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tornus ; cilia yellow-ochreous, orange toward their base. Exf. al. 15 mm. Hindwings, 

 yellow-ochreous, outwardly tinged with ferruginous ; cilia ferruginous orange. Abdo- 

 men dull orange tinged with ferruginous, anal tuft orange-ochreous. Legs orange- 

 ochreous, tinged \vith ferruginous. 



Tyfe 3 (350337) B.M. 



//a6.— Utakwa River, 2500-3000 ft., Feb. 1913. Unique. 



NOSYMNA Wkr. 

 Nosynuia obnubila, sp. u. (Dint.) 



Antennae dark fuscous. Palpi short, porrect, terminal joint short, less than -| ; 

 dark fuscous. Head and Thorax dark fuscous, with bright green iridescence on the 

 crown and patagia, and deep bluish on the thorax. Forewings elongate, costa evenly 

 arched, apex rounded, termen scarcely oblique, rounded from vein 4, 2-3 stalked, 

 7 to apex ; dark fuscous, with strong purplish iridescence, and some indication of 

 indefinite darker patches or spots on the disc; cilia dark fuscous. Exf. al. 44 mm. 

 Hindwings blackish fuscous, darker than the forewings and lacking the purplish gloss ; 

 cilia dark fuscous, with lilac gloss. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs dark fuscous ; hind 

 tibiae smooth. 



Ttjpe 9 (350338) B.M. 



Hab. — Base Camp, Nov. — Dec. 1912. Unique. 



NEMOPHORIDAE 



= ^NEM0PH0R1DA Leach (tNEMATOPUOROIDAE Agassiz) : = ADELIDAE Hnmu. 

 "^ NEMOPHORIDA Leach, Brewster's Edinb. Encycl. 9. 133 (1815). f NEMATOPHOROIDAE 



Agassiz, Nom. Zool. Iiid. Univ. 247 (1846) : (8" edn.) 713, 714 (1848). ADELIDAE Hnmn.. Schm. Deutsch. 

 Tin. 30, 72-87 (1870), Tbl. 18-20 (1876). 



Nemophora Hfmsg. 



J NEMATOPHORA Agassiz ; = f NEMOTOIS Hb. (J NEMATOIS Oxf-Camb.) ; = etc. 



T}qDe 1 : Phalaena Tinea degeerella L. (Leach 1815). 

 NEMOPHORA HofYmaunsegg, Illiger's Verz. Kaier Preussens 499 no. 176 (1798) [1. degeerella L., etc.] ; 

 Leach, Brewster's Edinb. Encycl. 9. 133 no. 452 (1815) [Type : degeerella L.]. NEMATOPHORA 

 Agassiz, Nom. Zool. Lp. 46 Ind." Univ. 247 (1846) : (8° edn.) 713, 714 (1848). 



Type 2 : Alucita fascieUa F. (Meyr. 1912). 



NEMATOIS Hb. (J Oxf-Camb.) = f NEMOTOIS Hb. Verz. Schm. 416-7 sp. 4037-44 (1826). NEMA- 

 TOIS Oxf-Camb. Ace-List Br. Lp. 81 (1858). NEMOTOIS Stgr-Rbl., Cat. Lp. Pal. 2. 243-4 no. 479 sp. 

 4690-4710 (1901) ; Me\T. Gn. Lp. Wytsm. 133. 2, 4-« no. 4 sp. 1-83 Pf. [1] '1-5, -14, "17 (1912) [Type : 

 faseiella F.]. 



Hofl'manusegg's genus '" Nemophora" which was adopted by Leach, has been overlooked, and the well- 

 known " Nemophora " of Hubner [Verz. Schm. 417 sp. 4045-9 (1826) ; Stgr-Rbl. Cat. Lp. Pal. 2. 243 no. 478 

 sp. 4678-89 (1901) ; Meyr. Gn. Ins. Wytsm. 133. 2-3 Pf. [1] -10, -16"-" (1912)— Type : swammerdammella 

 L.] requires anothername. The only synonym is Nematopoyon Z. [Isis 32 : 1839. 185 no. 9 sp. 1-5 (1839) — 



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