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PTEROPHORIDAL. 
CRrocyDOSCELUS, gen. n. 
(«poxts = a piece of wool, cxéAos = a leg.) 
Types. Crocydoscelus ferrugineum, Wlsm. 
Antenne half the length of the forewings, scarcely pubescent in 
the ¢, somewhat flattened laterally. Labial palpi slender, pro- 
jecting about the length of the head beyond it ; apical joint nearly 
as long as the second, which is slightly recurved. Haustellum well 
developed. //ead clothed above with bifid scales. Thorax stout, 
smooth, Forewings narrow, bilobed, the fissure commencing at 
about three-fourths from the base; the anterior lobe as wide as 
the second, slightly uncate at the apex ; second lobe square-ended, 
Neuration, 12 veins; 8 and 9 stalked, 8 to apex ; 3 and 4 stalked. 
Hindwings trilobed, the anterior fissure extending to one-half, the 
lower fissure not reaching to the base ; third lobe filiform, with a 
spatule of black scales in the cilia at its apex. Neuwration, 8 veins ; 
7 to apex of upper lobe ; 5 and 6 short, to fissure ; 3 and 4 approxi- 
mate towards origin, 4 to apex and 3 to angle of second lobe ; 
1 to apex of third lobe. Abdomen widened in the middle, tapering 
to the anal segments. Legs, anterior pair with a wide tuft at the 
end of the tibiz ; middle pair with a similar tuft ; posterior pair 
with three outspreading fan-like tufts, the first small, near the base 
of the tibize, the other two much larger, arising above the base of 
the spurs, the inner spurs much longer than the outer, slightly 
clothed, outer spurs densely clothed. 
Crocydoscelus ferrugineum, sp.n. (PI. IL, fig. 1.) 
Antenne greyish fuscous, with a reduplicated white line and 
white spots above. Palpi, head, and thorax ferruginous. Fore- 
wings ferruginous, banded across the outer half of the lobes with 
tawny fuscous and reddish cupreous, with a faint indication of a 
white transverse streak on each lobe; the apical margin of the 
anterior lobe is slightly uncate, the cilia blackish along their base, 
their outer half tawny-grey; on the second lobe the cilia are 
similarly coloured, but the tawny grey does not extend to 
the tornus, where they are purplish, and behind it they 
become pale ferruginous on the dorsum. Zzp. al., 15 mm. 
