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Genus MICROTHEJX. 

 Microthrix, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 25 (1888). 



Type, M. ineonspicuella^ Rag. 



Range. S. Africa ; Punjab ; Burma. 



Palpi upturned, reaching well above vertex of head, the 2nd 

 joint in male hollowed out and enclosing the maxillary palpi, which 

 end in a tuft of hair ; frons smooth ; antennae of male thickened 

 and flattened, with a sinus at base with a ridge of scales in it ; 

 tibia) rather thickly scaled. Tore wing long and narrow ; veins 2 

 and 3 from close to angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 10, 11 free. Hind 

 wing with vein 2 from near angle of cell ; 3, 4, 5 stalked ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



4349. Microthrix ineonspicuella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 17 ; id. Mon. 



Phyc. p. 324, pi. xiii, fig. 17 ; C. $ S. no. 4580. 

 Microthrix fuscidorsella, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 25. 



c? . Maxillary palpi white ; antenn* black ; head, thorax, and 



abdomen pale brown^tinged with fuscous. Pore wing pale brown, 



with an olive tinge and irro- 

 rated with fuscous ; a brown 

 an( ^ f uscous antemedial patch 

 on inner area surrounded 

 w it Q g re l j an indistinct 

 medial line angled outwards 

 below costa and inwards on 



Fig. 51. Microthrix ineonspicuella, J . \. vein 1 ; two dark discocellular 



specks ; traces of an oblique 



submarginal line with grey outer edge. Hind wing pale fuscous ; 



the cilia pale, with a dark line through them. 

 Hob. Natal ; Punjab ; Burma. Exp. 18 millim. 



Genus NEPHOPTERYX. 



Nephopteryx, Hiibn. Verz. p. 370 (1818 ?). 



Salebria, Zell. Isis, 1846, p. 779. 



Ceutholopha, Zell. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 375. 



Thylacoptila, Meyr. Ent. Mo. Mag. 1885, p. 105. 



Bussa, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 24 (1888). 



Oli^ochroa, Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 20. 



Palibothra, Raff. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1889, p. ccxviii. 



Melathrix, Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 435 (1894). 



Pristarthria, Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 326 (1894). 



Type, N. rhenella, Zinck., from Europe. 



Range. Universally distributed. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd 

 short and acuminate ; frons roughly scaled ; antennae of male 

 typically with a sinus at base of shaft containing a ridge of scales ; 

 tibiae thickly scaled, the outer spurs about two-thirds length of 

 inner. Fore wing with the apex somewhat rounded ; vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 4, 5 approximated for some distance ; 10 free. 



