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Hind/wings : in ? with rounded liindmargin ; in J produced in centre and wavy ; 

 anal angle distorted, with some thick layers of hair on the underside, and the hind- 

 margin liefore the angle incised. 



Abdomen of S with tufts of hair towards anus. Antennae of S with geminated 

 cilia for two-thirds, then simple ; ? antennae simple throughout. Palpi (as far as 

 can be made out) .short, stout; tongue present; hind tibiae of <J thickened, with a 

 pencil of hairs and four spurs. 



Type : Ectropidia exprivmt'i Wlk. (Acidalia). 



Hymenomima gen. now 



Foreivim/s : short and broad; costa straight; apes blunt, rounded; hindmargiu 

 curved. 



Ilindwiiifjs : with hindmargiu strongly curved and rather irregularly and 

 abruptly produced in the middle. 



Forewings in the c? with a very large circular scaleless fovea. Antennae in 

 both .sexes pectinated, more strongly in J than ? ; tongue small ; palpi triangular, 

 .short, drooping ; hind tibiae of c? with four short spurs. Neuration normal ; but 

 I'adial of forewings rising from decidedly above the centre of the discocellular. 



Type : Hymenomima cogigaria Moeschler (Boarmia). 



Phanerothyris gen. nov. 



Forewings : elongate ; costa straight ; apex rounded ; hindmargiu oblique, slightly 

 wavy ; anal angle distinct. 



Hindwings : broader than forewings, with i-ounded liindmargin. 



Forewings of <J, instead of the fovea at the usual place, with an elongated 

 hyaline space along the underside of the median vein, extending half-way from the 

 first line to the base. Palpi obliquely upcurved, the second joint short ; tongue 

 present ; antennae of the (J subserrate, pubescent ; hind tibiae thickened with four 

 very short spurs. 



Type : Phanerothyris inceHaria Leech {Boarmia). 



Prionomelia gen. nov. 



Forewings : elongate, with costa straight, apex blunt, hindmargiu oblique ; anal 

 angle well defined. 



Hindiuings : with round hindmargiu. 



Palpi very short and stumpy ; tongue present ; antennae of S shortly biserrate ; 

 hind tibiae with fom- short spurs. 



Xeuration : cell more than half as long as wings. Forewings, first median at 

 two-thirds ; second and thii-d from lower end of cell ; radials as usual. Hiudwiugs, 

 costal approximated to subcostal for nearly half the length of cell ; first subcostal and 

 second median nervule from just before the end of cell ; first median at two-thirds. 



Type : P-riononulia grisea Warr. 



Symmetroctena gen. nov. 



Forewings: elongate; costa nearly straight, slightlv curved towards apex, which 

 is blunt; hindmargin curved, not very olilique. 



Hindivings : with well-rounded liindmargin. 



Antennae of S with neat straight pectinations for five-sixths ; palpi very short, 

 slender; tongue present ; hind tibiae with four spurs. 



