240 Mr. E. Meyrick on the 
long (four), rather dark fuscous, sprinkled with whitish above. 
Antenne dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Legs fuscous, beneath 
whitish, banded with dark fuscous, tibia not incrassated. Fore 
wings cleft from two-thirds, segments moderate, parallel-sided ; 
fuscous, towards middle of dise and on costal and dorsal edges 
irrorated with blackish ; an obscure cloudy dark fuscous dot in disc 
at one-fourth, and a second below costa at one-third; a cloudy 
blackish dot immediately before cleft, indistinctly extended to 
costa, where it is followed by some whitish scales; an indistinct 
dark fuscous bar extending across middle of both segments parallel 
to hind margin, anteriorly suffused, posteriorly margined by an 
obscure whitish line; cilia fuscous, slightly mixed with whitish, on 
hind margin with an obscure darker fuscous line, on inner margin 
with a few scattered black scales. Hind wings cleft firstly from 
middle, secondly from three-fourths, first and second segments 
moderately dilated; rather dark fuscous; cilia fuscous; third 
segment with a row of black scales on inner margin from base to 
middle, and one or two at three-fourths. 
Three specimens. Immediately recognisable by the 
unusually long palpi. 
44, Platyptilia cosmodactyla, Hb. 
Amblyptilia cosmodactyla, Butl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 
1881, 407. 
Three specimens, darker and greyer than usual, but 
apparently identical. This species, ranging over Europe, 
South Africa, and North America, is probably trans- 
ported through the agency of man. 
45. Platyptilia brachymorpha, un. 8. 
3 (?), 14mm. Head and thorax light brown, thorax posteriorly 
ochreous-whitish. Palpi moderate (two), ochreous-brown, base 
and a median ring of second joint white, terminal joint mixed with 
white. Antenne fuscous. (Abdomen broken.) Legs rather dark 
fuscous above, white beneath, tibia not incrassated. Fore wings 
cleft from two-thirds, segments moderate, parallel-sided; light 
ochreous-brown, irrorated with white; costa rather dark fuscous, 
dotted with white ; a rather large dark fuscous dot in dise before 
one-third, and another beneath costa before middle; a triangular 
dark fuscous blotch on costa about two-thirds, reaching half across 
wing, terminating in two transversely placed black dots before 
cleft, followed by an obseure whitish suffusion; a white line 
