314 AEBELID3). 



nervure. Hind wing with veins 4 and 5 from a point ; 6 and 7 

 stalked ; 8 free. 



673. Eremocossus fcedus, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 515, pi. 47, fig. 1 ; 

 C. $ S. no. 1600. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous white. Fore wing 

 pale brownish ochreous, with ill-defined white longitudinal bands 

 in and below the cell ; a similar sub marginal transverse band. 

 Hind wing white. 



Hah. Karachi. Exp. 28 million 



Species formerly recorded as Indian which are omitted. 



Zeuzera asylas, Cram., C. & S. no. 1586, is from S. Africa. 

 Duomitus cajMnsis,Wlk. Cat. vii. p. 1533. In coll. B. M. are two 



specimens labelled ' India,' but the ' Record ' shows the 



locality to be doubtful. 



Family AKBELIME. 



Allied to the Cossidce. Proboscis absent; palpi slight and 

 porrect ; antennae of male bipectinated to tips ; the branches 

 short ; legs with the spurs minute or absent. Frenulum absent. 

 Fore wing with vein 1 b forked at the base ; 1 c absent ; no areole. 

 Hind wing with three internal veins ; a simple veinlet in the cell 

 of each wing. 



Larva} borers in wood. 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Hind wing with a bar between veins 7 and 8 . . 1. Arbela, p. 314. 



b. Hind wing with no bar between veins 7 and 8 ; [p. 315. 



the cell short 2. Encaumaptera, 



Genus ARBELA. 

 Arbela, Moore, P.Z. S. 1879, p. 411. 



Type, A. tetraonis, Moore. 



Range. Peninsular India and Ceylon ; Burma. 



Palpi minute ; antenna? bipectinated to tips in male, the branches 

 short, simple in female. Mid and hind tibiae slightly hairy, with 

 minute terminal pairs of spurs. Fore wing with veins 7, 8, 9 stalked 

 together. Hind wing with the cell of normal length ; vein 6 given 

 off below the angle ; vein 8 connected with the subcostal nervure 

 by an oblique bar near centre of cell. 



674. Arbela quadrinotata, Wlk. Cat. vii, p. 1521; C. $ S. no. 1603; 

 Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii, pi. 143, fig. 3. 

 Cossus abruptus, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 584 ; C. $ S. no. 1581. 



