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(lark martfiiial linp at base; cell-spot dark, a central line sometimes visible nearly 

 touching it. 



Hindiuiwjs : with darker antemedian, central, and postmedian lines, the last 

 most distinct. 



Underside dull grey, with the margins darker. Face and palpi dark grey; thorax 

 and abdomen paler, the latter with darker segmental rings and a black ring at base. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



Both se.xes from Cedar Bay, south of Cooktown, Queensland. 



178. Poecilalcis semiclarata Wlk. ab. albilinea nov. 



Differs from the type in having a small difi"used whitish lilotch oecupving the 

 subcostal angle of the outer line ; a similar ivhifish blotch at middle of hindmargin 

 iustead of the larger ochreous one ; and the submarginal line fine, waved, and whitish 

 throughout. 



Four 5 J only, from Darjiling (Pilcher 'e.'/.). 



179. Poecilalcis semiclarata Wlk. ab. fasciata 



nov. 



Ground-colour of forewings lirownish ochreous with a rufous tinge ; the inner 

 line immediately preceded and the outer line followed by a dark brown-black shade ; 

 the submarginal line scarcely paler and indistinct ; the blotch at middle of hind- 

 margin slightly enlarged and without fuscous striation. 



Four J (? from Darjiling (Pilcher leg.). 



Polylophodes gen. nov. 



(?. Forewiiifjs : elongate; the costa shouldered and hairy at base, faintly 

 insinuate beyond, and faintly curved to apex, which is blunt ; hindmargin very 

 obliquely curved ; inner margin convex. 



Hindu: iiif/s : forming an eijuilateral triangle, the ajiical and anal angles broadly 

 and bluntly rounded ; the hindmargin slightly sinuate inwards in middle ; the region 

 of the anal angle beneath covered with a tliick mealy efflorescence, mixed with long 

 hairs along the hindmargin. 



Abdomen with tufts of long silky hair from the sides of second and following 

 segments ; vertex with projecting scales ; antennae pectinated, the pectinations stiff 

 and ciliated ; palpi short, hairy, decumbent ; third joint minute ; tongue well 

 developed ; fi-enulum present ; forewings with a strong somewhat puckered fovea ; 

 hind tibiae broken ; mid tibiae with a pair of long spurs clothed with hair. 



Xeur'ition: forewings, cell not quite half the length of wing; discocellular 

 vertical ; first median at two-thirds, second and third from end of cell ; lower radial 

 from centre of discocellular, upper from top angle of cell ; last three subcostals stalked 

 from a little before end; first and second coincident, anastomosing with costal above 

 origin of fifth. Hiiidwings with cell quite half the length of wing ; discocellular with 

 lower arm oblique; first median at two-thirds; second considerably before lower 

 angle; co.stal approximated to subcostal for half the length of cell; first .subcostal 

 nervule considerably before upper angle. 



Tyi)e : Pol i/l opli odes trianr/Hldris sj). nov. 



A genus of which the typical .species is abnormal both in structure and appear- 

 ance ; it should probalaly be placed near M yriobkphara Warr. 



