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Lasiolimacos gen. nov. 



<?. Palpi hairy, upturned, reaching be3-ond the irons ; antennae deeply 

 bipectinateil, rapidly tapering at halfway, where they are serrated to the tip ; 

 legs hairy, mid and hind jiair very hairy, the latter with a thick brush on 

 the tibiae and lialfway down the tarsi; middle tibiae with one pair of spurs, 

 liind tibiae with two pair. 



Primary with two internal veins: \b forked at the base; vein 5 free from 

 the base, thns completely dividing tlie cell, and emitting above it a fine forked 

 veinlet halfway along the cell to the discocellnlars, vein 6 from cell above 

 the centre, 7, 8, 9, 10 forked, 11 from cell to very near the apex, 12 to about 

 midway between the end of cell and the apex. Secondary with three internal 

 veins : 2, 3, 4 and 5 from lower part of cell, vein 5 free from the base thns 

 completely dividing the cell, 6 and 7 stalked ; close to the base a very short 

 bar from 7 to 8 forming a minute secondary cell ; vein 8 with numerous 

 vcinlets, several being forked and long ; frenulum present. 



Type : Lasiolimacos pratti spec. nov. 



49. Lasiolimacos pratti spec. nov. (PL VI. f. 32). 



(?. Head and thorax ochrcous grey (commonly called buff) with a prominent 

 dark reddish-brown stripe down the centre ; antennae oehreons grey ; palpi 

 hairy reddish-brown ; abdomen pale brownish, darker down the dorsum ; legs very 

 hairy, ochreous grey, fore and mid legs with front dark reddish brown, hind legs 

 with tibial brushes conspicuously spotted with very dark reddish brown ; tarsi 

 reddish brown. Both wings ochreous grey, sparingly irrorated with dark scales, 

 but in the secondaries there is only the least trace of these scales. 



Primary with a deep reddish-brown patch close to the base on the costa ; a 

 third along the inner margin is an oblique short dark reddish-brown dash with a 

 slight reddish suffusion on the margin (when the insect is at rest these dashes 

 meet over the back, where they join the dark stripe on the thorax, and are most 

 conspicuous) ; a blackish spot is at the end of the cell ; the apex has a reddish- 

 brown wedge-shaped patch ; whence a curved line descends and is met by a similar 

 curved line from above the anal angle, forming a bracket-sliaped mark } with the 

 centre continued basewards to just below the spot closing the cell. Secondary 

 slightly more reddish than the primaries, with a darker suffused cloud in the centre 

 extending to the posterior margin, but without any markings. Fringes of both 

 wings ochreous, with intersections of dark red-brown tufts of scales. Underside 

 with secondary irrorated all over with rough reddish-brown scales, more especially 

 in the centre of the wing. 



? . With both wings rather redder than the male, the markings are similar 

 bnt there is a trace of a dark very interrupted stripe from the inner-marginal 

 dash to the apex, whilst the bracket-shaped mark near the posterior margin is 

 very obscured. 



Expanse: S 38-40, ? 50 mm. 



Ilab. Dinawa, August and September, and Ekeikei, January and February. 



iJO. Lasiolimacos kenricki spec nov. (PI. VI. f 33). 

 cT. Head, palju, and antennae dark reddish brown, thorax ochreous with a 

 broad (lark reddish-brown stripe, patagiae irrorated with reddish brown ; abdomen 



