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12. Gen. Proteuxoa, Hmps. 



Frons rounded, slightly projecting. Palpi rather long, 

 ascending; second joint shortly rough-haired beneath; 

 terminal joint moderate or long, smooth, sometimes porrect. 

 Thorax with rounded anterior and small posterior crest. 

 Abdomen without crests. Anterior tibiae without spines. 

 Posterior tibiae with one or two spines, and with long hairs 

 on dorsum. Neuration normal. 



I can see no sufficient reason for distinguishing Ectopatria, 

 Hmps., from this genus. 



t mniodes, Low. : Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S, Wales, 1901, 

 p. 642. amaurodes, Low. : I.e., p. 642. paurogramma, 

 Low. : I.e., p. 643. f sjpilonota, Low. : I.e., p. 641. suh- 

 rufescens, Wlk. aspera, Wlk. umhrosa, Hmps. loxosema, 

 Turn. : Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., 1908, p. 55. spodias. 

 Turn. : I.e., p. 56. 



13. Gen. Androdes, nov. (avSptoS?;?, masculine), 



Frons not projecting. Palpi moderate, ascending; second 

 joint thickened, with loosely appressed scales; terminal joint 

 short, smooth, obtuse. Thorax and abdomen without crests. 

 Anterior tibiae without spines. Posterior tibiae with a few 

 spines; in male densely hairy, in female hairy on dorsum. 

 Wings of male wholly or partly covered with modified scales 

 on underside. Neuration normal. 



The two following species with their spineless anterior 

 tibiae are quite out of place in the genus A gratis. They are 

 more nearly allied to Proteuxoa. 



tihiata, Gn. ; type. hypoehcdchis. Turn. 



Subfam. MELANCHRINAE. 



(Polianae, Hmps.) 

 I am unable to accept Hampson's name for this group and 

 many of his generic distinctions. For a discussion of the 

 points involved I would refer the student to a paper by Mr. 

 E. Meyrick, F.R.S., in the Transactions of the New Zealand 

 Institute, 1912, p. 88. 



1. Thorax and abdomen without crests ... 2. 

 Thorax and abdomen with crests 4. 



2. Frons projecting, a, large apical depression 



with raised edges containing a central, 



truncate, corneous process 



Frons not so formed 



3. Posterior tibiae smooth 



Posterior tibiae hairy on dorsum 



4. Abdomen with small crest on basal seg 



ment only 



Abdomen with more than one crest 



1. Metopiora 

 3. 



3. Melianu 



4. Leucania 



5. 



7. 



