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Show 1899.] OF THE SUBFAMILY PYRAUSTIN^. 275 Genus 150. SCELIODES. Sceliodes Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 400 (1856). Daraba Wlk. xvii. 385 (1859). Eretria Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1880, p. 206. Palpi porrect, straight, about two and a half times length of head, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair below, the 3rd naked; maxillary palpi filiform ; frons Avith large conical prominence ; antennae ciliated. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex somewhat produced and acute; veins 3, 4, 5 separate; 7 straight and well separated from 8, 9. Hind wing with the apex produced; veins 3, 4, 5 separate ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. Fig. 150. Sceliodes cordalis, 3 • {• Type. (1) SCELIODES CORDALIS Doubl. in Dieff. Celebes ; Australia; N. Zeal. i. 288. N. Zealand. ,, mucidalis Guen. Delt. & Pyr. p. 400. fDaraba extensalis Wlk. xxxiv. 1311. Eretria obsistalis Snell. Tijd. v. Ent. 1880, p. 206, & 1883, pl. 6 f. 12. (2)tScELiODEs LAISALIS Wlk. xvii. 382. Arabia; S. Africa. f Daraba idmonealis Wlk. xvii. 385. Genus 151. THELCTERIA. Thelcteria Led. Wien. Ent. Mon. 1863, p. 350. Eustixia Hiibn. Zutr. i. 24. 164 (1824), non descr. Palpi porrect and straight, the 2nd joint moderately scaled, the Fig. 151. Thelcteria pupula, 3- f. 3rd naked ; maxillary palpi dilated AAith scales; frons with a 18* |