i«ti.] 259 



NEW GENERA OF AGDISTID.^ AND PTEROPHORID^. 

 BY THE RIGHT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 



The following species will shortly he figured loith structural drawings 

 in " Xovitates Lepidopterologiccey 



{Concluded from page 244). 



GILBERTIA, gen. nov. 

 Type Oilhertia eq^ues, Wlsm. 



Antennce (?) simple. 



Maxillari/ palpi obsolete. 



Labial palpi, second joint somewhat thickened ; apical joint shorter than the 

 second, recurved, slender. 



Head tufted above with bifid scales. 



Fore-icings narrow, cleft to two-fifths of the wing-length ; upper lobe slender ; 

 second lobe wider and distinctly falcate, with an excavate outer margin ; anal angle 

 well defined. Neuration, 12 veins ; 3 and 4 from a common stem ; 5 and 6 short ; 

 8 and 9 from a common stem ; 10 separate at its origin. 



Hind-wings 3-lobed, the first fissure extending to one-fourth from the base, the 

 second fissure nearly to the base ; the third lobe ornamented with a projecting tuft 

 of scales. Neuration, 8 veins ; 4, 5, and 6 short, all separate, to end of upper 

 fissure. 



Abdomen broad, ornamented above. 



Hind-legs with two pairs of long equal spurs, distinctly tufted at the joints 

 above. 



This genus is apparently more nearly allied to Deuterocopus, Zi., 

 than to any other. It differs from Oxyptilus in the complete separa- 

 tion o£ vein 10 from the origin of 8 and 9, in which respect it agrees 

 ■with Platyptilia, the excavate margin of the second lobe of the fore- 

 wings at once distinguishes it from that genus ; the tufted legs and 

 the absence of a projecting tuft in front of the head cause it to 

 approach Eucnemidophorus, Wlgrn., which agrees with Platyptilia in 

 neuration. 



I name the genus in honour of my friend, Mr. Gilbert T. Carter, 

 C.M.G., Governor of Lagos, who has sent me this and many other 

 interesting species. 



Gflbertia eques, sp. nov. 



AvtenrKB ferruginous at the base, beyond it on the uj)per-side black, spotted witli 

 white ; whitish bonealh. 



Palpi ferruginous ; soniowliat recurved, twice as long as the head ; apical joint 

 about half the Icngtli of the second joint, wliioli has a whitish spot at its end on the 

 inner side. 



