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Hindwing : binrlmargiii ronnded, with an indentation bej'ond cell. 



Abdomen of S with anal tnft and a pair of lateral tnfts beneath on penultimate 

 segment ; metathorax tufted ? antennae ' simple, lamellate ; forehead protuberant ; 

 palpi rough-scaled, erect in front of face, the second segment long, the third short, 

 pointed, thrown forward ; tongue and frenulum present ; hindtibiae swollen, with 

 a pencil of hair.s and four spurs ; no fovea in forewing. 



Neuration : forewing, cell quite half of wing ; discocellular vertically concave ; 

 first median from before middle, second shortly before third ; radials normal ; 

 7, 8, 9 stalked from well before end of cell ; 10 and 11 long-stalked : hindwing 

 with costal and subcostal approximated for one-half of cell ; 7 well before end of 

 cell ; medians as in forewing ; no radial. 



Wing-scales arranged throughout in long level lines ; scales of the body broad 

 and coarse. 



Type : Taxilepis regularis spec. iiov. 



121. Taxilepis regularis spec. nov. 



Forewing : pinkish ochreous, closely and regularly striated with fuscous ; all 

 the veins pale ; the lines indicated by paler, unstriated bands of ground-colour ; 

 the basal and marginal areas darker than the median ; basal area edged by two or 

 three dark spots followed by paler striae forming a slight curve at one-third ; outer 

 line beyond two-thirds, the paler ground-colour projecting as teeth on the veins 

 into the dark marginal area ; a dark transverse cell-spot ; margin slightly darker 

 before the fringe, which is pinkish ochreous at base, pinkish fnscous beyond, with 

 dark marks beyond veins. 



Hindwing : similar, but the lines less distinct. 



Underside white, suffused throughout with pink, with darker speckling ; outer 

 line dark, crenulate, with jjaler edge ; cell-spots and marginal spots black ; hind- 

 wing at base white, with the cell-spot and a broad antemedian band across wing 

 of coarse black scales. 



Palpi, face, vertex, and shoulders cream-colour, with a few dark scales inter- 

 mixed ; the palpi externally fuscous ; patagia fuscous ; abdomen pinkish ochreous, 

 with brown speckling ; traces of a red metathoracic tuft ; antennae yellowish, with 

 white basal segment. 



Expanse of wings : 26 mm. 



1 cf. 



A species and genus without any near allies. 



Tolmera gen. nov. 



Forewing : narrow, elongate ; costa nearly straight, convex before the rounded 

 apex ; hindmargin oblique, slightly curved. 



Hindwing : narrow, both angles and hindmargin rounded ; the anal angle 

 hardly marked. 



Antennae of d bi]iec.tinate, apical fifth simple, the pectinations diminishing 

 gradually ; forehead jirominent ; pali)i large, obliquely porreet upwards, rough- 

 haired, the basal segment distinct with j)ointed tip below, second segment ronnded, 

 third smooth, shortly spatulate ; tongue and frenulnm' well developed ; hiudtibia 

 swollen, with a large pencil of hairs and four spurs ; abdomen of S elongate ; 

 metathorax with a bifid tuft ; forewing with large round bladdery fovea above 

 snbmedian vein. 



