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short. Palpi oljliquely ascending, rising higher than the vertex; 

 2nd joint with a short fringe; 3rd, linear, a little shorter than the 

 2nd. Antennae smooth, slender. Thorax squamous. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs short, stout, 

 hardly pilose; hind tibiae with four long spines, one in each pair 

 longer than the other. Wings broad, short. Fore wings rect- 

 angular at the tips; exterior border slightly rounded, hardly 

 oblique; 4th inferior A^ein, or median nervule, not very remote 

 from the other three Avhich are contiguous at the base. 



The short wings and the structure of the veins chiefly distin- 

 guish this genus from the other Hijpogrammidce. 



41. Stridova albigutta. Foem. Murina, subtus argeuteo 

 cinerea; capite albo-fasciato; alis anticis atomis lineis duabus trans- 

 versis undulatis indeterminatis macula discoidali punctis jDaucis 

 costalibus punctisque marginalibus nigricante notatis albis; alis 

 posticis subtus cinereis puncto discoidali atomisque fuscis. 



Female. Mouse colour; under side silvery cinereous. Head 

 with a white band between the eyes. Wings with a cinereous 

 fringe, which is interlined with broAvn. Fore wings with a few 

 white speckles; two indeterminate undulating transverse white 

 lines; a few costal white points, and a row of marginal Avhite 

 blackish-marked points; a white discoidal spot. Hind wings 

 beneath cinereous, thickly speckled with brown; a brown point 

 in the disk. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



42. Briarda CONTURBATA. Feem. Fusca; palpis oblique ascen- 

 dentibus verticem sat superantibus articulo 3° lineari, 2° duplo 

 breviore; abdomine nigrocante-bicristato, alas posticas paullo 

 superante; alis anticis cinereo-fuscis, plaga magna postica ante- 

 media pallide cinerea striga basali fascia iufornd lineis tribus 

 exterioribus transversis angulosis cinereo marginatis striga trans- 

 versa postmedia strigaque subapicali obscure fuscis; alis posticis 

 fuscis, striga basali plagaque discoidali cinereis semihyalinis. 



Female. Brown. Pidpi rather slender, obliquely ascending, 

 rising somewhat higher than the vertex; 3rd joint linear, rounded 

 at the tip, about half the length of the 2nd. Pectus cinereous, 

 thickly clothed with long hairs. Abdomen extending a little 

 beyond the hind wings, with two blackish crests, one on tlie 1st 

 segment, the other on the 3rd segment; under side pale pearly 



