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Lissoplaga gen. nov. 



Forewing!^ elongate ; co.-ta liiiutly luincx near ba^e, and before apex, straight, or 

 slightly incurved, Vietween ; apex blunt, rounded; hindniargin rounded; anal angle 

 distinct. Ilindwings as long as forewings, the inner angle jirodnced, and much 

 rounded; Lindmargin slightly curved. Antennae of S minutely jiube.-^ccnt ; of ? 

 simple ; pal))i porrect, reaching beyond face ; lower part of face with a jirojection of 

 scales ; tongue present ; hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Cell half as long as wing ; 

 first median from three-fourths, second close liefore end of cell, third from end ; 

 radials as usual ; last four subcostals on a common stem from before angle of cell. 

 Hindwings with discocellular anguiated ; costal approximated to subcostal from near 

 base to half the cell ; subcostals on a short footstalk ; medians as in forewings. Fore- 

 wings of S with a not verj' distinct fovea near base ; .scaling smooth and tliin. 



Type: Lisso^daga echnoitdtiH Butler {Fidonid). 



Psilaspilates gen. no\. 



Near Aspilates, but distinguished at once liy the antennae of the J, which are 

 not pectinated but thick and laminated; the i)ali)i are much broader and shorter, with 

 the last joint drooping; hind tibiae with four spurs. 



Type : Psilaspilates butyrosa Butler (Lozograriima). 



SrniAMii.v SK.MIOTI I ISINAE. 

 Macaridae Auot. 

 Dissomorphia gm. nov. 

 Forewings triangular; costa nearly straight, convex shortly before apex, which is 

 very bluntly rounded ; hindmargin in J scarcely perceptilih" excavated below a]iex, 

 and with a very faint elbow abo\e middle ; in ? with a decided excavation, and a 

 strong tooth above middle. Hindwings with a small tooth in middle of hindmargin 

 in J, the margin above it hardly wavy, and .straight below it ; in ? with a strong 

 tooth, and the mai'gin visibly crenulaled. I'alpi long, rostriform, porrect ; forehead 

 tufted at base ; tongue present ; antennae of <S thick, armed with curved fascicles of 

 cilia ; of ? very minutely serrated. Xeuration normal. 

 Type: Dissomorphia austr(di((rin Guen. 

 A development of Semiothisa, and confined to Australia and Tasmania. 



Oxymacaria gen. no\. 



Forewings ample; the cusia stronj^dy arched at base and convex before apex; 

 apex produced, acute, subfalcate ; liindmargin incurved below apex, then slightly 

 bulging, and again curving to the anal angh'. Hindwings broad, with a distinct tootli 

 in middle of hindmargin ; the hindmargin curved above it, and straight below it- 

 Forehead slightly prominent; palpi thick, porrect; tongue present; antennae of 

 d shortly and regularly ]iectinatcd; of ? finely suliserrate. Neuration normal. 



Type: Oxymacaria pallid la Ilnipsn. (^4rrt/*t). 



Distinguished from the allied genera by tlie antennae, and the shape of the 

 forewings. 



