130 Lord Walsingliam on Asiatic Tortiicidte. 



agreeing with tlie European form of arcueUa rather than with 

 Kccoj)sis, in which this character is much more strongly 

 developed. 



Ph^cadophora, gen. nov. 

 (0atKdr = a woolly shoe ; (popfiv = to carry.) 



Type, (J $ , Phcecadophora Jimhriala, Wlsm. 



AntentKs [^) slightly ciliate. Palpi (^J) short, projecting 

 only the lengtii of the head beyond it; terminal joint very 

 short, almost concealed in the strong tuft above and below 

 the median joint: $ longer than the (J , more porrect, ter- 

 minal joint more apparent and slightly depressed. Head 

 with a strong erect crest. Thorax with a slightly erect tuft 

 posteriorly. Fore wings narrow, elongate, costa gently 

 arched, ^ without a costal fold ; apex acute or abruptly 

 angulated ; termen straight or slightly impressed, not convex ; 

 tornus rounded, dorsum straight. IS euration , 12 veins, all 

 separate; 2 from middle third of cell; 7 to termen; 10 not 

 nearer to 11 than 9. Hind wings much broader than the 

 fore wings, more or less trapezoidal, apex rounded, termen 

 slightly indented below it ; <$ with a strong pencil of hairs 

 near the linibus on the upperside and a fringe of long hairs 

 on the underside between the branches of vein 1. Neurationy 

 8 veins; 3 and 4 connate; 5 bent over to near origin of 4 ; 

 6 and 7 separate but parallel and closely approximate at 

 their Lase. Legs^ hind tibias and tarsi strongly clothed above 

 with long tufts of woolly scales. 



This genus differs from Phcecasiophora^ Grt., in its nar- 

 rower fore wings and in the hind tarsal joints as well as the 

 tibiffi being clothed with thick hair-tufts, as well as in the 

 more strongly developed fringes of hairs above and below 

 the hind wings near the limbus. 



924 (10). Ph(ecadophora Jtinhriata^ sp. n. 



Antennae and palpi tawny cinereous. Head and thorax 

 dark tawny vinous red ; tegulae pale cinereous, shaded with 

 reddish grey, with a strong raised tuft of vinous red scales 

 on the thorax posteriorly. Fore wings whitish stone-colour, 

 thickly and slenderly streaked throughout with rosy pink 

 and olive-brown ; costa with oblique striae throughout its 

 length, a pair before the apex turning downwards and meet- 

 ing the end of the oblique streak which precedes them ; at 

 the end of the cell are a few blackish scales, and along the 

 -<]or8um a conspicuous dark band of tawny brownish, bluish 

 fu!«cous on the extreme margin, with a blackish brown line 



