PYRALID.dE, SUBFAMILY HYPSOTROPINjE. 



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smooth ; antennae of female almost simple. Fore wing long and 

 narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from angle of cell ; 3 and 5 

 stalked, 4 absent ; 6 from below upper angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked, 

 8 from beyond 10 ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell short ; 

 veins 2 and 5 stalked, 3 and 4 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 

 8 strongly anastomosing with 7. 



* Menuthia nanella. 



Menuthia nanella Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 50 (1888); id. Rom. 

 Mem. viii. p. 418, pi. 40. f. 22. 

 Zanzibar. 



Genus Tinerastia. 



Type. 



Tinerastia Hmpsn. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 414 (1901)... fissirella. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi upturned to rather above vertex of 

 head and nearly smoothly scaled ; maxillary palpi minute and 

 filiform ; frons with rounded prominence ; antennae of male 

 laminate and ciliated, the basal joint rather long. Fore wing- 

 rather long and narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from towards 

 angle of cell ; 3 and 5 from angle, 4 absent ; 6 from below upper- 

 angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked, 8 from beyond 10; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wing with veins 2 and 5 from angle of cell, 3 and 4 absent ; 6, 7 

 stalked ; 8 anastomosing strongly with 7. 



(1) *f Tinerastia discipunctella. 



Menuthia discipunctella Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 52 (1896) ; 

 id. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 414, pi. 52. f. 10. 

 Ceylon. 



(2) fTlNERASTIA FISSIRELLA. 



Menuthia fissirella Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 52 (1896); id. 

 Rom. Mem. viii. p. 414, pi. 52. f. 9. 

 Ceylon. 



Genus Mesodiphlebia. 



Type. 



Mesodiphlebia Zell. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. xvi. 



p. 251 , crassivcnia. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi porrect, about twice the length of 

 head, almost straight and thickly scaled ; maxillary palpi well 

 developed and slightly dilated with scales ; frons with conical 

 tuft of hair ; antenna? of male laminate and ciliated, the shaft 

 somewhat curved at base and thickened with scales in the sinus, 

 the basal joint rather elongate and flattened. Fore wing long 

 and narrow, the apex rounded ; vein 2 from near angle of cell:. 

 3 and 5 separate, 4 absent ; 8, 9, 10 stalked, 8 from beyond 10 ; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 2 and 5 from angle of cell ; 

 3 and 4 absent ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing strongly 

 with 7. 



