genera Acrolophus and Anaphora. 145 



although it occurs in other species, does not appear to 

 attain the same proportions ; the forking of the apical 

 vein and the single uncus separate it from other species 

 having much the same general appearance. 



UitBAiu, Wlk., Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., xxix., 835 (1864). 

 Type. Urbara galeata, Wlk. 



" $ . Body rather stout. Head above with a thick erect tuft 

 of hairs. Eyes large, prominent. Proboscis distinct. Palpi 

 thick, erect, thickly clothed with long erect hairs, nearly twice 

 longer than the breadth of the head; first joint long, but much 

 shorter than the second ; third about half the length of the second. 

 Antenme slender, minutely setulose, much shorter than the fore 

 wings. Legs stout, squamous ; spurs long. Wings rather narrow, 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border very oblique hindward." 



To this may be added that the apical vein is forked. 



Urbara galeata, Wlk. 



Wlk., Cat. Lep. Het. B. M., xxix., 835 (1864). 



" 3 • Brown. Head above and palpi blackish brown. Legs 

 cinereous. Fore wings with four black points in the disk ; two of 

 these in a direct line between the other two and the interior border; 

 a row of black points along the exterior border. Length of the 

 body, 4 lines; of the wings, 12 lines. 



"a. Ega. From Mr. Bates's collection." 



The apical joints of the palpi are broken off, but have 

 evidently been long and recurved, as in Anaphora and 

 Acrulvplius. 



Thysanoscelis, n. g. 

 (Quoavos = a fringe, gustos = a leg). 

 Type. Thysanoscelis hirsutus, Wlsni. 



Labial palpi recurved, closely appressed to the head, but not 

 reaching above the crown ; second joint thickly clothed with a 

 stout, close brush of scales ; apical joint short, also concealed in 

 rough scales. Maxillary palpi depressed. Antciuue with the 

 basal joint tufted or bearing a close brush of scales, simple. Tongue 

 very short. Thorax tufted. Fore wings elongate, rounded at the 

 apex, with the costa slightly arched near the base, the costal and 

 dorsal margins beyond parallel; bearing patches of raised scales; 

 all the veins separate, 8 and 9 from the same point. Hind wings 

 slightly wider than the fore wings, ovate. Posterior leys with the 

 inner spurs much longer than the outer, with strong erect brushes 



