( l-^-^ ) 



P.siloliii.iliriii I 111' aiitciiiiMc III' the S 'H'e very iiiiimlflv sernite, and those of the J 

 simple. 



Type: Psllotapfn-if( lils'iimatu Ilnipsii, (Eur>/tap}iria}. 



In the Pr. Z. S., 189:^, pp. 409, 410, where [ described E. undUineata and 

 diagnosed tlie genus, the S only really belonged to that species; the ? was a 

 Pailoiapfirin . 



Sig^mathyris gen. nov. 



Forewings : with costa nearly straight for four-fifths, then strongly arched ; apex 

 much produced, blunt ; hindmargin deeply excised just below apex, then bowed 

 outward ; anal angle distinct. 



Hindivinrjs : with a decided elbow at end of third median, the hindmargin on 

 either side irregularly wavy. 



Forewings with a sinuous hyaline discal mark. 



Type: S. scriptipenndna Wlk. {Andania,'). 



Walker originally made the genus A ndania for a species of the family Epiplemidae, 

 sdtosignaiii (xx., p. -u), with which the present species has no affinity. 



Spilocraspeda gen. nov 



Foreviiiijs : ample; costa nearly straight or faintly arched; apt-x subacute; 

 hindmargin with a more or less decided angulation at the end of the tnird median, 

 the upper arm vertical and .sometimes concave, the lower oblique ; anal angle well 

 marked. 



Hindicings: kite-shaped; both angles well exiiressed ; hindmargin with a 

 decided angulation at end of third median. 



Palpi porrect, slightly upcurved ; .second joint hairy, third joint short, blunt ; 

 tongue present; antennae of J flattened, bidentatc, the teeth armed with short 

 fascicles of cilia; hind tibiae thickened, with four spurs. Init without any pencil of 

 hairs. 



Type : Spilocraspcdfi subusfn ^\'arr. 



Spilocraspeda curvilinea sp. nov. 



Foreiviiigs : dull ochreous, covered with short traiisxcise dingy ochreous grey 

 strigae ; first line dull fuscous, at one-third, diffuse and indistinct, and hardly reaching 

 costa; second line close to hindmargin, vertical on costa and towards inner margin, 

 lint forming a rouuded sinus outwards in the middle ; fringe concolorous, with a 

 slightly darker basal line ; cell-spot small, fuscous, placed in ,-i faintly darker central 

 shade. 



Jfindwivg.s : the same. 



Head, face, thorax, and alidomeu concolorous: tips of paliii brnwii. rnderside 

 (liillcr, with all the markings quite faint. 



Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 



One ? from No\o ]''riborgo. 



Spilocraspeda submarg'inata sp. no\. 

 Foreiiu iigs : pale ochreous, dusted with fuscous ; the costa darker, and the liind- 

 margin appearing darker from the dark fascia of the underside ; lines very indistinct, 

 rusty, as in S. subuMa, the first at one-third, the second central, but beyond the cell- 



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