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Gen. 45. (Enoptila. 



(Enoptila, Warr., Nov. Zool., 1897, p. 475. 



Frons with a slight triangular projection. Tongue well-de- 

 veloped. Palpi moderate, ascending, appressed to frons; second 

 joint rather long, shortly rough-haired beneath; terminal joint 

 very short, obtuse Antenna? of £ simple, minutely ciliated. 

 Thorax not crested, beneath slightly hairy. Femora glabrous. 

 Posterior tibiae of g not dilated, all spurs present. Forewings 

 in g without fovea, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked, 10 anastomosing with 11 

 and 9, 11 anastomosing with 12 and 10. 



Type, Oxydia mixtata Gn., from South America. Closelv 

 allied to Casbia, but with simple £ antennae. In the following- 

 species the basal joint of each antenna is dilated. 



140. CEnoptila vulpina. 



(Enoptila vulpina, Warr., Nov. Zool., 1902, p. 369; Perutostega 

 pallidico8ta, Warr., Nov. Zool., 1903, p. 269; VEnoptilaflavirupta, 

 Warr., Nov. Zool., 1903, p. 402. 



£. 38-40 mm. Head, face, and palpi reddish-brown; fillet 

 whitish. Antennae grey, towards base whitish; ciliations in £ \. 

 Thorax and abdomen reddish-brown, beneath ochreous. Legs 

 ochreous: anterior tibia} and tarsi ochreous-fuscous. Forewings 

 triangular, costa nearly straight, apex round-pointed, termen 

 gently rounded, slightly oblique; reddish-brown sparsely strigu- 

 lated with fuscous; sometimes with extensive ochreous-whitish 

 suffusion, especially posteriorly; costal edge whitish-ochreous, 

 sometimes forming an uninterrupted streak, sometimes thickly 

 strigulated; a fuscous discal dot beneath mid-costa; a fuscous 

 transverse median shade just beyond this, sometimes obsolete; 

 cilia reddish-brown. Hind wings with termen rounded; colour 

 and markings as forewings. Underside ochreous, markings as 

 above but without whitish blotches. 



Mr. Prout informs me that this is a very variable species. I 

 have seen only two examples, which differ considerably. 



N.Q.: Kuranda, near Cairns, in October; Evelyn Scrub, near 

 Herberton, in January ( F. 1'. Dodd;. Also from New Guinea 

 and .Solomon Islands. 



