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Forewings cleft to 4, segments moderately broad, obliquely truncate ; with 
10 veins (4, 6); 2 from before posterior third of cell, 3 and 4 closely 
approximated at base, 6 and 7 stalked, 6 to costa, 10 free. Hindwings with 
segments moderate, upper two obliquely truncate ; with 5 veins (1, 2, 2) ; 
2 from before angle of cell, 3 from angle, 4 apparently shortly anastomos- 
ing with 5 in middle: cilia without black scales. 
Distinguished from Platyptilia by the 5-veined hindwings, and the 
origin of vein 2 of the forewings before posterior third of cell; also by the 
absence of black scales in the cilia of the lower margin of hindwings. Well 
represented in Europe and North America, and probably elsewhere. 
la. Costa posteriorly dark fuscous. 
2a. Forewings with a whitish line before hindmargin .. ae .. 8. charadrias. 
n » without whitish line e ue 2 Sy .. 9. lithozestus. 
lb. Costa posteriorly not dark fuscous x s cd 7. orites, 
7. Mimes. orites, n. sp. 
Male.—21 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous, mixed with white. 
Palpi pale ochreous, above white, very long. Antenns fuscous. Abdomen 
brownish-ochreous, with dark fuscous dots on edge of segments. Legs — 
whitish, apex of spurs dark fuscous, spurs short. Forewings light greyish- 
ochreous, irregularly strewn with whitish, and with some black scales 
tending to accumulate on veins; costa obscurely spotted with blackish 
towards base; a distinct black dot in dise at 4, and another before and 
below base of cleft: cilia pale greyish-ochreous, on hindmargin with an 
interrupted black basal line. Hindwings and cilia light grey. 
The palpi are much longer in this species than in the two following. 
One specimen taken near Clinton by Mr. G. F. Mathew, who states that 
it frequented the tussock-grass, and fell down to the roots when disturbed ; 
it is therefore probably often overlooked. 
Mimes. charadrias, n. sp. 
Male, female.—16-20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen whitish- 
ochreous. Antenne fuscous. Legs fuscous-whitish, internally dark fus- 
cous. forewings light fuscous, more or less suffused with whitish-ochreous 
posteriorly and towards inner margin, suffused with whitish along sub- 
median fold (broadly posteriorly) and on a costal spot above base of cleft; 
costa suffused with dark fuscous, anteriorly obscurely spotted with whitish ; 
a small blackish spot before cleft, in female larger and touching cleft ; in 
female a suffused blackish triangular subapical patch, terminated by a 
whitish line a little before hindmargin ; in male the whitish line broader 
and suffused into hindmargin, but blackish patch wholly absent: cilia 
whitish-fuscous, within cleft and on hindmargin of first segment white, 
with a dark fuscous line from middle of first segment to anal angle, on 
costa dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia fuscous, 
