688 ARCTTAD.K. 



Genus PROLOBOSIA, nov. 



Type, P. schistacea. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned to near vertex of head, slender ; 

 frons smooth ; antennae of male ciliated ; tibiae with the spurs long. Fore 

 wing with the costa lobed rather before middle, then somewhat excised, the 

 apex rounded, the termen evenly curved ; vein 2 from beyond middle of cell ; 

 3 from well before angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 

 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell, the latter oblique. Hind wing 

 with vein 2 from towards angle of cell ; 3, 4 coincident ; 5 from well above 

 angle ; 6, 7 stalked to near apex ; 8 from middle of cell ; male with a fold on 

 upperside at middle of submedian fold containing tufts of hair. 



In key differs from Halone in the fore wing having vein 3 from well before 

 angle of cell, 5 from angle, the costa lobed before middle. 



*802 b. Prolobosia schistacea. 



Procrimima schistacea, Roths. Nov. Zool. xx. p. 221 (1913). 



<$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen brown suffused with silvery" 

 blue-grey. Fore wing uniform brown suffused with silvery blue- 



Fig. 218. — Prolobosia schistacea, <$ . \, 



grey. Hind wing pale brown suffused with silvery blue-grey, the 

 hair in the fold below the cell grey and dark chocolate-brown. 



Hab. Peru, Carabaya, S. Domingo (Ockenden), tvpe f 6 in 

 Coll. Rothschild. Exp. 20 millim. 



Genus ASCAPTESYLE. 



Type. 

 Ascaptesyle, Dyar, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xxix. p. 175(1905). submarginata. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect to just beyond the frons ; antennas 

 of female cdiated ; hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. Fore wing with vein 3 

 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 stalked ; 6 from well below upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9 stalked, 7 from beyond 9 ; 10, 11 from cell, 11 curved and approximated 

 to 12. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 

 coincident. 



In key differs from Lycomorphodes in the fore wing having vein 7 from 8 

 beyond 9, 11 not anastomosing with 12 ; hind wing with veins 3, 4 from 

 cell. 



