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recurved, second joint thickened with scales, somewhat roughly ex- 

 panded towards apex above, terminal joint as long as second, slender, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with 

 hairs above. Fore- wings with 2 from near angle, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 

 11 from middle. Hind- wings 1, trapezoidal, apex produced, acute, 

 term en obliquely emarginate, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat 

 approximated, 6 and 7 remote at base, rather diverging. 



Commatica eremna, n. sp. 



5 . 10 mm. Head, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous, 

 face and palpi grey. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, costa moderately 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; very dark 

 fuscous ; an almost marginal series of white specks round posterior 

 sixth of costa and termen : cilia fuscous mixed with darker, with a 

 subbasal blackish shade followed by a paler shade, with a white 

 wedge-shaped mark on costal extremity of submarginal series of 

 specks. Hind-wings dark fuscous, lighter towards base; cilia 

 fuscous. 



Bolivia, Songo ; one specimen. 



Idiocrates, n.g. 



Head with appressed hairs ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae over 1, basal joint elongate, slender. Labial palpi very 

 long, recurved, second joint with dense appressed scales, somewhat 

 loose beneath, terminal joint much longer than second, slender, 

 acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. 

 Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled. Fore-wings with 2 and 3 curved, 

 parallel, 2 from near angle, 3 from angle, 4 straight, 5 and 6 closely 

 approximated for some distance towards base, diverging posteriorly, 

 5 to apex, 7 absent, 8-10 parallel, 11 from rather before middle. 

 Hind- wings 1, elongate-trapezoidal-ovate, cilia ^; 3 and 4 connate, 

 5 absent, 6 and 7 parallel. 



Allied to the following genus, of which it is a specialised 

 development. 



Idiocrates halanitii^ n. sp. 



9 . 16 mm. Head whity -brownish, face white. Palpi white, a 

 subapical ring of second joint, and subbasal and median rings of 

 terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae whitish, towards base and 

 apex tinged with brownish. Thorax pale brownish, with an oblique 

 dark fuscous bar on each side of back behind collar. Abdomen 

 fuscous, beneath ochreous-whitish. Fore-wings elongate, rather 



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