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hind wings 8 veined, 3 and 4 close together, 5 at the middle of cell, 

 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 anastomosing with cell to. beyond middle ; hind 

 legs with two pairs of spurs. 



I have a specimen of P. phocata sent me by Mr. Moeschler, and 

 therefore typical, and I can see no difference between it and P. 

 sabinii Curt., of which I saw the type in the British Museum. 

 Species. — P. sabinii Curt, (phocata Moesch.) 



40. TRICHOCHL.AMYS n. gen. 

 Type polata Hiib. 



Palpi moderate, porrect, long haired ; tongue developed ; front 

 rough with projecting hairs ; antennae flattened, even, finely ciliate, 

 or nearly naked in % , filiform ciliate in 9 ; thorax loosely rough 

 hairy scaled or hairy. Abdomen rough scaled ; hind tibiae with all 

 spurs; fore wings 12 veins, two accessory cells ; hind wings 8 veins, 

 8 with cell to beyond middle. 



Mr. Meyrick catalogues polata under Dasyuris Guen., which it 

 closely approaches But Dasyuris has the antennae of % dentate, 

 which polata has not. I therefore propose the above as a designa- 

 tion of the genus. 



Species. — T. polata Hiib. 

 T. lacteata Pack. 



41. ERSEFHIIiA n. gen. 

 Type grandipennis Hulst. 

 Palpi long, subascending, end member horizontal ; front smooth, 

 rounded, prominent ; antennae shortly bipectinate, fasciculate in Z , 

 filiform in 9 ; thorax with posterior tuft. Abdomen of S with 

 anal tuft ; fore tibiae unarmed, hind tibiae wnth all spurs ; fore wings 

 12 veins, two accessory cells; hind wings extended, broad, 8 veins, 

 5 near 4, 6 and 7 stemmed, 8 with cell to beyond middle. 



Near Xanthorhoe, but with long palpi. Nearer Hydriomena, but 

 the antennae have short pectinations. 



Species. — E. grandipeiDm Hulst, n. sp. 



E. graiiclipeiinis n. sp. — Expands 42-52 mm. Palpi, head, thorax and 

 abdomen fuscous gray, the thorax more mixed with black scales ; antennae dark 

 fuscous; fore wings gray, somewhat washed with fuscous, and marked with va- 

 rious black cross-lines; the first basal broken, the next close to the first, rounded, 

 broad near middle , the next one-third out, and rather an intermitted band show- 

 ing in a broad blackish spot subcostally and next to inner margin ; the next line 

 is about the middle, narrow, quite distinct, rounded outwaidly at submedian, 



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