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 subcostal cells; the inner, when present, small; the first three subcostal 



venules very short and equal in length; the two discal venules are, in their 



united course, oblique. Male hind legs long and slender; tarsi sometimes 

 of unusual length, much longer than the tibiee. Abdomen long and slender, 

 sometimes extending beyond the hind wings. Coloration: the wings are 



thinly covered with scales; they are pale, often almost whitish, with dark, 

 wavy lines especially marked on the veins, while the hind wings are (dear, or 

 with a single taint line. 



This genus is at once recognizable by the small hind wings, which only 

 extend in Highl as far as the inner angle of the fore wings : by the prominent 

 lobe on the hind wings in the male; and by the large, full head, and slender, 

 usually rather short, palpi. In some of the characters, the genus closely 

 approaches Glaucopteryx, and also Evpithecia, so that the long-winged species 

 may be mistaken for those of the latter genus, the writer having erred in this 

 respect. Fig. 14 a represents the venation of L. montanata. The second 

 cross-cell beyond the anterior discal appears to be an anomaly. 

 It is possible that Evpithecia cretaceata belongs to this genus 

 Larva — "Caterpillars of medium length, smooth, velvety, not attenu- 

 ated, with distinct lines; head heart-shaped, with prominent anal points. 

 Living exposed on trees or shrubs. Chrysalides subterranean.'' — Guende. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



A. Fore wings short and broad; hind wings very short: 



Fore wings broader than in any other species: hind wings white, with no lines 



except the marginal L. inequaliata. 



Fore wings broad and short : discal dots distinct ; two broad, flesh-colored bands./., montanata. 

 Fore wings ra tiler broad, greenish ; hind wings smoky L. viridata. 



B. Fore wings long and narrow; hind wings long: 



Fori- wings very acute ; whitish-ash, with a broad, smoky shade beyond the extra- 

 diseal line ; discal dot linear, and continent with a black streak on median 

 vein ; otherwise much as in the next species L. remain. 



White, tinged with pale-green, with a deeply-sinuate extradiscal line touching the 

 discal dot, and a double, sinuous hair-line half-way between the extra- 

 discal and outer edge oi the line L. anguilineata. 



Like anguilineata, but larger, and with heavier, less sin nuns lines; the submarginal 



regularly scalloped, chalky-white, with several scalloped dark lines L. geminata. 



Lobopiiora inequaliata, sp. nov. Plate 9, tig. 20. 



1 9. — Fore wings short and very broad; outer edge as long as the inner: 

 apex sub rectangular. Hind wings very short and small, the apex subacute. 



