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A peculiar, isolated, and primitive genus. The wide separation 

 of 6 from 7 of the hindwings, and the absence of any anastomosis 

 of 7 with 12 are primitive characters; on the other hand the relative 

 approximation of 5 to 4 in the hindwings, and the stalking of 7 and 



10 of the forewings are specialised characters, the former being unique 

 in this family, to which the genus must, I think, be referred, though 

 the absence of maxillary palpi (if confirmed), suggests some relation- 

 ship to the Pterophoridae, but this may be more apparent than real. 



Tanycnema anomala, n. sp. 



^ 34 mm. Head and thorax brownish-grey. Palpi 3^; brownish. 

 Antennae about ^; fuscous. Abdomen grey; dorsum of basal seg- 

 ment whitish-grey. Legs brownish-grey. Forewings narrow, elon- 

 gate, gradually dilating posteriorly, but only to a moderate extent, 

 costa straight to middle, thence sinuate, apex pointed, termen slightly 

 sinuate, slightly oblique; brownish-grey; costa broadly suffused with 

 -ochreous-whitish throughout; an ochreous-whitish dot at 3 on end 

 of cell; a suffused inwardly-oblique, fuscous streak from before apex, 

 cutting across pale costal area, then slightly dentate to about half- 

 way across disc; a whitish subterminal line from apical pale area 

 to vein 3; a similar line precedes terminal edge, which is fuscous, 

 ■and is itself preceded by an obscure series of fuscous do-ts; cilia 

 -whitish-brown. Hindwings with apex tolerably pointed, termen gently 

 rounded, wavy; grey; cilia grey. 



Q., National Park (3000 ft.), in December; one specimen. 



Gen. Euthesaura, nov. 

 Frons flat. Tongue present. Palpi moderate (not exceeding 2), 

 porrect; second joint thickened with rough hairs; terminal joint very 

 short. Maxillary palpi short, filiform. Antennae over 1, slender, 

 joints dilated by whorls of short scales at apices; in ^ without 

 'Ciliations. Thorax and abdomen slender; inner tibial spurs twice as 

 long as outer. Forewings with 2 from well before angle, 3 from angle, 



4 from shortly above, 5 and 6 widely separate, 7 approximated to 8, 

 9, which are stalked from angle, 10 approximated to them at origin, 



11 from middle of cell. Hindwings with a strong tuft of scales on 

 -costa beyond middle; 2 from ^, 3 and 4 approximated from angle, 



5 parallel from middle of cell, 6 widely separate, 7 from angle 

 anastomosing shortly with 8. Retinaculum in ^ bar-shaped. 



Distinguished by the comparatively short labial palpi, and short 

 filiform maxillary palpi, costal tuft of hindwings, and very unequal 

 tibial spurs. Type E. glycina. 



Euthesaura glycina, n. sp. 



(^ 18-20 mm. Head and thorax fuscous. Palpi about 2; fuscous, 

 lower edge ochreous. Antennae grey. Abdomen whitish; two basal 

 segments and some median dorsal dots dark-fuscous. Legs ochreous- 

 -whitish; anterior pair mostly fuscous. Forewings elongate-triangu- 

 lar; costa bisinuate, apex acute, termen nearly straight, oblique; 



