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short. Palpi obliquely iiscending, rising higher than the vertex; 

 2ncl joint with a short fringe; 3rd linear, a little shorter than the 

 2nd. Antennae smooth, slender. Thorax squamous. Abdomen 

 hardly extending beyond the hind wings. Legs short, stout, 

 hardly pilose; hind tibiae with four long spines, one in each pair 

 longer than the other. Wings broad, short. Fore Avings rect- 

 angular at tlie tii:)s; exterior border slightly rounded, hardly 

 oblique; 4th inferior vein, or median nervule, not very remote 

 from the other three which are contiguous at the base. 



The short wings and the structure of the veins chiefly distin- 

 guish tliis genus from the other Ilyjiogmmmidie. 



41. Stpjdova albigutta. Foem. Murina, siibtus argenteo 

 cinerea; capite albo-fasciato; alis anticis atomis lineis duabus trans- 

 versis undulatis indeterminatis macula discoidali punctis paucis 

 costalibus punctisque marginaliljus nigricante notatis albis; alis 

 posticis subtus cinereis puncto discoidali atomisque fuscis. 



. Female. Mouse colour; under side silvery cinereous. Head 

 with a white band between the eyes. Wings with a cinereous 

 fringe, Avhich is interlined with brown. Fore wings with a few 

 white speckles; two indeterminate undulating transverse white 

 lines; a few costal white points, an<l a row of marginal white 

 blackish-marked points; a white discoidal spot. Hind wings 

 beneath cinereous, thickly speckled with browii; a brown point 

 in the disk. Length of the Ijody 4 lines; of the wings 10 lines. 



42. BiiiARDA CONTURBATA. Fieiii. Fusca; i)alpis oblique ascen- 

 dentibus verticem sat superantibus articulo 3° lineari, 2" duplo 

 breviore; abdomine nigi'ocante-bicristato, alas posticas paullo 

 superante; alis anticis cinen^o-fuscis, plaga magna postica ante- 

 media pallide cinerea striga basali fascia informi lineis triljus 

 exterioribus transversis angulosis cinereo marginatis striga trans- 

 versa postmedia strigaque subapicali obscure fuscis; alis posticis 

 fuscis, striga basali plagaque disc(»idali cinereis semiliyalinis. 



Female. Ihown. Paljii rather slender, oblicpiely ascending, 

 rising somewliat liiglier tlian tlie vertex; ."Jrd joint linear, rounded 

 at the tip, aljout half tlii' length of the "iiid. Pectus cinereous, 

 tliickly clothed with long hairs. Abdomen extending a little 

 lieyond the hind wings, with two l)lackish crests, one on the 1st 

 .segment, the other on the 3rd segment; under side ])ale peailv 



