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with a tuft of scales from base of each sinuation coverinf? it, basal 

 joint swollen. Labial palpi moderately lonf?, somewhat arched, 

 ascending, second joint with short dense projecting scales beneath, 

 terminal joint moderate, filiform, obtuse. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, filiform. Abdomen in male with moderate anal tuft, valves 

 retracted. Posterior tibiae in male with outer middle-spur one-half 

 to three-fourths of inner, end-spurs short, nearly equal. Fore 

 wings with vein 10 rising out of 9, 11 oblique. Hind wings as 

 broad as fore wings ; veins 3, 4, 5 approximated at base, 7 out of G 

 near origin, anastomosing with 8 to near middle. 



This is probably a considerable genus ; Walker de- 

 scribes several species which belong to it under Dcsmia, 

 and Snellen's /EcUodes oricntalis is clearly referable here, 

 the antennae being specially figured (the reference to 

 A^J diodes seems quite unreasonable, the antennae in that 

 genus being simple). 



93. Diplotyla ochroscma, n. s. 

 3 , 30 mm. Head and thorax ochreous mixed with whitish, 

 shoulders fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, beneath broadly white. 

 Antennse fuscous. Abdomen fnscous, irrorated with whitish, anal 

 segment white, with a small fuscous apical spot. Legs ochreous- 

 whitish, anterior tibiae with a broad dark fuscous band towards 

 apes ; posterior tibiaj with outer middle-spur moderately long. 

 Fore wings elongate-triangular, costa sinuate, posteriorly gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, hind margin obliquely rounded; fuscous, 

 slightly purplish-tinged; first line obsolete; two quadi-ate discal 

 spots, obscurely outlined with darker, separated only by a linear 

 whitish mark, first moderate, preceded by a very small whitish 

 spot, second larger, followed by a narrow or irregular transverse 

 white spot ; second line obscui-e, dark fuscous, waved, obscurely 

 margined posteriorly with whitish ochreous, forming a distinct 

 whitish ochreous spot on costa, running fi-om costa at three-fourths 

 towards anal angle, angulated beneath costa and indented above 

 middle, near anal angle bent round and indented inwards, termi- 

 nating on inner margin at three-fourths; cilia ochreous-whitish, 

 with a grey line. Hind wings fuscous, irarplish-tinged ; an obhque 

 quadrate somewhat paler discal spot before one-third, laterally 

 margined with dark fuscous, and preceded and followed by trans- 

 verse linear whitish marks; second hne obscure, dark fuscous, 

 waved, posteriorly obscurely margined with ochreous-whitish, more 

 distinctly towards inner margin, running from two-thirds of costa, 

 sinuate mwards above niiddle, at two-thirds rectangularly bent 



