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SIB G. F. HAMPSON — EEYISIOK Or MOTHS [Feb. 21, 



(2) Omphisa eepetitalis Snell, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 621, 



f. 6. 



Sikhim. 



(3)*0mphisa PEAXiTELEs Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 215, 

 pi. 61. ff. 3, 4. Mexico ; Centr. Amer. 



(4) Omphisa ingens, n. sp. (1898, Plate L. fig. 17.) 



TeUowish rufous ; wings with numerous fine dark striae. Eore 

 wing with traces of curved antemedial line ; two dark spots 

 towards apex above veins 6 and 7 ; both wings with very ill-defined 

 darker medial and postmedial bands ; underside with blackish 

 discoidal marks on each wing. 



Hah. Pergusson I., N. Guinea {Meek). Exp. 66 mm. Types 

 in Coll. Eothschild and B.M. 



Genus 97. Lakiifeea, nov. 



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

 the 2nd joint clothed below with very long hair extending to end 

 of the well-developed naked 3rd joint ; maxillary palpi filiform ; 

 frons rounded ; antennae ciliated ; vertex of head and thorax 

 clothed with rough hair and scales ; build stout ; femora and tibiae 

 clothed with rough hair. Fore wing clothed with rather woolly hair ; 

 the costa arched towards apex; veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell; 7 

 curved and approximated to 8, 9, Hind wing with veins 3, 4, 5 

 from angle of cell ; 6, 7 stalked, 7 anastomosing slightly with 8. 



Fig. 97. 



* Laniifera cyclades, cJ. t- 



Type. Lantifbea cyclades Druce, Biol. Centr.-Am., Het. ii. p. 220 

 pi. 61. f. 12. Mexico. 



Genus 98. Oeet!"aia. 



Orenaia Dup. Cat. Meth. p. 196 (1831). 



Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair below, the 

 3rd prominent ; maxillary palpi slightly dilated with scales ; frons 

 rounded ; antennae ciliated ; tibiae slightly scaled ; wings short 

 and broad. Fore wing with veins 3, 4, 5 well separated at origin ; 

 7 straight and well separated from 8, 9. Hind wing with veins 3, 



