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Posterior tibiae with all spurs present. Fore wings with areola 

 simple ; vein 11 free. Hind wings with 8 anastomosing with cell 

 from near base to beyond middle (Meyrick, Tr.E.S., 1892, p. 65). 



A genus containing numerous species, of which the majority 

 are European. Sir Geo. Hampson records 20 species from India. 

 It is hardly represented in our fauna, the species here described 

 being only a straggler. 



Eupithecia, Curt , is a synonym. 



23. Tephroclystia melanolopha. 



Eupithecia melanolopha, Swin. A.M.JST.H. (6), xvi., p. 296. 

 Hmps., Moths Ind., iv., p. 557. 



^, 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax oclu-eous- 

 whitish. Antennae of male slightly serrate, ciliations §. Abdo- 

 men slightly crested on third and fourth segments ; brown- 

 whitish ; apex of tuft dark fuscous. Legs fuscous ; posterior 

 pair whitish. Fore wings elongate-triangular ; whitish, mixed 

 with reddish-brown ; in oblique light irrorated with leaden- 

 metallic scales ; a basal patch, fuscous towards costa, towards 

 inner margin obsolete ; a broad median band, towards costa 

 fuscous, towards inner margin reddish-brown, containing a dark 

 fuscous discal dot, and outlined anteriorly and posteriorly with 

 whitish ; an obscure whitish subterminal line, after which disc is 

 suffused with fuscous ; cilia fuscous, apices paler. Hind wings 

 rather narrow; termen nearly straight; whitish mixed with 

 fuscous and reddish-brown, darker towards inner margin ; two 

 distinct white lines start from inner margin at |- and near anal 

 angle, becoming lost in disc ; cilia pale fuscous, at anal angle 

 white. 



N.Q., Townsville, Queensland ; in February and March. 

 Three specimens received from Mr. F. P. Dodd. Also from 

 India, Ceylon and Bali (British Museum Collection). 



Gen. 6. Mnesiloba. 



Miiesiloba, Warr. Nov. Zool., 1901, p. 196. 



Head with short cone of scales. Palpi moderate, porrected, 

 rough-scaled. Antennae in c? simple, very shortly ciliated. 

 Thorax not hairy beneath. Abdomen with small dorsal crests. 

 Posterior tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Fore wings with areole 



