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5. Brachysara, Meyr. 



Head smooth, sidetufts small, appressed. Antennae in male moderate, 

 with fine long ciliations (5), in whorls of eight at apex of joints, basal joint 

 moderate, with strong pecten. Palpi short, second joint not nearly reaching 

 base of antennae, with short loose rough hairs beneath somewhat projecting 

 anteriorly, terminal joint short, slender, curved. Thorax smooth. Fore- 

 wings elongate, apex rounded, hindmargin very obliquely rounded. Hind- 

 wings as broad as forewings, elongate-ovate, hindmargin very faintly 

 sinuate, cilia 1. Abdomen moderate. Posterior tibiae clothed with loose 

 hairs above. Forewings with vein 7 to apex, 2 from hardly before angle of 

 cell. Hindwings normal. 



Closely allied to the preceding genus, but differing in the structure of 

 the palpi, and the smooth surface of forewings. The female is unknown to 

 me, but I should not be surprised to find that it had abbreviated wings, as 

 in Atomotricha. 



6. Brack, sordida, Butl. 

 {(Ecophora sordida, Butl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 405.) 



Media, alis ant. angustis, dilute fuscis, vitta media nigricante interdum 

 obsoleta, signis disci duobus arcuatis lineaque postica transversa obscuris 

 saturatioribus ; post, albidis. 



Male. — 20-21 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light, fuscous, somewhat 

 mixed with darker. Antennae light fuscous. Abdomen ochreous- whitish. 

 Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior pair obscurely suffused with fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, distinctly sinuate in middle, 

 apex round-pointed, hindmargin extremely oblique, slightly rounded ; light 

 fuscous, sometimes slightly mixed with darker ; a straight narrow tolerably 

 well-defined blackish longitudinal streak somewhat above middle from base 

 nearly to apex, tending to be very slightly interrupted at i- and f , rather 

 suffused beneath towards apex and near base, sometimes entirely obsolete ; 

 when obsolete, there are sometimes visible an arched fuscous mark before |- 

 and another just beyond middle, which are usually obscured by the streak ; 

 a slender very obscure fuscous transverse line from f of costa to f of inner 

 margin, twice angulated above middle, usually terminating the longitudinal 

 streak, often obsolete : cilia light fuscous, with a cloudy blackish interrupted 

 basal line. Hindwings whitish, slightly suffused with ochreous-grey towards 

 costa ; cilia whitish, with faint cloudy grey basal and apical lines. 



Variable in respect of the central streak, but easily known at once from 

 the preceding species by the narrower wings, apart from generic differences. 

 Butler's description would do tolerably for either, but I have seen a speci- 

 men of this species identified by Butler himself. 



Mr. B. W. Fereday formerly met with this species abundantly in the 

 Bakaia district. 



