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MB, G. P. HAMtSON ON IHE CLASSIFICATION [DeC. 17, 



Type 



Genus Obtusipalpis, nov. 



Palpi porrect, extending about the length of head, the 2nd joint 

 thickly scaled and rounded at extremity, the 3rd short and blunt ; 

 maxillary palpi long and dilated with scales ; frons rounded ; 

 antennae of male ciliated ; hind tibiae with the outer medial spur 

 minute. Fore wing with the apex rounded ; veins 3, 4, 5 from 

 close to angle of cell; 10 approximated to 8, 9 ; 11 free. Hind 

 wing with vein 3 from angle of cell ; 4, 5 approximated for a short 

 distance ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 



Fig. 8. 



bro 



Obtusipaljns jjardalis, cJ. {. 

 fOBTUSIPALPIS PAEDALIS, n. sp. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen white, marked with golden 

 \vn ; palpi with a black stripe above ; fore legs banded with 

 black. Fore wing golden brown, with a white basal mark ; an ill- 

 defined antemedial white band; a large medial white spot on 

 costa, and smaller spot on inner margin ; a postmedial series of 

 three large spots ; the apical area white ; a spot above outer angle ; 

 a dark marginal line expanding into a series of specks at the veins. 

 Hind wing white, with fine dark marginal line. 



Hab. Delagoa Bay, Austraha. Exp. 20 mm. 



Genus Cyclocaxjsta. 



Cyclocausta, Warr. Trans. Ent. Soc, 1889, p. 274. 



Palpi porrect, extending about twice the length of head, and 

 moderately fringed with hair ; maxillary palpi long and dilated 

 with scales ; frons rounded ; antennae of male thickened by 

 appressed serrations. Fore wing with the apex acute and the 

 outer margin oblique ; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from 

 angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; 11 becoming coincident with 12. 

 Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 

 6, 7 stalked ; the outer margin somewhat angled at vein 2. 



Fig. 9. 



Cycloeamta trilineata, (^ . \. 



'^yp^' tCrcLOOAUSTA TRiLiifEATA, Warr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 274. 



Amazons. 



