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Hindwdng glossy whitish ochreous, faintly tinged brighter ochreous 

 towards apex and costa, in apex with a faint pinkish tinge. Cilia 

 whitish ochreous, opposite apex touched Avith pinkish. 



Female genitalia: Sterigma not modified. CoUiculum large, 

 sclerotized, broadly funnel-shaped, lateral parts dilated. Cestum, 

 a small concave sclerite mth serrulate edge. Ductus bursae very 

 long. Bursa pear-shaped, signum of the usual Archipine shape. 



Material examined: Luzon, Benguet, Pauai, Haights Place, 7000 

 ft., 25.VI.1912, (A.E. Wileman) 1 9, allotype, genit. slide 5542, 1 9, 

 paratype (BM). 



Snodgrassia, new genus 



Head with appressed scales, face obtusely prominent above. 

 Antenna ciliate in male, ciliations under 1. Ocellus posterior. Pro- 

 boscis developed. Palpus angularly bent at first articulation, abruptly 

 ascending close to face; moderately long, top not quite reaching 

 base of antenna; rather smooth, only lower edge with a few projecting 

 short scales; median segment cm-ved, clavate and rounded, terminal 

 segment very short, subobtuse, almost concealed. 



Forewing suboval, sUghtly dilated, mthout a costal fold in male. 

 Cell rather narrow; 12 veins, all separate; vein 2 bent at a right angle 

 beyond its base, 3 distant from 4, 4 and 5 almost connate, 7 to termen, 

 8 to apex which is rounded and ill defined, 11 from beyond 2/5 of 

 cell; veins prominent on lower surface. 



Hindwdng without a cubital pecten, 2 from 3/5, 3 and 4 connate 

 from angle, 5 closely approximated at base, 6 and 7 separate, almost 

 connate. 



Male genitalia: Tegmnen strong, triangular, pedunculi with short 

 ventral projections below middle. Uncus very strong, curved, 

 gradually attenuated towards apex which is slender and slightly pro- 

 duced. Socii absent. Gnathos very strong, arms slightly cm"ved, 

 both extremities dilated, hook formed by a strong, pending plate, 

 a rising, clavate hook proper originates from center of plate. Trans- 

 tilla represented by two moderate oval processes wdthout thorns. 

 Valva moderate, rather broad, cucidlus dilated and almost circular; 

 sacculus moderate, sclerotized throughout, pulvinus large, supported 

 by a sclerotized and curved ridge. 



Female genitalia: Unknown. 



Type species: Cacoecia stenochorda Meyrick, 1928. 



The genus is chiefly characterized by the male genitalia, "wdth a 

 dilated and rounded valva and a pecidiar gnathos. The latter rather 

 resembles the gnathos in certain Adoxophyes species, but the neuration 

 is quite different. Superficially Snodyrassia stenochorda resembles 



