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antennas and shorter third joint of the labial palpi in the 

 European species. 



Menesta. 



Fore-wings obtusely pointed above the middle, elongate- 

 ovate. Disk closed by a very faint nervure. The subcostal 

 divides into five nervules, the first of which is from the 

 middle of the disk, the fourth being the apical, and the fifth 

 the post-apical from the middle of the disk behind. The 

 median is three-branched, the medio-posterior being opposite 

 the third subcostal vein. The fold is thickened at its end 

 and runs into the basal third of the median. The submedian 

 curved, and shortly furcate at the base. 



Hind-wings somewhat trapezoidal, slightly emarginate on 

 the hind margin beneath the tip. The discoidal cell unclosed. 

 The costal nervure is long and extended nearly to the tip. 

 The subcostal somewhat attenuated at its base, distinct from 

 the costal, and furcate at the apical third of the wing. The 

 median three-branched, the superior and central veins on a 

 common stalk. 



Size small. Head and face smooth, minutely scaled. 

 Forehead and face rounded and very broad. Ocelli none. 

 Eyes vertically placed, minute, oval, salient. Labial palpi 

 smooth, slender, curved and ascending equal to the vertex; 

 second joint slightly thickened towards its end; third very 

 slender, pointed and not more than one-half as long as the 

 second. Maxillary palpi very short, distinct. Antennas 

 much separated at their base, about one-half as long as the 

 fore-wings, filiform and ciliated beneath microscopically, with 

 one hair to each article; basal joint very short, scarcely thicker 

 than the stalk. Tongue scaled at the base, slender and about 

 as long as the anterior coxas. 



(y^uMio M. tortriciformella. Labial palpi fuscous, towards the 

 base whitish. Head, antennas and face dark luteo-fuscous, 

 the latter whitish beneath. Fore-wings dark brownish with 

 a purplish hue, with a small lunate white spot on the end of 



