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Paralopha gen. no v. 



Palpi smooth]}' scaled, erectly upturned, second segment reaching to the 

 vertex, end segment long, almost naked ; antennae of female simple ; thorax 

 ronghly scaled ; abdomen smoothly scaled, with dorsal tufts on the three proximal 

 segments ; legs very slightly hairy. Neuration : primary with vein 3 from 

 before the lower angle, 4 from the angle, 5 from well above the angle, from 

 the upper angle, 7 from the tip of the ariole stalked with 8 and 9 — these two 

 latter on a long stalk, and anastomosing with 10 to form the ariole; secondary 

 with cell unusually short, only a quarter of the wing ; veins 3 and 4 from close 

 to the angle, 5 from well above the angle, 6 and 7 from the upper angle. 

 Primary with costa very slightly and evenly arched ; apex roi^nded ; termen 

 slightly produced to an angle abont vein 4, and slightly excavated below it ; 

 inner margin produced into a tuft near tornns, then slightly excavated and pro- 

 duced into a rounded shoalder, receding rapidly to the base. Secondary small ; 

 costa somewhat straight ; termen rapidly rounded off, giving a narrow appearance. 



Type : Paralopha ruhiginea B-B. 



lul. Paralopha rubiginea spec. nov. 



? . Head and thorax purplish brown ; abdomen dark grey, with slate-grey 

 tufts. Primary rnfons, with a trace of pale ot-hreons basal and median lines, 

 with a large pale grey median patch mottled with reddish, a dark red spot on the 

 costa near the dark greyish reniform ; a much interrupted pale ochreous subter- 

 minal line ; the wing has a rough and mottled appearance. Secondary pale 

 grey, darker towards the termen. 



Expanse, 42 mm. 



Hah. Owgarra. 



Type in my collection. 



102. Ilyrgis brunneata. 



rT. Head, thorax, and abdomen greyish brown. Primary pale greyish brown, 

 with a fine antemedian and posttuedian strongly serrated and irregular line, each 

 rising in a short oblique white costal dash, the interspace being more or less 

 olive-brown; a dark olive-brown costal patch, edged externally by an erect white 

 dash, from which descends a fine obscure subtermiual line ; termen darkly dotted; 

 fringe whitish in the subapical excavation and between veins \h and 4. 

 Secondary greyish, with a dark irregnlar median line with an external edging of 

 lighter shading, and a short subterminal jiale line from vein 6 to the tornns. 



Expanse, 20 mm. 



Hah. Biagi (Mambare Eiver) ; Aroa River, Blarch. 



Type in my collection ; other specimens in the Tring Museum. 



Parilyrgis gen. nov. 



Differs from lli/ryis in that the puljii are sickle-shaped, the second segment 

 reaching well above the vertex of the head; the third segment is long and fringed 

 with long hair ; hindwing with vein 3 from just before the angle, 4 from the 

 angle, 5 from just above the angle. 



Type ; Parilyrgi$ concolor B-B. 



