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Sir George F. Hampson on the 



Genus Ulotricha. 



Ulotricha, Led., Wien Ent. Moii., 1863, p. 341. 



Proboscis extremely minute ; palpi upturned, slender, and 

 hardly reaching vertex of head ; maxillary palpi minute and 

 filiform ; frons rounded ; antennae of male ciliated ; tibiae nearly 



Ulotricha egregialis, $ , \. 



naked. , Forewing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from 

 angle ; 7 given off from 8 after 9 ; 10, 11 free. Hindwing with 

 vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 from upper 

 angle. 



Type. Ulotricha egreotai.i*, FT. S., Scbmcit. Eur., 



p. 120, fig. 55 S. Europe. 



Ulotricha medusalin, Mill. Icon., iii., p. 242, 

 pi. 127, figs. 4, 5. 



Genus Hypotia. 

 Hypotia, Zell., Isis., 1847, p. 593. 



Proboscis minute ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint widely sepa- 

 rated from frons, and with a tuft of hair at extremity on outer 

 side, the 3rd long, naked, and acuminate ; maxillary palpi large 



Hypotia corticalis, $ , \. 



and triangularly scaled ; frons rounded ; antennae with the basal 

 joint dilated, a tuft of scales iu front at extremity, the shaft 

 annulate and strongly ciliated. Forewing with the costa nearly 

 straight ; vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 well separated at 



