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scaly at its base. Labial palpi of moderate length, curved, ascending 

 rather remotely from the face, cylindrical, close scaled, apex not attain- 

 ing the level of the antennal insertion, second joint somewhat thick- 

 ened toward the apex, longer than the pointed, third joint. Maxillary 

 palpi rudimentary. Eyes round, moderately convex, visible from the 

 front. Antennae slender, scarcely three-fourths the length of anterior 

 wings, basal point very little wider than the stalk, less than twice as 

 long as wide, the latter finely denticulate beneath. Thorax robust, 

 convex. Abdomen rather short, in the male with small anal tuft and 

 lateral claspers. Posterior tibiae smooth, inner spur of middle pair 

 twice the length of the outer and slightly thickened toward the apex. 

 Anterior wings oblong lanceolate, costa evenly curved from the base. 

 All veins present, cell narrow, nearly pointed posteriorly, closed, trans- 

 verse vein very faint between veins 6 and the common stem of 7 and 8 ; 

 costal attains costa at about two-fifths from the base, vein 2 arises closely 

 to the short stem of 3 and 4, 5 approximates to 4 ; 7 and 8 long stemmed, 

 7 to costa ; 7-1 1 attain the costal margin at approximately equal dis- 

 tance, lb distinctly furcate at base. Cilia less than width of wing, 

 scale-dusted. Hind wings three-fourths as wide as fore wings, outer 

 margm deeply emarginate, causing the wing to become bifid ; costal 

 margin straight for two-fifths its length, thence feebly emarginate to the 

 apex ; dorsal margin straight from the distinct anal angle to the apex 

 of lower apical cusp. Cilia nearly twice the width of the wing. Neura- 

 tion : costal running close to the costa and nearly reaching the extreme 

 apex, cell open between veins 4 and 5, closed between 5 and 7, by the 

 margin of the emargination, 2 arises before the middle, 3 and 4 remote, 

 5 independently from near the base and forms the costal margin of the 

 lower cusp ; the anterior median reaches the deepest part of the emargi- 

 nation and forms the dorsal margin of the upper branch of the fork. 

 lb furcate at base. 



The characters thus represented are so anamalous as to find 

 no counterpart anywhere among the Tine id genera, as far as 

 my knowledge goes, nor elsewhere among the Lepidoptera ex- 

 cept the Pterophoridae, to which the genus under consideration, 

 however, bears no relationship. Its rather robust body, gen- 

 eral habitus and palpi would perhaps place it near Scythris Hb. 

 {Biitalistx.). 



N. bifidella n. sp: (Plate I, fig. 2, 2a, 2*).— Palpi fuscous, annulus at 

 end of second joint and extreme apex of third, white. Antennae pale 

 brown. Head and thorax greyish, tinged with brown. Fore wings pale 

 brown, tinged with golden ; a dark brown fascia at two-fifths, equidistant 

 from the base at its costal and dorsal extremity, sharply defined exter- 

 nally and edged by a line of silvery white ; toward the base it passes 



