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Show 1897.] ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE CHRYSAUGINEE. 633 Genus MOROYA. Morova, Wlk. xxxii. 523 (1865). Palpi porrect, thickly scaled and reaching to the frons, which has a rounded prominence ; antennas of male somewhat thickened; tibias smoothly scaled. Fore wing with the costa arched towards apex, the outer margin excurved at middle; veins 3, 4, 5 well separated at origin; 6 from below upper angle; 8, 9 stalked. Hind wing with the outer margin excurved at middle ; vein 3 from close to lower angle of cell; 5 from middle of discocellulars; 6, 7 from upper angle. Fig. 26. Morova subfasciata, o* • \- Type. fMoROVA SUBFASCIATA, Wlk. xxxii. 523. New Zealand; Fiji. fCacoecla gallicolens, Butl. Voy. Erebus & Terror, Ins. p. 46. 2. On the Classification of the Chrysangina, a Subfamily of Moths of the Family Pyralldce. By Sir G E O R GE F. H A M P S O N , Bart., F.Z.S. [Eeceived April 8, 1897.] The Chrysauglnce are a highly specialized subfamily of the true Pyralid group of the large family Pyralldce, consisting in addition to the present subfamily of the Epipaschlance, Endotrichince, Pyralince, lately classified by me in the ' Transactions' of the Entomological Society, and characterized by vein 7 of the fore wing being stalked with 8, 9. The Chrysauglnce as here defined are primarily distinguished from their allies by the abortion of the maxillary palpi, which are well developed in almost all other Pyralldce. They are closely allied to the Endotrichince but, as vein 8 of the hind wings is in rare instances free, were probably derived directly from tbe Pyralince as a parallel development to the Endotrichince. The latter are almost confined to the Old World, though a few species are found in the Nearctic region, and one genus in the W . Indies; whilst the Chrysauglnce are almost exclusively Neotropical, a few genera and species being found in the Southern States, and a few others spreading through the Australian region to the Malayan subregiou, the furthest points reached being Burma and Assam. The subfamily is remarkable for the great sexual diversity found in the subcostal neuration of the fore wing in a large proportion of the species, the females always having veins 7, 8, 9 stalked, as |