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mata are very elose to the base of tlie wing ; between them is 

 a scalelcss white transparent spot. 



Type M. aluensis {liotys)^ Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1887, ii. p. 123. 



The male will very likely exhibit further peculiarities. 



Pkodasycnemis, gen. nov. 



Fore wings with the costa slightly indented in the centre, 

 especially in male, convex before a[)ex, which is very slightly 

 produced ; hind margin obliquely curved. Hind wings 

 rounded. Palpi porrect, long, rostriform ; maxillary palpi 

 and tongue distinct ; scaling hairy ; fringes long. Distin- 

 guished by the fore tibite of the male, vvhich at their lower 

 end have a large rounded cushion of scales. Wings without 

 markings. 



Type D. tnoi-nata, Butlei* {Botr/s), 111. Lep. Het. iii. p. 76, 

 pi. lix. fig. 12. 



Aplographe, gen. nov. 



Like Prodast/cnemis, but without the tuft of scales on the 

 foreleg; wings smoothly scaled; shorter and broader than 

 in Prodasycnemis ; without markings, except in hisignata, 

 which has the stigmata manifest. 



Type A, bisignata^ Butler (Scopula), 111. Lep. Het. vii. 

 p. 98, pi. cxxxv. fig. 11. 



Aplographe f nivalis , sp. n. 



Fore wings wholly dull fulvous, the costa just darker. 

 Hind wings slightly paler. Fringes, head, and thorax con- 

 colorous. Underside paler, without markings. 



Expanse of vv'ings 24 millira. 



One female from the Cape of Good Hope. 



Aplographe umhrosalis, sp. n. 



Fore wings dull greyish yellow. Hind wings more grey on 

 their basal half. Fringes pale yellowish. Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen concolorous. Underside like upper, but with the 

 base of the fore wings greyer. 



Expanse of wings 24 millim. 



One female from N. China. 



Near A. inomatalis, Leech [Botys). 



