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Show 1897.] CLASSIFICATION OF THE THYRIDIDEE. 627 Genus CAMPTOCHILUS. Camptochilus, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 351 (1892). Palpi porrect, reaching just beyond the frons; antennas of female ciliated ; tibias thick and smoothly scaled. Fore wing with the costa arched to beyond middle, then excised to apex, which is produced upwards; the outer margin obliquely curved; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 well separated at origin ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8 shortly stalked ; 9, 10, 11 free, a forked veinlet in cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 widely separated at origin ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 slightly approximated to 7 beyond cell; male with a slight vesicle between veins 1 a and b. Fig. 17. Camptoc^Hus rcticulatum, §. \. (From Moths Ind. vol. i.) Type. CAMPTOCHILUS RETICULATUM, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 233, pl. 8. f. 3. E. Himalayas ; Burma. Genus HEXERIS. Hexeris, Grote, Can. Ent. 1875, p. 176. Ottolengula, Beuten. Journ. N. York Ent. Soc. iv. p. 146 (1896). Palpi porrect and straight and extending about twice the length of head, the 2nd joint thickly scaled, the 3rd long and naked ; frons with a rounded prominence ; antennas of male with appressed serrations ; tibias smoothly scaled. Fore wing with the outer margin excurved at middle; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 well separated at origin; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9,10 from close to angle. Hind wing with the outer margin slightly angled at middle; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 well separated at origin ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 approximated to 7 at end of cell. Fig. 18. Hexeris enhydris, S • h Type. tHEXERis ENHYDRIS, Grote, Can. Ent. 1875, p. 176. Florida; Ottolengula retlcullna, Beuten. Journ. N. York California. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 146. |