1000.] 2^® 



median joint, at least as long as the joint itself, from which the smooth shorter ter- 

 minal joint stands up erect. Head with strongly developed side-tufts meeting above 

 the vertex. Thorax smooth. Fore-wings narrow, elongate, apex scarcely pomted. 

 Neuration : 12 veins ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa. nind-wings as broad as the fore- 

 wings, but tapering more rapidly to a rather pointed apex. Neuration : 8 veins ; 3 

 and 4 connate; 6 and 7 stalked close to the apex; the cell divided throughout its 

 length by a vein from immediately above 5. Abdomen flattened above. Legs : hind 

 tibise hairy, tarsi smooth. 



The palpi agree with those of Megacraspedus, Z., but the shape 

 of the hind-wings at once serves to distinguish Cyrnia from that 

 genus. It more nearly resembles Apiletria, Ld., and Pterolonche, Z., 

 but in these the palpi are distinctly different. 



2177 (2). Ctenia baebata, sp. n. 

 AntenncB whitish ochreous. Palpi whitish ochreous, dusted with fuscous ex- 

 ternally. Head and thorax whitish ochreous, the tegulse dusted with fuscous. 

 Fore-ivings whitish ochreous, with an indication of more strongly ochreous lines 

 along the lower half of the cell, beneath the costa, and along the upper edge of 

 the cell beyond the middle ; along the fold runs a streak of black scales and 

 another along the disc, commencing at one-third from the base and terminating 

 in a black spot at its outer extremity ; a slight spot is also indicated at the 

 commencement of this streak, and the thickening of black scales at the outer 

 end of the plical streak indicates the possibility of a third spot in some varieties ; 

 narrower streaks of scattered black scales follow the lines of the principal veins 

 even to the apex, where also a slight group of blackish scales occurs with a few others 

 scattered through the basal half of the pale ochreous terminal cilia. Exp. al., 

 <J , 16 ; ? , 18 mm. Hind-wings tawny grey ; cilia whitish ochreous. Abdomen 

 pale ochreous. Legs whitish ochreous. 



Type, S (84333) ; $ (84201), Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. : COESICA, Punta Parata, 7, VI, 1899 ; Ajaccio, 9, VI, 

 1899. Two specimens. 



A single pair of this very distinct genus and species ; the c? 



- taken at Punta Parata, opposite to the lies Sanguinaires, and the ? 



on an uncultivated field within two miles of the town of Ajaccio. 



Persistent collecting with a view to secure further specimens proved 



quite fruitless. 



APATEMA, ffn. n. 



{'aTTOLTTjiJia = a deceit) . 



Type, Apaiema mediopalUdum, "Wlsm. 



Antennce (J) stout, simple, slightly serrate towards the apex, basal joint 



with a pecten (fugitive). Maxillary palpi short, convergent. Labial palpi 



moderately recurved, divergent, smooth ; the terminal joint about as long as the 



median, but more slender and acute. Haustellum scaled. Head moderately 



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