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Expanse of wiii^s : 40 mm. 



2 ? ? from Viinconver, British Colnmliia, May 1902 (A. H. Bnsh). 

 Distinguished not only by its ranch paler srronnd-cnlonr, bnt also by the 

 decided angnlation of the forewinir. 



120. Sericosema lignata spec. iiov. 



Foreiriiii/ : pale wood-lirown ; the costa greyer, with tine black striae; the 

 lines dark grey, indistinct, marked by dark spots on veins ; the first from one-fonrth 

 of costa to one-third of inner margin, curved ; outer from two-thirds of costa to 

 two-thirds of inner margin, oblique outwards, curved in cell, then straight ; sub- 

 marginal line only plain at costa ; cell-spot black ; fringe concolnrons. 



Iliiidiriiig : paler, towards costa whitish ; a black cell-spot. 



Underside greyish white, towards margins brownish, finely speckled throughout ; 

 cell-spots black. 



Head and thorax like forewiiigs; abdomen like hindwings ; legs speckled. 



E.xpanse of wings ; .50 mm. 



1 ? from S.E. Albemarle, Galapagos Islands (li. H. Beck). 



The ape.K of forewing is subfalcate, the hiudraargin sinuate, the inner margin 

 convex. The species may be referred temporarily to Sericosema. 



Subfamily FIDONIINAE. 

 Eupileta gen. no v. 



Fovewirig : short and broad; the costa arched, the inner margin convex, and 

 heavily fringed with hair ; hindmargin slightly elbowed at vein 4. 



Ilinduinci : with apex and hindmargin ronnded, anal angle produced; the 

 whole wing above and below, excejit the ajiex, covered with layers and tnfts of hair, 

 especially tliick and bristly at anal angle, the wing below appearing partially lobed. 



Antennae of S bipectinate, tlie pectinations far apart and ciliated ; palpi short, 

 thick, hairy, porrcct ; terminal segment drooping; tongue and frenulum present; 

 hindtibiae swollen, with a pencil of grey hairs and four short spnrs. 



Neuration : forewing, cell not half as long as wing, broad ; discocelhilar vertical ; 

 first median nervnlt; at three-fourths ; second close before tiiird ; radials normal ; 

 7, 8, 9 stalked ; lo and 11 coincident, anastomosing with 12: hindwing, costal and 

 subcostal anastomosing to near end of cell ; 7 from before end, (i from tlie inbent 

 end of subcostal ; discocellular inangulate; no radial ; medians as in forewing. 



Type : Eupileta liirsuta spec. nov. 



Allied to Sfo-rayode.s and Mimophi/lr Warr., with which it agrees in the 

 anastomosis of costal and subcostal of hindwing. 



i:^.ii. Eupileta hirsuta spec. nov. 



ForeiriiKj : pniplish brown, with fine striations ; the costa paler, dotted with 

 blackish ; three brown lines, equidistant, and vertical in direction, all bent below 

 costa and sliglitly insinuate beyond cell and on sidiinedian told: a black cidl-siint 

 before middle line ; a dark marginal line ; fringe brown. 



Hi mini III/ : in the ? with the two outer lines of forewing, in the S without 

 markings; the tnfts of hair at anal angle blackish, with their tips, like the fringe, 

 ochreous. 



