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Auctorum. 



Mdiphora myrmecophila Tumev, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. ^xiv. p. 130 {1913) . . . Queensland 



Gen. Athaliptis. 



Type. 

 Athaliptis Schaug, A. M. N. H. (8). xi. p. 252 (1913) cymonia 



Palpi of female long, downcurved , slender ; antennae almost simple. 

 Forewing long and narrow, the apex rounded, the termen evenly curved ; vein 3 

 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from just below upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 7 from before 9 and beyond 10 ; 11 from cell. Hindwing 

 with veins 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; the discocellulars angled inwards to near 

 base ; 6, 7 stalked. 



* Athaliptis cymonia. 



Athaliptis cymonia Sehaus, .4. M. N. H. (8). xi. p. 252 (1913). 

 Costa Rica' 



Gen. Epimorius. 



Type. 

 Epimorius ZeW., Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. ■s.ni. 1^. 16 (ISn). ...... suffusa 



Proboscis slight ; palpi of male short, upturned, thickly scaled, of female 

 downcurved and extending typically about twice the length of head ; maxUlary 

 palpi minute ; frons vsdth tuft of hair ; antennae of male typically serrate. 

 Forewing with the costa arched, the apex rounded, the termen obliquely 

 curved ; vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 4, 5 typically shortly stalked ; the 

 discocellulars strongly angled inwards ; 6 from just bek w upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 

 10 stalked, 9 from beyond 7; 11 from cell. Hindwing typically with vein 2 

 from close to angle of cell ; 3, 4, 5 stalked ; the discocellulars angled inwards to 

 near base ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



Sect. I. Palpi of female extending about three times length of head ; 

 antennae of male serrate ; forewing with veins 4, 5 shortly stalked, the dis- 

 cocellulars strongly angled inwards ; hindwing with veins 3, 4, 5 stalked and 

 the discocellulars angled inwards to near base. 



(1) Epimorius suffusa. 



Epimorius suffusus Zell., Hor. Ent. Sac. Ross. xiii. p. 76. pi. ii. i. 28 (1877) ; Rag., Rom. Mem. viii. 

 p. 430. pi. 46. f. 3. 

 Costa Rica ; S. Brazil. 



(2) * Epimorius testaceella. 



Epimorius testaceellus Rag., N. Am. Phyc. p. 20 (1887) ; id., Rom. Mem. viii. p. 430. pi. 45. f. 22. 

 Jamaica. 



(3) f Epimorius epipaschiella n. sp. 



(J. Head and thorax pale rufous tinged with grey and irrorated with 



blackish, the palpi with more black ; abdomen white faintly tinged with brown ; 



tarsi blackish with pale rings. Forewing grey tinged with rufous and irrorated 



with blackish ; the basal area suffused and irrorated with black to just before 



