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the same leg-coloration, are not uncommon in the same 

 neighbourhood. 



Hemimackus hyponomeuUe, n. s. 



Pedibus runs ; segmento secundo abdominis runs, 

 fascia media nigra. 



Finely reticulate, opaque ; head transverse, slanting 

 behind the eyes ; 1st joint of flagellum rather more than 

 four times as long as wide ; following joints gradually 

 tapering to about the middle ; the remaining ones sub- 

 equal. Antenna as long as the insect. Mesothorax 

 trilobed, the lines reaching to the middle of the disc ; 

 metathorax without superior areas, the transverse line 

 strongly projecting without interruption ; 1st segment 

 of the abdomen gradually tapering, nearly twice as wide 

 at the apex as at the base ; spiracles very prominent ; 

 post-petiole about one and a half times as long as wide ; 

 2nd segment about one-fourth longer than wide ; re- 

 mainder transverse. Abdomen about as wide as the 

 thorax ; apex of 3rd segment the widest. Legs slender. 

 Areolet of wings pentagonal ; outer nervures wanting ; 

 transverse anal nervure divided below the middle. 



Scape and 1st joint of flagellum red, the former 

 stained with brown ; apical third of 1st segment of 

 abdomen, base and apex of 2nd segment, red ; the black 

 band in the middle of this latter segment rather more 

 than one-third the width of the segment. Legs red ; 

 apical half of hind femora slightly stained with brown, 

 as also is apex of hind tibiae and apical portion of the 

 tarsal joints. Base of wings pale ; nervures and stigma 

 fuscous, the latter white at the base. Length, 5 mm. 



Bred from Hyponomeuta evonymellus by Mr. Mosley. 



This insect at first sight is very much like Pezomachus 

 zonatus, but the head is narrower behind the eyes ; the 

 1st abdominal segment, although the same shape, is 

 stouter, and the spiracles much more prominent ; the 

 metathorax has no areas, and the coxae are red. 



Hemimaehus rufotinctus, n. s. 



Prothorace, scutelli apice, abdominis medio, pedibus- 

 que castaneo-rufis, posticis coxis femoribus piceis. 



Opaque, reticulate ; head rather wider than the thorax, 



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