i 381 ) 



joint long and hairy, the third slender and smooth ; hind tibiae shortened and 

 swollen, without spnrs ; hind tarsi also thickened at base; abdomen with tufts 

 of hair. 



Neurii-tioii : forewiugs, cell half as long as wings; first median at tliree-fourths, 

 Second half-way between first and lower end of cell ; radials normal ; the areole 

 longf ; first subcostal from close to its end, the fifth from a little beyond the end, the 

 other three separating near the costa. The hindwings of the only example are too 

 much broken to admit of the neuration being maife out. 



Type : Coptoijania turpipennis sp. nov. 



118. Coptog'onia turpipennis sp. nov. 



Foreinncjs : olive-green, with a strong rufous tinge ; traces of dull reddish 

 fasciae, most distinct on costa; the first close to base, the second and thinl 

 on each side of the middle, the last two submarginal and narrower, darker 

 beyond the cell ; traces of purplish spots at ends of veins from apex to middle ; 

 fringe rufous olive. 



Hindwhvjs : pale ochreous, tlie terminal lobe ilark fuscous. 



Underside greyish ochreous. Palpi ochreous olive ; face brown ; antennae 

 blackish ; thorax and abdomen olive ochreous. 



Kxpanse of wings : 38 mm. 



One 6 from Batchian, March 1892 (W. Doherty). 



The insect described is unfortunately somewhat worn, and an exact description 

 is impossible. 



Helminthoceras gen. nov. 



Distinguished from Sauris, Remoden, and their allies by the formation of the 

 antennae; these are lamellate and laterally flattened, the upper edge with four 

 distinct curved swellings, each with short tufts of scales ; pal})i long, the second 

 joint with loose scales, the third smooth. 



Type : Helminthoceras sinuaiicornis sp. nov. 



ll!i. Helminthoceras siniiaticomis sp. nov. 



Forewiwp : very i)ale greenish, with diffuse transverse wavy fuscous lines, most 

 distinct towards inner margin ; the outer line dentate and angled outwards in mid- 

 wing, preceded by fuscous scales, wdiich in the lower half of wing reach the straight 

 central line and form a more or less distinct dark central fascia, the dark cell-spot 

 lying in the unsnffused greenish U]iper half; an indistinct fu.scous submarginal line, 

 joined by fuscous scaling opposite the cell to the outer line ; apical space pale green, 

 unclouded. 



1 1 i )utwin</s : pale greenish grey. 



L'nder.-ide pale greenish grey. Face brown ; palpi dull olive-green : thorax and 

 abdomen green ; antennae fuscous ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : 2G mm. 



One J from Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, October 1892 (W. Doherty). 



