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2. TRICHOMAPLATA, Nh. g. 
Palpi short, ascending ; penultimate joint somewhat wedge-shaped 
(fig. 1 a) : antenne long, bipectinated at the base : thorax with a very 
small crest in front; scapular plates furnished with long pencils of 
hairs: ody long, tufted at the extremity, g : anterior wings de- 
flexed, lanceolate, entire. Type, 
TricHoMaptata virraTa, Pl. XIV. fig. 1. 
Sp. Ch.—Head and thorax ashy grey ; abdomen ferruginous ; an- 
terior wings pinkish white, with a deep ferruginous mark on the an- 
terior margin near the costa, and a strong ferruginous vitta extending 
from the shoulder to the posterior angle of the outer margin ; posterior 
wings subdiaphanous, with the inner margin fulvous. 
Hab. Brazil. In the collection of the British Museum. 
Fam. HyrponoMEvTIDz. 
3. PALPARIA, n. g. 
Palpi \arge; penultimate joint with a large triangular patch of 
scales extending horizontally ; terminal joint recurved (fig. 4 a) : tho- 
rax broad, slightly depressed: anterior wings oval, apex acute ; 
posterior wings broad, ciliated; apex acutely oval: posterior tibie 
large and broad. Type, 
PavpariA LAMBERTELLA, Pl. XIV. fig. 4. 
Sp. Ch.—Thorax and anterior wings of a rose-pink colour, with 
two longitudinal yellow lines extending from the shoulder to the apex 
and posterior angle of the outer edge respectively ; posterior wings 
yellow, shading into orange towards the apex; abdomen yellow. 
Larva depressed, 16-footed, whitish green, slightly hairy, solitary. 
In the collection of the British Museum. 
This species was reared by Mr. Lambert in Australia. The figure 
of the larva is from his drawing. 
The meeting was then adjourned to Tuesday, November 13. 
November 13, 1849. 
William Yarrell, Esq., in the Chair. 
The Secretary reported that the recent additions to the Menagerie 
included two species of Mammalia, five species of Birds, and six spe- 
cies of Reptiles, which had not been previously exhibited, viz. :— 
Mus (Hesperomys) pilorides, Desm. 
From St. Lucia; presented by Lieut. Tyler, R.E. 
Ursus isabellinus, Blyth. 
From the Himalayah; deposited by Sir H. Hun- 
loke, Bart. 
