Entomolog, Mitteilungen XI, 1922, Nr. 2. 46 



before middle: an indistinct median line of dark brown suffusion from 

 nea,T base to termen; second discal stigma linear, dark fuscous; some 

 brownish tinge on tornal area; a dark fuscous mark on costa at %: cilia 

 pale ochreous, a subbasal shade of dark fuscous suffusion interrupted 

 into spots, tips suffused fuscous (im])erfect). Hindwings ochreous- 

 yellow; cilia yellowish suffused brownish-purple (imperfect). 



British New Guinea, Biagi, Mambave R. (coli. A. S. Meek, I — IV, 

 1906, 5000 feet), 1 ex. 



€oproinorphidae. 



Endothamna nov. gen. — Head with appressed scales, sidetufts 

 loosely raised; ocelli posterior: tongue developed. Antennac ^/g, basal 

 Joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, porreoted, 

 second Joint very long, with dense rough projecting scales on apical 

 ^/g above and round apex, beneath with appressed scales becoming 

 rough near apex, terminal Joint less than half second, verA^ obliquely 

 subascending, thickened with scales roughly projecting anteriorly 

 above middle, pointcd. Maxillary palpi obsolete. (Posterior legs missing.) 

 rorewingsv\ ith dorsal scale-projection near base and very large apparentlj' 

 expansible longitudinal fringe-tuft of long rough scales in middle of 

 disc directed downwards: 2 from angle, 2 — 5 approximated at base, 

 7 to Costa, 7 — 9 nearly approximated at base, 11 from middlo. Hind- 

 wings 1, trapezoidal-ovate, cilia V^: no cubital pecten; 2 — 4 nearly 

 parallel, 4 and 5 connate from angle of cell, 6 and 7 nearly parallel. 



A Singular form, differing from all others of the family in costal 

 termination of 7 of f orewings, and connate 4 and ö of hindwings, besides 

 the curious discal fringe. 



Endothamna marmarocyma nov. spec. — $. 21 mm. Head grey- 

 whitish somewhat mixed with broM n. Palpi whitish sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, tenninal Joint dark fuscous except base. Thorax grey- whitish 

 irregularly mixed with dark fuscous. Forewings suboblong, costa 

 anteriorly moderately, posteriorly slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed. 

 termen slightly rounded, rather oblique: whitish, slightly speckled 

 with fuscous, strewn -»^ith transverse bright silvery strigulae edged 

 posteriorly with blackish : markings dark pinkish-grey : a slender costal 

 streak from base terminated by a spot at i^- ^ large patch occupying 

 dorsal ^/g from near base to near tornus, the large discal fringe-tuft 

 of long whitish scales dotted with dark grey projecting downwards 

 across this, its apex nearly reaching dorsum in middlo: a suffused 

 blotch on middle of costa; an oblique streak from costa at ^/^ reaching 

 half across wing; a thicker streak near and parallel to termen, not 

 reaching costa, beneath runniiig to louer angle of dorsal patch: a 



