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Genus SPERCHIA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Caput fascicule frontal! bene determinate 

 parvo acuto. Proboscis brevis. Palpi obtusi, clavati, porrecti, squa- 

 mosi, caput longe superantes ; articulus 2us supra valde rotundatus ; 

 3 us brevissimus. Antennas sat validas, subserrataB, subsetulosas. 

 Abdomen alas posticas sat superans ; fasciculus apicalis longus, sub- 

 coinpressus. Pedes lasves; calcaria longa. Ala3 anticaB vix acutaB, 

 costa rotuudata, margine exteriore recto. 



Male. Body slender. Frontal tuft prominent, small, acute. Pro- 

 boscis short. Palpi clavate, porrect, squamous, obtuse, extending 

 much beyond tbe head and nearly as long as its breadth ; second 

 joint very convex above ; third very short. Antennae rather short, 

 minutely serrated and setulose. Abdomen extending somewhat 

 beyond the hind wings; apical tuft elongate, slightly compressed. 

 Legs smooth ; spurs long. Wings moderately broad. Fore wings 

 hardly acute; costa convex; exterior border straight, moderately 

 oblique. 



41. SPERCHIA INTRACTANA. Mas. Fusca, subtus albido-cinerea, 

 alis anticis cinereo subconspersis lineis quatuor riigricantibus angu- 

 losis, alis posticis fusco pallido nebulosis. 



Male. Brown ; under side, abdomen, legs and hind wings whitish 

 cinereous. Fore wings slightly speckled with cinereous ; four trans- 

 verse zigzag blackish lines ; two anteraedial, more indistinct than the 

 others, which are postmedial and converge towards the interior angle. 

 Hind wings mottled with pale brown. Length of the body 3 lines ; 

 of the wings Ik lines. 



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42. TINEA ANNOSELLA. Mas. Cana, subtus obscure cinerea, 

 palpis porrectis caput non superantibus articulo 3o lanceolate gracil- 

 limo, abdomine alas posticas longe superante fascicule apicali longo 

 pallide cinereo, alis anticis acutis fusco conspersis guttis tribus 

 punctisque sex nigris, alis posticis cinereis. 



Male. Hoary, dark cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, slender, 

 not extending beyond the head; third joint lanceolate, very slender, 

 less than half the length of the second. Antennae smooth, slender. 

 Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings; apical tuft 

 elongate, pale cinereous. Legs smooth, rather stout. Fore wings 

 acute, indistinctly brown-speckled, adorned with a few small blackish 

 marks ; of these three dots are placed in a longitudinal line in the 

 disk, the first near the base, the second antemedial, the third post- 

 medial ; six points forming a streak between the second and third 

 dots, but nearer the interior border ; exterior border hardly rounded, 



