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cilia plossed with silver. Ilinl \vin<^ white tingfd with l.rown, 

 the cilia nearlv i)ure white. Uiidorsiae whit*>, the fore wi^^' and 

 costal areji of hind wini; suffused with red-hrown. 



Hub. BuAZii., Itio .Janeiro {Fry), $ typo. Exp. '^2 mm. 



Genus CoNocuiMius, nov. 



Type, C. otrimictellus. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, typically extending 

 about twiee the lenijth ot head and fringed witli hair ahove and 

 below; maxillary palpi trianj^ularly dilated with hair; frons with 

 sniall pointed conical ])rominence ; antenn:u of male somewliat 

 laminate and minutely ciliated. Fore wing with the apex hanlly 

 produced ; vein 3 from before angle of cell; 4, o from angle and 

 approximated for a short distance ; G from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 

 stalketl ; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 3 from angle of 

 cell ; 4, o shortly stalked ; G, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing 

 with 8. 



(1) Conoerambus atrimictellus, sp. n. 



6 • Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous, palpi at sides 

 and antennae black-bi-own, thorax with brown slightly mixed. 

 Fore wing pie ochreous ; the costal area black-brown ; a large 

 diffused somewliat triangular black-brown patch on inner basal area ; 

 the end of median nervure and veins beyond the cell streaked with 

 black ; an ill-defined black postmedial line very acutely angled 

 beyond lower end of cell and expanding into a large patch on inner 

 area, its angle joined by a minutely dentate subterminal line from 

 costa ; terminal area white irroi-ated with black scales and with 

 short diffused black streaks on the veins ; a terminal series of black 

 ]>oints ; cilia white with black line through them and black tips. 

 Hind wing fuscous, the costal and inner areas and cilia whitish. 



2 . With the ground-colour of fore wing whitish, the markings 

 fuscous, much less distinct and more blun-ed. 



Hah. Ditch X. Giinka, Obi I. (Doherfy), 1 $ ; New Guti^ka, 

 Humbolt Bay (Dolierti/), 2 $ tyj)e ; D'Enthkcastkaix Is., Wood- 

 lark I. (Mfck), 1 (J; LouisiADE Is., St. Aignan (Mec^-), 1 (S . 

 £xp. 20 mm. 



(3) Conoerambus calamosus, sp. n. 



$ . Head an<l thorax white suffused with brownish ochreous, 

 the antenuje browner; alxlomen white tinged with brown. Fore 

 wing uniform brownish ochreous with a terminal series of slight 

 dark points. Hind wing silvery white. Underside of fore wing 

 silvery white with a faint ochreous brown tinge. 



JIdb. TuAXsvAAL, Lydenburg, 1 2 type. U.rp. 30 mm. 



