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Expanse of wiugs: 24 mm. 



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The forewiiig luis iiu uuiisually largu lijaliiie I'ovt'a. 



1S4. Alcis irrufata .s|iec. nov. 



I'omciiK/ : whitish, irroratuil with olive scales; basal area greyer ; first line 

 okscme, at nearly one-t.hinl, angleil in cell, then oblii|ne, ])re('eded by an olive- 

 grey shade ; outer line black, sinnous, from two-thirds of costa to three-fifths of 

 inner margin, jirojecting at vein 5 and insinuate below it, and there blackest, 

 followed by a broad olive brownish shade : median line brown, ditfuse and 

 iuterrujited, ajii)roaching onter line on inner margin ; submarginal line whitish, 

 waved, ])receded and followed by brown shades, the interior marked with black 

 scales below costa, beyond cell, and in lower third ; the dark edgings of the Innules 

 connected by dark scales with the black marginal spots ; fringe pale ; no distinct 

 cell-spots. 



lliudiruKi : without first line; a dark cell-spot immediately following ante- 

 median line ; the rest as in forewing. 



Underside dingy whitish ; the nnukiugs and siieckling of the nppcrside 

 showing throngh ; a grey snbmarginal shade bi'tbre apex of forewing. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen like wiugs; tips of shoulders brown ; face above 

 olive, below whitish; palpi fuscous; forelegs black, with white joints. 



Expanse of wings : 44 mm. 



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Distinguished from Clmijada .■ii'm/i/ixcxfc, which it greatly resembles by the 

 difference iu the discal spots of hindvving. 



Atmoceras gen. nov. 



ForeiciiKj : costa slightly sinnons ; apex blniit ; hiiidniargin curved below. 



Ilindwiitff : narrow; apex bluntly rectangular; hindmargiu slightly indented 

 lieyond cell, obliquely rounded below, rnnning into iiuier margin without forming 

 a distinct anal angle. 



I'allii npcnrved, rough-haired, terminal segment oliscure ; antennae of S w'ith 

 pedicellate fascicles of cilia, at right angles with the shaft ; each fascicle double, 

 forked at apex, symmetrically ciliated laterally and at apex, the ciliations interlacing 

 and forming a film; tongue and iVcnulnm present; hindtibiae of S much swollen, 

 with a pencil of fluffy hairs. 



Iu the forewiugs 10 and 11 are coincident. 



Type : Atmoceras ptunoxn sj)ec. nov. 



Allied to Paralcits. 



1<S.">. Atmoceras plumosa spec. nov. 



Fomriiui : fawn-colour, irrorated with olive fuscous, when fresh with a 

 slight pinkish tinge; lines olive fuscous; first from before one-third of costa 

 to one-third of inner margin, ontcnrved above and below median, toothed inwards 

 on the veins, preceded by an exactly similar line ; median line lnnulate-dentat«, 

 the teeth pointing basewards, outcurved above round the deep green cell-spot to 

 middle of inner margin ; outer line at two-thirds, angled on vein and marked by 

 (lark spots on veins, rnnning parallel to median line, followed by a greenish shade 



