 

 and fore wing pale reddish brown ; abdomen 

 and hind wing brownish ochreous. Fore 

 tibia with a long spine. 



Hob. Nilgiri plateau, 7000 ft. Exp. 16 

 millim. 



Fig. 207. — Diabasis nilgi 

 rensis, 3. f. 



G-enus APRATA. 



Aprata, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, p. 106 (1883). 



Type, A. machwoodi, Moore. 

 Range. Ceylon. 



Antenna? covered with rough scales ; fore tibia without a spur ; 

 hind tibia with one pair of minute spurs. Eore wing broad and 



