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and at end ; terminal joint sliort, concealed. Maxillary p(dpi and 

 haastellum obsolete. Head rongh-haived. Thorax smooth — 

 perhaps slightly tufted posteriorly. Fore wings elongate, luther 

 narrow, apex I'ound-pointed, termen rounded, .sui'face with tufts 

 of raised scales : neuration 12 veins, all separate; 7 to apex, 3-4 

 basally approximate ; 1 furcate at base. Hind vnngs 1 , elongate- 

 ovate, with small transparent space below cubitus near base; 

 cilia g : neuration 8 veins, all separate ; 4-7 nearly parallel. 

 Ahdoinen rather slender. Legs : posterior tibise long-haired 

 above. 



NOMIMA PROPHANES, Sp. n. 



Antennce fuscous. Palpi yellowish ochreous. Headj and 

 thorax dark brownish fuscous ; face yellowish ochreous. Fore 

 wings creara-ochreous, with a dark brownish fuscous basal patch, 

 and with a rather broad patch of the same colour commencing 

 before the tornus and extending around the termen to the apex ; 

 the whole wing is ornamented with glistening spots of raised 

 scales ari-anged in ti-ansverse lines — these raised spots have some 

 admixture of bluish leaden-metallic, especially on the dark 

 patches, and on the ochreous part of the wing transverse lines 

 ■of pale greyish scaling occur between them ; cilia shining, dark 

 brownish fuscous with a purplish gloss, cream-oclu-eous along 

 their base and above the apex ; underside suffused with fuscous, 

 except on a yellowish ochreous apical patch. Fxj). al. 21-25 nim. 

 Hind ivings shining, pale grey with brassy sheen, more or less 

 suffused with dark fuscous above and beneath in some specimens; 

 cilia pale yellowish ochreous. Abdomen yellowish ochreous, dusted 

 with fuscous. Legs yellowish ochreous, tarsi tinged with fuscous. 



Type S (72.53), Di'nt. Det. 



1908 : Sept. 30,-1 J . 1909 : Apr. 10,-1 J (type) ; Apr. 15, 

 —16. 



AcHTHixA, gen. n. 



('aj^fietvos, i], or = irksome.) 

 Type : Achthina ctenodes Drnt. 



Antennce $ bipectinate 2 ; basal joint without pecten. 

 Labial paljn rather short, upcurved ; tei'minal joint very short. 

 Maxillary palpi and haustellum obsolete. Head rough. Thorax 

 smooth. Fore wings with costa straight, apex round-pointed, 

 termen and tornus evenly rounded: neuration 12 veins; 7-8 

 stalked, 8-9 stalked enclosing apex, 10 out of stalk of 7-9 ,: 4-5 

 closely approximate, connate or short-stalked ; 3 from angle, 2 at 

 least twice as far from 3 as 3 is from 4 ; 1 basally furcate. Hind, 

 wings 1, rather short and bi-oad, apex and tornus bluntly rounded : 

 neuration 8 veins ; 3-5 approximate, 2 remote from 3, 5 bent 

 over and closely approximate to 4, or 4-5 stalked ; 6-7 stalked or 

 separate ; media to below 6. Abdomen : female moderate, ovi- 

 positor exserted. Legs: hind tibiae long-haired above. 



The male is at present unknown, and there is some variation in 



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