BY E. MEYRICK. 1211 



independently of the similar structure in the Larentiadce., and no 

 affinity is implied by it, as the preponderance of other character 

 shows; indeed, it might perhaps have been expected to arise 

 independently more often, in which case the distinction of the 

 families could not have been maintained. 



1. Hindwings white on basal half 2. 



Hindwings not white on basal half 3. 



2. Forewings with a blackish mark on costa at J 80. Jiii^acopis. 

 Forewings without a blackish mark on costa 



at ^ 81. serpentaria. 



3. Forewings with a straight dark fuscous 



fascia beyond middle S3, atmoscia. 



Forewings without a straio'ht dark fuscous 



fascia beyond middle 82. phlegetonaria. 



80. Hyj:). hiracopis, n.sp. 



(J. 38 mm. Head whitish, somewhat mixed with dark fuscous, 

 face suffused with dark fuscous. Palpi whitish mixed with blackish. 

 Antennae whitish sprinkled with grey, pectinations ochreous. 

 Thorax whitish mixed with fuscous hairs. Abdomen whitish 

 irrorated with dark fuscous, two basal segments ochreous. Legs 

 dark fuscous, partially irrorated with white. Forewings very 

 elongate-triangular, costa subconcave, hindmargin rounded, strongly 

 dentate ; fuscous, densely and suffusedly strewn throughout with 

 whitish ; costa shortly strigulated with dark fuscous ; veins 

 marked with fine dark fuscous lines ; a short oblique blackish 

 nifirk from costa at J, whence proceeds a very fine partially 

 obsolete very deeply dentate dark fuscous line to inner margin 

 before middle ; an indistinct fuscous median shade from I of costa 

 to I of inner margin, darker and more distinct in disc, strongly 

 curved outwards on upper half ; a very fine very deeply dentate 

 dark fuscous line from | of costa to f of inner margin ; a rather 

 broad straight very ill-defined fuscous shade from apex to inner 

 margin before anal angle ; a fine dark fuscous hindmarginal line : 

 cilia fuscous irrorated with whitish, tips whitish. Hindwings 



