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Pycnoloma gen. nov. 



Forewhitj : costii strongly slionldered near base and curved tlirougliout ; aj)ex 

 jiroruinent, but blunt ; liindiuargiii obli(|ne, not curved. 



Uiiulwing: narrow; apex bluntly rectangniar ; biudmargin vertical to vein 4, 

 then oblique to anal angle. 



Forehead veith a cone of scales : jialpi porreet, rongh-scalcd, terminiil joint 

 dej)resscd ; tongue and frenulum ])resent ; antennae broken. 



Costa of hiadwing convex and thickened, with a bed of mealy scales on its 

 upjiersidc near base. 



Neuratiou as iu Chloroclystis ; the cell of forcwing short. 



Type Fycnoloma rufibasalis spec. nov. 



158. Pycnoloma rufibasalis spec. nov. 



Forewing : grey-green ; basal patch quite small, its edge marked by black dots 

 on veins ; inner edge of central fascia dark grey, oblique outwards from one-fourth 

 of costa, angled in cell, then oblique, marked by black dots on veins; outer line 

 from three-fifths of costa to middle of inner margin, angled on vein 4, and marked 

 by vein-dots ; fascia followed by a rather wide pale green band with grey centre ; 

 snbmarginal line waved, preceded by a grey-green baud, the lunules at costa, bcyund 

 cell, and above inner margin slightly blackish ; a blackish marginal line interru2)ted 

 at the veins ; fringe green. 



Ilindwing : whitish, tinged with green, with traces of lines. 



Underside of forewing greenish .grey, of hindwing jJale green, with the whole 

 basal area dull pink. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green. 



Expanse of wings : 15 mm. 



1 c?. 



159. Syncosmia colorata spec. nov. 



Foreimig : pale green ; the markings brownish, edged or varied with fuscous ; 

 a spot at liase of costa ; a brown basal band slightly curved ; inner edge of central 

 fascia broad at costa and double, only the outer dark line reaching inner margin ; 

 outer edge marked only by a black line, often obscured ; bands on each side green 

 with a faint line down tiiem, slightly jialer than fascia itself: praesubmarginal 

 band brown, iu costal half double and edged by waved black lines : snbmarginal 

 line acutely dentate, whitish green ; marginal line fine, blackish; fringe pale, broadly 

 chequered with brown. 



lliii<hciiig : of S dirty ochreous, without markings ; of ? ochreous grey with 

 darker marginal border, and traces of curved lines. 



Underside greenish grey, with the markings of forewing showing through. 



Palpi externally ferruginous, above with long green and metallic black hairs ; 

 vertex, collar, and shoulders pale green ; thorax and abdomen greenish ochreous 

 brown; metathorax edged with metallic black scales ; dorsal segments ringed with 

 black ; dorsal tufts of radiating metallic black hairs. 



Expanse of wings : S 21 mm., ¥ 23 mm. 



2 Jc?,0 ??. 



