4S0 



xoctcid.t;. 



purplish pink ; faint traces of a postmcdial series of black points 

 on the veins ; cilia rufous, with a fine pale line at base. Hind 

 wing ochreous, suffused with reddish fuscous especially towards 

 termen ; the cilia rufous ; the underside pale suffused with purple- 

 pink, a dark discoidal spot and postmedial line diffused outwardly 

 to tornien except at apex. 



Hah. Tasmania, (not U.S.A.), 1 cJ t3-pe. Exp. 46 millim. 



Sect. II. ATitennre of male ciliated. 



A. Palpi of male with spreading tuft of bair from upperside of 2nd joint. 



*1831. Cirphis pilipalpis. 



Hcliophila pilipalpis, Grote, Proc. Bost. See. N. H. xviii. p. 415 (1875) ; 

 Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 189. 



2 . Head and thorax pale flesh-colour irrorated with black 

 scales, the tegulie yellowish ; abdomen whitish, the ventral surface 



Fi^. \-\^.—(Jirphii j.ilipalpis, ^. \. 



irrorated with a few black scales. Fore wing pale flesh-colour, 

 rather deeper in discal fold towards postmedial line and rather 

 strongly irrorated with black ; the costal edge white ; antemedial 

 line represented by two dark points on inner area ; a pale discoidal 

 bar slightly angled inwards on vein 1 and with black point in lower 

 angle of cell and diffused fuscous patch beyond it ; postmedial line 

 fuscous, highly crenulate, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely 

 curved ; a termin.il scries of points. Hind wing yellowish white, 

 the terminal half suffused with fuscous ; the cilia white ; underside 

 white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with brown, some 

 black points on termen. 



Ilah. U.S.A., Ulorida, in Coll. Schaus, Appalachicola. Exp. 

 46 millim. 



B. Palpi of male normal. 



a. Mid tibine of male with think fringes of hair on both sides ; abdomen 

 thickly clothed with woolly hair, the anal tuft very large. 

 fl\ Fore tibiae of male and first two joints of tarsi with very thick 

 fringes of long hair ; the hind tibiae with thick fringes of Uair on 

 both sides. 



