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way between end of cell and apex, or considerably nearer the latter 

 (rarely nearer the former), the third ending at or just before apex ; 

 upper radial nervule usually united to subcostal uervure midway between 

 end of cell and bifurcation of its third and fourth nervules, but some- 

 times at end of cell ; disco-cellular nervules not or scarcely oblique, 

 both arched, the lower from once and a half to twice as long as the 

 upper; discoidal cell not wide (there being unusual space between 

 costal and subcostal nervures), truncate terminally ; submedian nervure 

 sinuated parallel to inner margin; internal nervure very short and 

 slender, running into submedian nervure not far from base ; $ almost 

 always with a more or less extended space (varying from a narrow 

 hind-marginal border to outer two-thirds or more of wing) bearing 

 partly raised or tilted scales, and having a duller, almost chalky 

 aspect ; same sex in some species with inner-marginal edge near base 

 recurved, and bearing a long tuft or brush of radiating silky hairs. 

 Hind-wings prominent apically and inferiorly (rarely sub-caudate at 

 anal angle) ; costa well arched, and with pronounced basal projection ; 

 hind-margin slightly dentate (sometimes more so inferiorly) ; inner 

 margins forming a deep and complete groove entirely covering abdomen 

 beneath, but markedly divergent beyond this ; costal nervure extending 

 to considerably beyond middle, and sometimes nearly to apex ; first 

 subcostal nervule arched, given off about middle or nearer extremity 

 (upper) of discoidal cell; disco- cellular nervules both very oblique, — 

 the lower one about or less than twice as long as the upper, curved 

 or sub-angulated ; internal nervure bent near base, running to end of 

 inner-marginal groove ; ^ with space of raised scales much more 

 limited than in fore-wing, and rarely extending as far as anal angle ; 

 same sex usually with a more or less ovate spot or short stripe of 

 thickened scales near base, above subcostal nervures, and in some 

 species with a long tuft of silky hairs below that nervure. Legs short, 

 moderately stout ; femora with only a very little extremely short hair 

 beneath basally ; fore-tibia much shorter, middle tibia rather shorter, 

 hind-tibia much longer than femur, — all sparsely and finely spinu- 

 luse ; terminal spurs of middle and hind tibiie small and slender, but 

 not very short ; tarsi nearly twice as long as tibire, rather strongly and 

 thickly spinulose. 



Abdomen arched, compressed, short, acuminate, dorsally tufted 

 with silky hair at base. 



Lakva. — Elongate, slightly tapering anteriorly and posteriorly; 

 surface finely granulated. 



Pupa. — A^ariable in shape, especially as regards convexity of wing- 

 covers in front of breast (which, moderate in Crocalc, Gnoma, Florclla, &c., 

 is very strongly arched and ridged in Minuscida and ? Fhilea), and length 

 of acute projection on head (which is much prolonged in ? Fhilea). 



These characters of larva and pupa are from Mr. Moore's and Mr. 

 Butler's published figures, and Mrs. Barber's drawings of Florclla. 



