ART. 7. NEW SPECIES OF MOTHS SCHAVS. 45 



TOLYTIA, new genus, 



Male. — Palpi: first joint with long fringe, porrect; second joint 

 upturned with thick fringe; third joint porrect, short, resting on 

 fringe of second joint. Antennae short, pectinated to tips. Abdo- 

 men Avith broad dorsal tufts. Tibiae and tarsi with long tufts. Fore 

 wing broad, the outer margin romided ; vein 2 from near base of cell ; 

 3 well before angle; 4 and 5 from lower angle; 6 and 7 on short 

 stalk from upper angle; 8 from upper angle; 9 absent; 10 and 11 

 from cell. Hind wing: costa slightly rounded at base; termen and 

 anal angle rounded; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell; 3 before 

 lower angle; 4 and 5 from lower angle; 6 from 7 before end of cell; 



8 and 9 from near base. 



Type of gemis. — Tolytia multilinea {Tolype) Schaus. 

 Tolype sanguilenta Dognin also belongs here. 



TYTOCHA, new genus. 



Male. — Palpi ui)tumed to frons, clothed with long hairs which 

 conceal the third joint. Antenna with long pectinations on basal 

 half, shorter on terminal half. Abdomen with dorsal tuft at base. 

 Legs clothed with long tufts except on terminal half of hind tarsi. 

 Fore wing moderately broad, the termen oblique and crenulate ; vein 

 2 from near base of cell; 3 from just beyond middle of cell; 4 and 

 5 from lower angle: 6 and 7 stalked from upper angle; 8 absent; 



9 and 10 on long stalk from end of cell; 11 free approximating 12. 

 Hind wing: costa produced at base, then excurved, the termen 

 rounded and slightly crenulate; vein 2 from before angle; 3, 4, 5 

 from lower angle; cell half the length of wing; 6 from 7 before 

 upper angle; 8 and 9 from near base. 



Type of genus. — Tytocha temperata Schaus. 

 Tolype crassilinea Dognin also belongs here. 



TYTOCHA TEMPERATA, new species. 



Male. — Palpi and frons whitish the former with cinnamon buff 

 shading behind. Body pale pinkish buff with faint transverse vina- 

 ceous buff lines on collar and abdomen dorsally. Legs vinaceous 

 buff mottled with white. Fore wing pale pinkish buff crossed 

 by sinuous vinaceous buff lines; a subbasal spot below cell; three 

 antemedial lines; a fuscous line on discocellular with smoky shading 

 on either side; three postmedial lines followed by a fourth broken 

 line, and a broader subterminal similar shade; terminal cinnamon 

 buff lines on interspaces and base of cilia. Hind wing pale pinkish 

 buff, the veins whitish buff ; a fine buff streak on discocellular. Wings 

 below whitish, the lines on fore wing less distinct. 



