Geneva and Species o/'Pyr,alicla3. 177 



Two females from Madagascar in the British Museum 

 Collection. 



Sylh/thria suhnicaUsj sp. n. 



Resembles nicalift, Gr., but smaller ; the same size as 

 hthalis. Dull reddish brown, dusted with grey along the 

 inner murgiu and before the second line, with an indistinctly 

 darker reniforni stigma ; first line absent or scarcely percep- 

 tible ; second line, starting from a conspicuous yellowish- 

 white costal spot, forms a very slight curve to the inner 

 margin, never a decided bulge in the centre, as in nicalis. 

 Hind wing with a pale yellowish line, only distinct towards 

 the inner margin, beyond which the hind margin is darker. 

 Abdomen reddish grey, with segmental divisions finely 

 whitish. 



Several specimens from California. 



Blepharuciia, gen. nov. 



Fore wings elongate, triangular ; costa slightly shouldered 

 at base and incurved in middle, convex before apex, the latter 

 blunt; hind margin oblique. Hind wings twice as broad as 

 fore wings ; hind margin rounded. Palpi porrect, rostriform ; 

 maxillary palpi small ; antennae of male strongly pubescent, 

 of female simple ; forehead bluntly prominent ; the two 

 transverse lines oblique in opposite directions, approximating 

 on the inner margin. 



Type B. zaide^ Stoll {Phahena). 



A South African genus, akin to Emmeh'aj Hiib. 



EuCTENOSPiLA, gen. nov. 



Allied to Blepharucha^ but with the antennae still more 

 developed, those of the male being quite strongly bipectinated. 

 Fore wing with costa slightly convex near base, incurved in 

 the middle ; apex pointed, but not acute ; hind margin oblique, 

 slightly bowed ; antennae strongly bipectinated, the pectina- 

 tions themselves finely pubescent ; labial palpi porrect, 

 drooping, maxillaiy fine, horizontal ; tongue developed ; 

 ocelli large ; abdomen (male) with a decided anal tuft. 



Type E. castalis, Warr. 



Euctenospila castalis, sp. n. 



Fore wing pale lemon-yellow, markings rather lustrous, 

 lilac-grey, finely edged with black ; a few spots irregularly 

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