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Hypsotropha niphosema Turner, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. xxiv. 

 p. 112(1913). 

 Queensland ; N. Australia. 



Genus Rhinaphe. 



Type. 

 Rhinaphe Berg, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc-. xlix. 



2, p. 231 (1874) = signaticollis. 



Ampycophora Meyr. Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vii. 



p. 158 (1882) cqjotomella. 



Comorta Rag. ISTouv. Gen. p. 48 (1888) itigricostcilis. 



iLTaZiarjj/ia Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 48 (1888) sep)aratella. 



Homosassa Hulst, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xvii. 



p. 214(1890) ella. 



Enosima Rag. Rom. Mem.viii. p. 389 (1901)... neesimella. 

 Ampycodes Hmpsn. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 393 



(1901) .* pcdlidicosta. 



Eryth'phlehia Hmpsn. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 393 



(1901) enervella. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi typically dovvncurved, extending about 

 tbree times length of head and thickly scaled ; maxillary palpi 

 filiform ; frons smooth and rounded ; antennee of male typically 

 laminate and ciliated. Fore wing narrow, the apex rounded, the 

 termen obliquely curved ; vein 2 from near angle of cell ; 4 

 absent ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 8, 9 

 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from just 

 before angle of cell ; 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; 6, 7 shortly 

 stalked ; 8 closely approximated to or anastomosing with 7. 



Sect. I. Palpi of male hollowed out to receive the brush-like maxillary palpi. 

 A. Palpi of male upturned. 



a. {Ampycophora). Antennse of male uiiiserrate. 



(1) t Rhinaphe approximella, sp. n. 



$ . Head and thorax purplish red, the vertex of head and 

 dorsum of thorax whitish tinged with red ; abdomen white, 

 dorsally tinged with fulvous yellow towards base ; pectus white ; 

 legs red-brown. Fore wing whitish suffused with purplish pink, 

 leaving the veins whiter and defined on each side by fine 

 purplish-red streaks ; a white costal fascia tinged with purplish 

 pink at costa, narrowing to a point at apex, defined below by 

 a narrow dark brown streak giving off a fine streak above vein 6. 

 Hind wing white, the costal area and termen tinged with brown. 



Queensland, Peak Downs, 1 $ type. Exp. 24 mm. 



(2) Rhinaphe apotomella. 



Pempelia apotomella Meyr. Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. iv. p. 224 

 (1879) : Rag. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 388, pi. 40. f. 17. 



Punjab; Ceylon; Selangor; Philippines; Celebes, Sangirl. 

 Timor, Oinainisa, Dili ; Queensland. 



