8 Mr. E. Meyrick on the 



OXYPTILUS, Z. 



Forehead without tuft. AntennfB minutely cihated (not over ^). 

 Palpi moderate, ascending, 2nd joint with projecting scales beneath, 

 forming a short angular apical tuft, terminal joint moderate, fili- 

 form, tolerably acute. Tibias thickened with scales on origin of 

 spurs. Fore wings bifid, cleft from about middle ; 2 and 4 stalked, 

 3 absent, 5 and 6 very short, 7 from below angle of cell, long, 

 8 and 9 long-stalked, 10 out of 8, 11 from very near angle. Hind 

 wings trifid, 3rd segment with a tuft of black scales in dorsal ciha ; 

 2 from middle of cell, 3 from near angle, very short, 5 and 6 very 

 short, 7 to apex. 



The species examined were 0. jnlosellce, O. hieracii, 

 and 0. parvidactijlus. The genus is derivable from 

 Platyptilia. 



Sphenarches, n. g. 



Forehead without tuft. Autennfe minutely ciliated {\). Palpi 

 moderately long, ascending, 2nd joint with scales hardly projecting 

 beneath, terminal joint long, filiform, tolerably pointed. Tibiae 

 thickened with scales on origin of spurs. Fore wings bifid, cleft 

 from middle ; 2 and 4 stalked, 3 absent, 5 and 6 very short, 7 from 

 below angle of cell, long, 8 and 9 long-stalked, 10 and 11 stallied. 

 Hind wings trifid, 3rd segment with a tuft of black scales in dorsal 

 cilia ; 2 fi'om middle of cell, 3 absent, 5 and 6 very short, 7 to apex. 



Founded on the single species described below ; a 

 development of Platyptilia, and intermediate in general 

 characters between Oxyptilus and D enter ocojjus. 



Deuterocopus, Z. 



Forehead without tuft. Antennae in male — (?). Palpi moderate, 

 ascending, 2nd joint with appressed scales, terminal joint moderate, 

 acute. TibiaB thickened on origin of spurs with dense spreading 

 whorls of scales ; posterior tarsi with similar smaller whorls on 

 apex of two basal joints. Fore wings trifid, cleft centrally from 

 middle and lower segment cleft from two-thirds ; 2 and 4 from point 

 of angle of cell, 3 absent, 5 and G very short, 7 from below angle, 

 long, 8 and 9 long-stalked, 10 from near angle, 11 from near 10. 

 Hind wings trifid, 3rd segment unusually short, terminating in a 

 tuft of black scales ; 2 from middle of cell, 3 absent, 5 and G very 

 short, 7 to apex. 



I have examined 7). Temistranni, the only known spe- 

 cies. The genus is derived from riatyptilia, and otherwise 

 most allied to SpJicnarclics. 



