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1T4. Nipteria subcomosa sp. uov. 



Forewiiigs : dull semi-transparent grey, with all the veins slightlj- darker ; 

 fringe concolorous. 



Hindwings : the same. 



Underside rather darker, especially in the hindwings. In the c? the wings are 

 covered thronghont with short ghsteuiiig hair-like scales, while the whole of the cell 

 and the snbmedian fold beneath it bear thick tufts of grey down, which are visible 

 as a dark shade above. These tnfts of down are evidently soon rubbed off, as in 

 some of the examples there is no trace of them, the whole wing apjiearing thickly 

 haired. Face, palpi, vertex, shoulders, and basal joint of antennae yellow ; thorax 

 and abdomen grey. 



Expanse of wings : c? 35 to 40 mm ; ? 35 mm. 



Three SS from CachabI, low country, January 1897 (type), and several of both 

 sexes from Paramba, June 1897, dry season, 3500 ft. (Rosenberg). 



Drnce's perimede, which must otherwise be like this species, is said to have the 

 head parts all brown. 



Parallage gen nov. 



Foreirings : elongate, costa faintly curved ; apex blunt ; hindmargin obliquely 

 rounded ; anal angle hardly expressed. 



Hindwings : with both angles rounded off ; hindmargin faintly indented beyond 

 cell ; antennae (?) subserrate, with short bristles ; palpi porrect, slender. Tongue 

 and frenulum well developed. 



Neuration: forewings, cell more than half as long as wing ; discocellnlar inangu- 

 lated, short, the subcostal being strongly deflexed at extremity ; first median nervule 

 at one-half, second at five-sixths ; lower radial and third median from lower end 

 of cell ; upper radial from the upper angle ; veins 7, 8, 9 from the bend in the 

 subcostal ; 10 from the same point; 11 well before 10, anastomosing with 12, 10 

 anastomosing with 11 and subsequently with 8, 9 ; the foveal bar distinct even in 

 the ? ; hindwings, cell and discocellnlar as in forewings ; costal approximated to 

 subcostal near base only ; 6, 7 from upper angle of cell ; medians as in forewing ; 

 no radial ; scaling sparse ; the wings very transisarent. 



Type P. inemhranacea sp. nov. 



I have referred this genus to the Geometridce, notwithstanding the point of 

 origin of the lower radial, which must be considered as a remarkable abnormality ; 

 in all other respects the insect agrees with Geometrid structure, and especially, in 

 the presence of the foveal bar, with the Nephodiinae. 



175. Parallage membranacea sp. nov. 



Foreicings : pale grey, almost diaphanous, crossed by oblique zigzag lines of 

 dark fuscous, wliich form blackish dashes where they intersect the veins ; the fir.st 

 from one-third of costa to one-fonrth of inner margin ; second, third, and fourth at 

 equal distances from each other, the second from middle of costa, the fourth from 

 three-fourths, the third traversing the discocellnlar, the second and third not visible 

 below the median, the fourth faint and obliqne to inner margin before middle ; 

 beyond these three more, of which the middle one is fainter, the first reaching inner 

 margin beyond middle and the last at anal angle ; fringe (worn) pale grey. 



