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NOTODONTIDAE. 

 9. Tarsolepis sommeri dinawensis subspec. nov. 



(J. Like sommeri, except that the margin of the secondaries is spotted with 

 dark grey, and the femoral tuft of the hindleg is not scarlet, bnt is ])ale ochreous, 

 that is tlie same colour as the undersnrface of the specimens. 



Hab. Dinawa. 



The species is not uncommon in the month of August, and the differences are 

 tiuite constant in both sexes, making an interesting and good local race. 



Pseudogarg'etta gen. nov. 



Head roughly haired. Palpi thickly scaled, upturned end segment small, 

 deflexed. Antennae pectinated with cilia for two-thirds in (?, shortly pectinate 

 and without cilia in ?. Thorax with anterior tuft, tarsi nearly bare in <S. Mid- 

 tibiae with one pair, hindtibiae with two pairs of spurs. Legs in ? very densely 

 clothed with long rough hairs and tarsi shortly scaled. Abdomen of cj with an 

 anterior tuft on the dorsum and an anal tuft. 



Neuration : Primary, vein 2 from two-fifths, 3 well before angle, 4 from angle, 

 .5 from above the middle of the discocellulars, 6 from near centre of areole, 

 7 from end of areole, 8 and 9 on a long stalk, 10 from end of areole, 11 from cell. 

 Secondary, 2 from about two-thirds, 3 and 4 from angle, .5 from centre of disco- 

 cellulars, 6 and 7 stalked, very short in S, longer in ?, 8 adjacent to cell to near 

 middle. 



Type : P. diversa spec. nov. 



10. Pseudogargetta diversa spec. nov. (PI. V. f. 4. cf). 



(?. Head and palpi reddish brown, collar very deep red-brown, with a dividing 

 pale occipital edging in the middle. Thorax ochreous grey, with a dark brown 

 anterior tuft. Abdomen darker brown, with a pale anal tuft. 



Primary, above, ochreous grey, slightly suffused with reddish brown, giving 

 a mottled appearance : a trace of a basal line, a stigma below the centre of the 

 cell with dark lateral edges, the basal edge straight, the exterior edge carved, an 

 oblique row of three dark lunules from the upper angle of the cell towards the 

 .apex ; terminal area paler, strongly curved towards the tornns ; a distinct row of 

 dark subterminal spots ; termen darkly edged in the nerve interspaces. Secondary, 

 uniform pale brownish grey. 



¥ . Head, palpi, and antennae reddish brown. Thorax dark slaty brown, with 

 anterior tuft. Abdomen brown. Primary dark slaty brown, with paler brown 

 subbasal, postcellular, and postmedial areas. All the S markings are present, 

 hut much more prominent, with tlie exception of the subterminal row of spots, 

 which is obscure, with much smaller spots ; the fringes are tesselated brown and 

 whitish. Secondary uniformly dark brown, very hairy at the base. 



Expanse: <S 47 mm., ? 71 ujm. 



Hub. ninawa, May and .June, c? ; Ekeikei, March and April, ?. 



The sexes of this species are at first sight very unlike, the female being more 

 than half as large again as the male, and being a very dark black-looking insect, 

 whilst the male is slight and comparatively pale. 



