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DMEFANULIBAE, UBANIIBAE, AND GEOMETRIDAE 

 FROM TUE PALAEARCTIC AND INDO-AUSTRALIAN 

 REGIONS. 



By W. warren, M.A., F.E.S. 



Family DREPANULIDAE. 



Ametroptila gen. nov. 



Foreicingtt : broad, with costa strong!}- arched at base, then nearl}- straight. ; 

 apex slightly prodnced ; liindmargin gibbons in middle, concave above, obliqne 

 below ; inner margin convex. 



Ilimhvings : very small ; the costa strongly arched and fringed ; apex ronnded ; 

 anal angle sqnare ; hindmargin straight ; base of cell diaphanons ; its extremity 

 covered on np]ier side with a flattened tnft of cnrved hairs. 



Antennae simple, lamellate ; jialpi nptnrned, rather long, the terminal joint 

 distinct ; tongue and frennlnm present ; hind-tibiae with 4 spurs. 



Nenration : forewings, cell less than half the length of wing, longer below 

 than towards costa: discocellnlar vertical above, very oblique below and again 

 shortly vertical at end ; first median nervnle nearly from middle ; second at nine- 

 tcnths ; lower radial from the lower angle of discocellnlar, and therefore not far 

 above 4 ; upper radial from ujjper angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 stalked from before angle ; 

 10, 11 stalked, 1(» anastomosing with 8, 9: hindwings, cell very short; all the 

 veins strongly curved, more or less parallel to the curve of costa ; costal connected 

 with subcostal by an oblique bar at end of cell ; veins 2 and 3 missing ; ? coincident 

 with 4. 



Type Ametroptila scmibrevis sj). nov. 



1. Ametroptila semibrevis sp. nov. 



Foreuiriffs : rnfons ochreous, dusted with brown, and with traces of several 

 brownish lines across wing, and a difiuse cloud before middle, containing a flattened 

 blotch at end of cell ; fringe concolorous, with a dark basal line. 



Uiinlicings : with traces of lines on inner margin only ; the tuft of hair con- 

 colorous ; costal area jiale. 



Underside pale dull ochreous, without markings except a curved brownish 

 postmedian shade in foiewings. Head, thorax, and abdomen like wings ; face and 

 terminal joint of palpi dark brown. 



Exjianse of wings : 20 mm. 



1 <S from Poeh Mts., Sarawak, Borneo, July 1802 (A. Everett). 



Mimozethes gen. nov. 



Forewings : costa strongly arched at base, then straight ; apex slightly 

 jiriiduced ; liindmargin strongly bulged at vein 4, and obli(jue below ; inner margin 

 rather convex, 



