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Megaspilates geu. now 



Korewhigs amjile ; costa faintly convex at base and a])ex : iipex proiniuent, 

 blunt; hindmargin curved, more oUiquely in the lower lialf; anal angle well 

 marked. Hindwiugs broad, both angles rounded ; hindmargin curved. Palpi porrect, 

 slender, long, extending half their length beyond face ; tongue weak ; antennae 

 of <S strongly pectinated, the pectinations ciliated finely; of ? shortly and 

 evenly pectinated ; abdomen stouter and stronger than in AspUates. Neuration 

 normal. Scaling fine and close, somewhat glossy. 



Type : Megaspilates mundntaria fVam. 



Biclavigera gen. nov. 



Near to Or^ryiofZes Keld., but witliout the hairy pectus and thorax; face large, 

 rounded, and protuberant ; palpi distinct, short, stout, third joint invisible ; hind 

 tibiae with only one pair of spurs ; fore and hind tarsi (? middle) ending in a double 

 claw. 



Type : B. praecunaria H. 8. (ScodiomC). 



Orgyiodes Feld. {Reise Xov., ii., p. 3). 



Forewings elongate ; costa convex near base, and liefore apex, slightly inciu'\ed 

 between ; apex blunt, round ; hindmargin well roimded ; anal angle fairly distinct. 

 Hindwiugs broad, with well rounded hindmargin, and square anal angle. Antennae oi' 

 (J plumose ; pectus, face, and thorax very hairy, the short paljii quite hidden ; hind 

 tibiae of cJ with two spurs. Neuration : cell three-fifths as long as wings ; first 

 median at three-fomths, second just before the end, third from the end of cell ; 

 radials as usual ; common stem of last four (? three) subcostals some little distance 

 before end; first subcostal free. Hindwiugs with costal closely ajiproximated to 

 subco.stal for half the length of cell ; first subcostal leaving just before end of cell ; 

 medians as in forewings ; markings much more obli(iue than in the allied genera. 



Type : Orgyiodes caparia Wlk. (Fidonia ?). 



Aspilates hesperis sp. nov. 



Forewings deep sandy yellow; costa pale ochreous dotted with fuscous; fringe 

 concolorous ; a slightly darker yellowish brown oblique line from almost below the 

 apex to the inner margin, near which it becomes indistinct. Hindwiugs yellowish 

 white, without any markings. Palpi, face, and thorax concolorous with forewings ; 

 abdomen with hindwiugs. I'nderside of both wings rather bright yellow, paler 

 towards the inner margin ; costa of forewings mottled with brown ; the line and 

 discal spot distinct, brown. On the hindwiugs there is a large brown discal spot, and 

 a brown line from the apex reaching half across the wing to the anal angle ; the discal 

 spots show faintly through on the upper surface. 



Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 



Several c? J from the Canaries. 



Nearthria gen. nov. 



Wings shaped, coloured, and uiaiked very much like AspilatcK, but differing iu 

 the paljii and c? antennae. The palpi are short, and porrect, scarcely reaching the 

 front of face ; the antennae of the c? are beset with shorter, curled pectinations, which 

 interlock at their apices. 



Type: Nearthria lactlcinia I'ullcr (Asii'dates). 



