2i;2 Sir 0. V. lIaiii])3on on itrw 



larpc, rouiulod, ovoihunp; bv long t-ilia; anteniife of male hi- 

 ucctinate with moderate branches, the apical third ciliated ; 

 liead and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and 

 mclathorax with spreading crests; hind tibias with one spine 

 between mid and terminal spnrs; abdomen with dorsal series 

 of crests. Fore wing with v^-ins 3 and 5 from near angle of 

 cell ; () from u])per angle ; i) from 10 anastomosing with 8 to 

 torm the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 

 from angle of cell; 5 obsolescent from middle of disco- 

 Cf'llulars ; 6, 7 from npper angle ; 8 anastomosing with cell 

 near base only. 



Genus Pal.eagrotis, nov. 

 Type, P. itiopn, Led. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely porrect, fringed 

 with hair in front ; frons with slight truncate prominence ; 

 eyes large, rounded ; antennae of male ciliated ; head and 

 tliorax clothed with hair overlying scales, the pro- and 

 metathorax with slight crests ; mid and hind tibijB with one 

 or two spines, fore tibiae without spines ; abdomen with 

 dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 

 from near angle of cell ; 6 from Ujiper angle ; 9 from 10 

 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 11 from cell. 

 Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent 

 from middle of discoccllulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle; 8 

 anastomosing \Nith the cell near base only. 



IfADEXiyjS. 



Genus Folia. Insert : — _ 



Type. 

 Mhelia, Ochs. Scbuiett. Eur. iv. p. 72 (1816), non 

 df-.scr.; Treit. Eur. Schmett. v. (1) p. .386 (1825), 



\fhich hns pifcedencf conspersa. 



Chera, Hiibn. Verz. p. 21 1 (1827) serratilinea. 



JLiina, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Ilaust. iii. p. 4 (1829) altena. 



1269 a. Mistlia pyi'osoma, sp. n. 



J . Head and thorax deep red ; tegulas with blackish marks 

 at base and two leaden-grey medial lines ; patagia with 

 leaden-grey line near upper edge ; palpi and the hair on 

 pectus and femora fiery red ; tibiae and tarsi fuscous, the 

 latter ringed with white; abdomen fiery red, whitish at base 

 and with the crests deep red. Fore wing deep red suffused 



