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1883.] 35 



to tlie genus Euleehria in the (EcopJioridce, and differs from the above 

 species in almost every important point of structure ; nor is there even 

 any close superficial resemblance. 



Parasia sedata, Butl. 



I cannot identify the very insufficient description originally given 

 (Cist. Ent. ii, 560), and do not remember noticing an Hawaiian type. 

 Mr. Butler referred the first specimen to Gelechia, but the second to 

 Parasia, as if it were a matter of choice, though these genera are 

 widely different. But it is in the highest degree improbable that the 

 species is common to the Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand ; and, 

 considering its obscure colouring, the apparent uncertainty as to its 

 structure, and the above-mentioned similar instance of mistaken iden- 

 tity, I think we shall be justified in regarding this identification as 

 unwarranted. 



DiPLOSARA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; tongue strong, scaled. Thorax, per- 

 haps crested (?). Antennae rather stout, serrate, in $ towards base 

 with a fascicle of short cilia (|) on each joint ; basal joint moderate, 

 simple. Maxillary palpi rudimentary, short, drooping. Labial palpi 

 moderately long, recurved ; second joint considerably thickened above 

 and beneath with dense, somewhat rough scales, attenuated towards 

 base ; terminal joint as long as second, acute, posterior edge from base 

 nearly to apex clothed with long, dense, obliquely projecting scales. 

 Posterior tibiae clothed with long dense hairs. Tore-wings elongate, 

 narrow, surface with large tufts of raised scales ; hind-wings elongate- 

 ovate, as broad as fore-wings, cilia rather long (1). Fore-wings with 

 twelve veins, 3 and 4 closely approximated from angle of cell, 5 and 

 6 widely remote, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle of upper 

 margin of cell. Hind-wings with eight veins, 2 and 3 considerably 

 before angle of cell, parallel, 4 and 5 stalked from angle, 6 gradually 

 approximated to 7 at base. 



A remarkable and distinct genus, certainly belonging to the 

 OelechidcB, but otherwise differing greatly from any other known. 

 It is, however, probable that it has some direct relationship to the 

 genera above described. 



D. lignivora, Butl. 



Scardia lignivora, Butl., Ent. Mo. Mag., xv, 273. 



I am unable to conjecture why Mr. Butler should have referred 

 this singular insect to the genus Scardia, with which it has really not 

 a single structural point in common. 



