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straight; 6 remote from areole; palpi upturned, long, with 2nd joint 
nearly half the length of the palpus . . . Pectinophora p. 164 
b. Areole long, about half length of vein 10; outer margin sinuate; 6 
from areole; palpi short ..... Lophopteryx p. 166 
31 a. Fore wing with an areole; hind wing with vein 5 present but very 
weak ............ 32 
b. Fore wing without an areole; hind wing with vein 5 absent ... 33 
32 a. Fore wing with the areole long, 6 times breadth, formed by 8 and 9 
becoming shortly stalked beyond the areole; 6 remote from the 
areole; antennae bipectinate, branches very long, over 8 times 
shaft, curved downwards; palpi upturned, rather long; hind wing 
with 6 and 7 remote ..... Grambometra p. 218 
b. Hind wing with vein 5 present, but very weak; fore wing with vein 6 
from over frd of areole; 7 stalked with 8, 9; areole about three 
times longer than broad; antennae bipectinate, branches nearly four 
times shaft, straight; palpi obliquely upturned, just reaching vertex; 
frons rounded (see also 15 b.) . . . Phycitimorpha p.208 
33 a. Fore wing with 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked and from upper angle; 6 from upper 
angle or stalked with 7, 8, 9, 10 . . . . . . . 34 
b. Fore wing with 7 and 8 stalked for nearly half of 7, and from upper 
angle; 6 from before upper angle; 9 and 10 on a stalk of half of 10 
and from before upper angle .... Campyloctys p. 219 
34 a. Fore wing with vein 6 on a long stalk with 7, 8, 9, 10; hind wing with 
veins 3 and 4 on a stalk of ^rd of 3 . . . Taeniopteryx p. 212 
b. Fore wing with vein 6 very shortly stalked with 7, 8, 9, 10, or from 
upper angle together with this stalk; hind wing with 3 and 4 
remote ............ Eurystaura p. 216 
Genus SCALMICAUDA. 
Scalmicauda Holl. Psyche, vi. p. 439 (1893). TyP e benga. 
Auriv. Entomologisk Tidskvift, p. 197 (1892). 
Auriv. Arkiv for Zoologi, Band 2, No. 4, p. 5 (1904). 
(PL I, figs. 1-5; PI. II, figs. 1-5.) 
Description from albicostata Hmpsn. 
$. Tongue short but present; palpi rather short, a little longer than 
length of eye, obliquely upturned, thickly scaled and with some long hair on 
first joint; first joint short, about one-third of palpus, curved; second joint 
cylindrical, straight, nearly two times first joint; third joint minute, completely 
hidden in hairs; eyes covered with hairs, rounded, rather large; antennae about 
half length of costa, usually curved, in $ bipectinate for about two-thirds, or 
as in o’neili bidentate for the same length and with a bundle of curved cilia 
at the end of each tooth; branches about three times shaft and ciliated for- 
wardly ; antennae in $ simple, ciliated ; fore tibia with a hollow curved process 
reaching till end of tibia; mid tibia with terminal spurs; hind tibia with four 
spurs which end in a curved point; femora with long moderate hairs, fore tibia 
with a thick covering of hairs, mid and hind tibiae sparingly covered with hairs ; 
tarsi with bristles on inner side, smoothly covered with hairs generally. 
Fore wing rather long and narrow; costa nearly straight, curved towards 
apex, which is roundly pointed; termen oblique, gently curved between veins 
3 and 7; tornus well rounded; inner margin excurved at middle; vein 1 b 
faintly forked at base ; 2 from f th lower median ; 3 from nearly fth 2 to 4 ; 4 from 
lower angle ; 5 from above middle of discocellulars which are outwardly oblique ; 
