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of extreme interest, and encourages the hope that further links may be 

 discovered in the mountains of the most southerly region. Search 

 should be made for such forms (which may perhaps be of Tricho- 

 pterous appearance), especially in winter or early spring, at elevations 

 of 3-5000 ft., and amongst vegetation of primitive types, particularly 

 Conifers. 



PEOTOTHEOEA, n. g. 



Head with very short rough scales, sidetufts longer, spreading, face 

 short (so that palpi originate unusually near antennae) ; ocelli small ; 

 tongue rudimentary, consisting of two very short curved diverging 

 filaments. Antennae under 3, thick towards base, tapering, flattened, 

 moderately and evenly ciliated (^) on both edges. Labial palpi 

 moderate, porrected, somewhat drooping, clothed with dense loosely 

 appressed scales attenuated to a point at apex, joints concealed. 

 Maxillary palpi obsolete. Thorax with large rough erect tuft at 

 posterior extremity, patagia very short, forming small erect tufts just 

 behind shoulders. Abdomen rather slender, in /$ with rather thick 

 anal tuft and strong curved double diverging uncus, claspers slender, 

 terminating in long fine upcurved hooks. Legs rather long, slender, 

 middle tibiae with two short apical spurs, posterior tibiae thinly haired 

 above, with median and apical pairs of short spurs. Forewings with 

 dorsum and termen nearly evenly curved, but tornus slightly marked, 

 dorsal margin ciliated like termen to near base, with strong membranous 

 prominence at base (jugum) ; Ifc basally long-furcate, Ic distinct, 

 2 from angle of cell, '2-6 parallel, transverse vein augulated outwards 

 on 3 and inwards between 3 and 4, forked internal vein rising out of 

 lower margin of cell at g , lower fork running to angle between 3 and 

 4, upper nearly to 5, 7 and 8 rather shortly stalked, 8 to termen, 9 and 

 10 long-stalked, 9 to just above apex, 11 from about middle of cell, 

 12 from cell near base, running to f of costa, connected with costa by 

 bar near base and emitting a short oblique additional vein (13) to 

 costa about middle of wing. Hiudwiugs 1, narrowly elongate-ovate, 

 cilia |, costa near base with a broad flat tuft of long stiff obliquely 

 projecting hairs resting in notch formed by jugum of forewings ; 

 ueuratiou nearly as in forewings, but 15 obsolete, la and Ic distinct, 

 transverse vein slightly augulated inward on 4, outward on 5, inward 

 between 5 and 6, internal vein rising from base of wing, lower branch 

 running to 4, upper to angle between 5 and 6, 12 without median 

 branch. 



