106 SIR GEOHGE UAMPSON ON THE 



cosba ; two slight blackish discoidal spots. Hind wing white 

 tinged with brown ; a sHght dark spot at upper angle of cell and 

 fine terminal line ; cilia whiter. 



Sierra Leone {Clements), 1 cT , 4 $ ; N. Nigeria, Minna {Macfie), 

 1 6 type, Zungeru {Simpson), 1 5 • Exjj. 16-20 mm. 



B, Hind wing with vein 8 not anastomosing with 7. 

 a. Palpi of male obliquely upturned to above vertex of head and hollowed out 

 to receive the brush-like maxillary palpi, the 3rd joint porrect ; antennae 

 serrate with sinus at base of shaft containing a large ridge of scales. 



(6) fPROPHTASIA pyrostrota, sp. n. 



(S . Head and thorax creamy white snfFused with rufous ; 

 abdomen, pectus, and legs creamy white. Fore wing ochreous 

 white iri'orated with fiery red, the costal fascia only defined by a 

 red-brown fascia below it from base to apex ; minute nntemeclial 

 black streaks on median nervure and veiit 1 and an obliijue post- 

 medial series ; two slight black discoidal spots ; a tei-minal series 

 of black points. Hind wing creamy white. 



Punjab, Kangra Valley, 4500' {Dudgeon), 1 S type. Exj). 

 26 mm. 



h. Palpi of female downcurved and extending about three times length of head. 



(7) Prophtasia BISTRIATELLA. 



Cayuga histriatella Hulst, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xvii. p. 209 

 (1890) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 438. 



Peoria discostrigella Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. vi. p. 115 

 (1904). 



U.S.A., N. Mexico, Arizona, 



Genus Aurora. 



Type. 

 Aurora Rag. N. Am. Pliyc. p. 18 (1887) lonpipalpalla. 



Proboscis aborted and minute; palpi porrect, extending about 

 four times length of head, thickly fringed with hair, the 2nd 

 joint slightly downcurved ; maxillary palpi slight and filiform ; 

 frons smooth, with long pointed tuft of hair; autennfe of female 

 minutely ciliated. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, 

 tlie termen obli(]uely curved ; vein .8 from close to angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 strongly stalked ; 6 from below upper angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 

 11 from cell. Hind wing, with vein 2 from close to angle of cell ; 

 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing 

 with 7. 



t Aurora longipalpella. 



Aurora longijxdpeUa Rag. N. Am. Phyc. p. 18 (1887) ; id. Rom. 

 Mem. viii. p. 337, pi. 44. f. 2 ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 437. 



U.S.A. 



