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Type in Coll. Ly^ll. 



v., Leopold, in April ; two specimens received from Mr. 

 O Lyell. 



Section CUCULLIAN^. 



EUMTCHTIS MESOPH^A. 



(Mesopliaios, dusky in the middle.) 



Eumichtis mesophcea, Hmps., Cat. Lep. Phal. VI., p. 343. 



(S , 32-34 mm. Head and palpi brown-fuscous. Anten- 

 nae fuscous; in d simple with short ciliations (J). Thorax 

 with a bifid posterior crest ; brown-fuscous, an inwardly 

 oblique whitish streak on each patagium. Abdomen with two 

 or three dorsal crests and dense lateral tufts ; fuscous. Legs 

 trown-fuscous, tarsi annulated with whitish. Forewings not 

 elongate, costa scarcely arched, apex rounded, termen crenu- 

 late, rounded beneath ; brown-fuscous : markings dark-fuscous ; 

 seven short costal strigulae between base and | : three minute 

 whitish costal dots on apical J: a triangular spot above 

 J dorsum ; an irregular discal blotch narrower towards dorsum, 

 much expanded towards costa, including orbicular and reni- 

 form as transversely elongate, medially constricted, pale areas; 

 posterior edge of renif orm outlined with ferruginous ; a 

 dentate subterminal line mixed with ferruginous ; a fine 

 interrupted terminal line ; cilia fuscous, base pale ferruginous. 

 Hindwings with termen rounded, obtusely dentate : fuscous ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish with a fuscous median line not reaching 

 tornus. 



Type in Coll. Drake. 



v., Beaconsfield, in January ; two specimens. 



Section ACRONYCTIN^. 

 Prometopus poliophracta, n. sp. 

 (Poliophrakfos, grey-bordered.) 

 d" , 32-34 mm. Head grey : upper half of face dark-fus- 

 cous. Palpi whitish ; basal | of external surface dark-fus- 

 cous. Antennae fuscous, towards base whitish : in 6 serrate 

 and shortly ciliated (h) in tufts. Thorax whitish-grey : bases 

 of tegulae fuscous. Abdomen pale-grey. Legs whitish, irro- 

 rated with dark-fuscous : tarsi fuscous, with whitish annula- 

 tions. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched near ex- 

 tremities, apex rounded, termen rounded beneath ; whitish- 

 grey, with scattered fuscous scales : lines dark-fuscous : an 

 incomplete line near base ; a strongly dentate line, partly 

 double, from i costa to i dorsum : some brownish suffusion 

 basal to this line : a circular brownish dot edged with dark- 

 fuscous representing orbicular; renif orm represented by a 



