172 Transactions. — Zuoloyy. 



elongate, without pecten. -Labial palpi long, recurved, second 

 joint thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than 

 second, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, appressed to tongue. 

 Abdomen not flattened. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs 

 above. Forewings with vein 1 furcate, 2 from near angle, 7 and 

 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle of cell. Hindwings as 

 broad as forewings, trapezoidal-ovate, apex and hindmargin 

 rounded, cilia f ; veins 3 and 4 from a point, 6 and 7 tolerably 

 parallel. 



Allied to Depressaria, but distinguished by the smoothly- 

 scaled second joint of palpi, the abdomen not flattened, and the 

 termination of vein 7 of the forewings in the apex. So far as 

 known the genus is endemic. 



16. Plum, compsvtypa, n. sp. 



Female. — 19 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae grey-whitish, 

 palpi externally suffused with dark fuscous. Thorax grey- 

 whitish ; shoulders, and a longitudinal anterior mark on each 

 side of back, dark fnscous. Abdomen whitish-grey. Legs dark 

 fuscous, suffusedly ringed with grey-whitish. Forewings oblong, 

 costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin rather 

 oblique, slightly rounded ; light greyish-fuscous, irregularly mixed 

 with whitish and blackish scales, towards costa anteriorly broadly 

 suffused with whitish ; a small black spot on base of costa ; a 

 cloudy dark fuscous spot on fold at \, connected with inner 

 margin by an inwardly oblique line ; a blackish dot in disk at f, 

 connected with costa at § by a dark fuscous line strongly dentate 

 outwards in middle, and a second dot on fold directly beneath 

 first, connected with inner margin by a cloudy irregular in- 

 wardly oblique dark fuscous line ; a thick cloudy dark fuscous 

 outwardly oblique streak from middle of costa, reaching nearly 

 half across wing ; a posterior series of short longitudinal blackish 

 streaks between veins ; an interrupted blackish hindmarginal 

 line : cilia light greyish-fuscous mixed with whitish, with a 

 cloudy blackish-grey line. Hindwings whitish, with a broad 

 suffused light-grey border along hindmargin ; cilia whitish, with 

 a grey line. 



Hamilton ; one specimen in January. 



17. Plueo. apocrypta, n. sp. 



Male, Female. — 20-23 mm. Head, palpi, antennas, thorax, 

 and abdomen light greyish-fuscous, palpi externally irrorated 

 with dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous, suffusedly ringed with 

 whitish, hairs of posterior tibiaa ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 oblong, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa moderately arched, 

 apex rounded, hindmargin obliquely rounded ; fuscous, some- 

 times ochreous-tinged, sometimes finely irrorated with grey- 

 whitish ; a small darker fuscous spot in disc at f, a second 



