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2. Trichomaplata, n. g. 



Palpi short, ascending ; penultimate joint somewhat wedge-shaped 

 (fig. 1 a) : antenncB long, bipectinated at the base : thorax with a very 

 small crest in front ; scapular plates furnished with long pencils of 

 hairs : body long, tufted at the extremity, ^ : anterior ivings de- 

 flexed, lanceolate, entire. Type, 



Trichomaplata vittata, PI. XIV. fig. 1 . 



Sp. Ch. — Head and thorax ashy grey ; abdomen ferruginous ; an- 

 terior wings pinkish white, with a deep ferruginous mark on the an- 

 terior margin near the costa, and a strong ferruginous vitta extending 

 from the shoulder to the posterior angle of the outer margin ; posterior 

 wings subdiaphanous, with the inner margin fulvous. 



Hab. Brazil. In the collection of the British Museum. 



Fam. HvPONOMEUTIDiE. 



3. Palparia, n. g. 



Palpi large ; penultimate joint with a large triangular patch of 

 scales extending horizontally ; terminal joint recurved (fig. 4 a) : tho- 

 rax broad, shghtly depressed : anterior wings oval, apex acute ; 

 posterior wings broad, ciliated ; apex acutely oval : posterior tibice 

 large and broad. Type, 



Palparia Lambertella, pi. XIV. fig. 4. 



Sp. Ch. — Thorax and anterior wings of a rose-pink colour, with 

 two longitudinal yellow lines extending from the shoulder to the apex 

 and posterior angle of the outer edge respectively ; posterior wings 

 yellow, shading into orange towards the apex ; abdomen yellow. 

 Larva depressed, 16-footed, whitish green, slightly hairy, solitary. 



In the collection of the British Museum. 



This species was reared by Mr. Lambert in Australia. The figure 

 of the larva is from his drawing. 



The meeting was then adjourned to Tuesday, November 13. 



November 13, 1849. 



William Yarrell, Esq., in the Chair. 



The Secretary reported that the recent additions to the Menagerie 

 included two species of Mammalia, five species of Birds, and six spe- 

 cies of Reptiles, which had not been pre^-iously exhibited, viz. ; — 



Mus {Hesperomys) pilorides, Desm. 



From St. Lucia; presented by Lieut.Tyler,R.E. 

 Urms isubeUinus, Blyth. 



From the Himalayah; deposited by SirH. Hun- 

 loke, Bart. 



