Lord Walsingham on Asiatic 'roitricidas. 465 



posteriorly. Fore wiiiffii dark brownish fuscous at the base, 

 thence somewhat spiinkle 1 with bn^wnish cinercom, qivin"' 

 them a paler appt-arance outwardly ; with a small pale 

 oclircous spot at the end of the cell, a dark brownish tiiscou^ 

 patch on the fold below the niiddle of the winif, and a faseia- 

 forni band of dark brownish fuscous running parallel with the 

 outer margin to within the tornus; this is sometimes broken 

 up into two or more patches ; the termeu and costa are in- 

 distinctly blotcheil with dark brownish fuscous; cilia brownish 

 cinereous, darker along their base. Exp. aL li) mm. Ifintl 

 tciugs dull brown, dark brownish fuscous inclining to purplish 

 fuscous at the base ; cilia pale cinereous, with a brownish 

 cinereous shade running through them near their base. Ab~ 

 dotnen cinereous, clouded with purplish fuscous above on the 

 middle, /-/f^/s jiale cinereous. 



Ti/pe, S (70o5;0 ; ? (70573) Mus. Wlsm. 



iJab. Japan {Pryer^ 1880), Three specimens. 



109 (3). MiCROCORSES, gen. nov. 

 C/xi/tpdy = little ; »cdp(T»jf = one who wears his hair short.) 



Type (J) Microcorscs marfjinlfnsciatus^ Wlsm. 



Antennce less than half the length of the tore wings; 

 ( (J ) stout, slightly pubescent. PaJpi short, porrect, projecting 

 but little beyond the head ; median joint closely clothed ; 

 terminal joint not very distinct. Heac/ moderately smooth. 

 Thorax stout, not tufted. Fore icings elongate, narrow at 

 tiie base, widened outwardly ; costa straight, ^ without a 

 fold, apex rounded; termen oblique, straight ; dorsum mode- 

 rately straight, slightly convex towards the base. NeuratioHy 

 12 veins, all separate; 7 to termen. Hind wings broader 

 than the fore wings, termen slightly excavate I)elow the apex, 

 thence eveidy rounded ; ^ with a small but distinct thick- 

 ening or brush of scales above the base of vein I, covered 

 by a small fold or Hap. Neurdtion, 8 veins ; 3 and 4 connate ; 

 5 bent over towaids origin of 4 ; 6 and 7 se[)arate, but closely 

 approximate at the extreme base. Abdomen stout. -^^.7-*, 

 j.osterior tibije slightly hairy above. 



The type has somcnvhat the aj)pearance of a Cnep/iasia ; it 

 is, however, coarsely and roughly clothed. The antennie are 

 much shorter and stouter, and it is apparently allied to 

 Brachygonia, Wlsm., which ditiers in the angle at the base of 

 the fore wings and in the ab.sence of the tnft and Hap of the 

 liind wings. 



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