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breviore, abdomine alas posticas paullo superante fascicule apicali 

 minimo, alls fasciis duabus e lineis nonnullis nigricantibus obliquis 

 angulosis indistinctis fascia intermedia fusca linea marginali nigra 

 spatio marginali fuscescente lineam cineream angulosam includente. 



Male. Cinereous, whitish beneath. Frontal tuft prominent. 

 Palpi porrect, extending much beyond the head ; second joint fringed 

 beneath ; third linear, obtuse, much shorter than the second. Abdo- 

 men extending a little beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very 

 small. Legs smooth, very slender ; spurs long, slender ; fore tibiae 

 and fore tarsi brown, joints of the latter with cinereous tips. Wings 

 narrow, with several indistinct oblique zigzag blackish lines ; these 

 are arranged in two groups, between which there is an irregular 

 brown baud ; marginal line black ; marginal space brownish, in- 

 cluding a zigzag cinereous line; indications of lines on the under 

 side, where the hind wings have a blackish point on the disk. 

 Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



38. ACROBASIS SUBCULTELLA. Foem. Fenuginea, squamosa, 

 subtus cinerea, capite fascicule frontali, palpis erectis verticem paullo 

 superantibus articulo 3o lanceolate 2o breviore, abdomine cinereo 

 alas posticas vix superante, alis anticis fascia antemedia postice 

 attenuata lineaque postmedia flexa extus cinereo marginata angu- 

 losis macula costali punctisque marginalibus nigris, alis posticis 

 cinereis. 



Female. Ferruginous, shining, squamous, cinereous beneath. 

 Head with a frontal tuft. Palpi smooth, slender, erect, rising a little 

 higher than the vertex; third joint lanceolate, shorter than the 

 second. Abdomen cinereous, hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Legs smooth. Fore wings narrow, with a black zigzag 

 antemedial band, which is attenuated towards the interior border, 

 and with a postmedial zigzag black line, which is much bent outward 

 and is bordered with cinereous on the outer side and joins a black 

 costal spot ; marginal points black ; exterior border slightly rounded, 

 rather oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 5i lines ; 

 of the wings 16 lines. 



Nearly allied to A. incultella. 



Genus HYPATA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Caput fascicule frontali producto. Pro- 

 boscis brevis. Palpi graciles, lanceolati, caput sat superantes ; 

 articulus 3us gracillimus, 2o aequilongus. Antennae sat late pecti- 

 natae. Abdomen alas posticas longe superans; fasciculus apicalis 

 parvus. Pedes graeiles ; calcaria longa, gracilia. Ala? anticae 



