LEPIDOPIERA HETEROCERA. 
1597 
Genus PSICHOTOE. 
Palpi brevissimi, hirsuti, oculos vix attingentes. Antennae 
erassiusculae, cylindricae, medio subcrassiores, ex artieulis monilifor- 
mibus distinctissimis compositae. Abdomen complanatum, dilata- 
tum. Tibiae postieae calcaribus minimis. Alae subnudae. 
Psichotoe, Boisduval , Mon . Zyg . 129. 
Ver^ nearly allied to Syntomis. Female . — Body rather slen- 
der. Palpi very short. Antennae rather stout, distinctly serrated, 
about two-thirds of the length of the body. Abdomen slightly di- 
lated hindward. Legs rather short and slender; hind tibiae with 
four very minute spurs. Wings of one colour, semihyaline, very 
slightly clothed. lore wings with the first and second inferior 
veins contiguous at the base ; third about twice further from the 
fourth than from the second. 
L Psichotoe Buvaucelii. 
Nigricans , hirsuta , scutello abdominisque fascia flams ; alee sub - 
diaphance. 
Psichotoe Duvaucelii, Boisd . Mon. Zyg. 129. />/, 
Hindustan. 
Genus TASEMA. 
Mas.. Corpus gracillimum. Palpi brevissimi. Antennae latis- 
sime pectinatae, apices versus suhpectinatae. Abdomen oblaneeola* 
turn. Pedes gracillimi ; tibiae postieae calcaribus nullis. Alae per- 
angustae, anticae opacae, postieae semihyalinae. 
Male. Body very slender. Palpi very short. Antennae about 
three-fourths of the length of the body, deeply pectinated for three- 
fourths of the length, hardly pectinated from thence to the tips. 
Abdomen oblanceoiate. Legs very slender; hind tibia? without 
spurs. Wings very narrow ; fore wings opaque ; hind wings semi- 
hyaline; structure of the veins much like that of Syntomis. 
1. Tasema bipars. 
Mas. Nigra ; alee antica enpreo-nigree, posticce subcinereee semi- 
hyalince marginibus obscurioribus. 
Male. Black. Fore wings cupreous-black. Hind wings 
grayish, subhyaline, with darker borders. Length of the body 
lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 
Hindostan. In Mr. Saunders’ collection. 
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