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three are very widely spread over the world. The numerous 

 gardens about Mount Sinai may have been the means of in- 

 troducing some of the moths which dwell there. 



Fam. Agaristid^e. — Gen. ^Egocera, LaU\ 



1. JEgocera Venulia. Phalgena Venulia, Cram. Pap. Exot, 

 ii. 107, pi. 165, f. D. Hor Tamanib. Inhabits Hindostan. 



Fam. Callimorphid^. — Gen. Deiopkia, Steph. 



2. Deiopeia pulchella. Tinea pulchella, Linn. Syst. Nat. 

 ii. 884. Egypt and Arabia. Inhabits Europe, Africa, Asia, 

 Australasia and Australia. 



Fam. LiPARTD^. — Gen. Euproctis, Huhn. 



3. Euproctis f hmotabilis. Female. White, moderately 

 stout. Palpi pale yellowish, slender, slightly decumbent, ex- 

 tending somewhat beyond the head, with a short fringe 

 beneath ; third joint lanceolate, minute. Abdomen extend- 

 ing a little beyond the hind wings. Legs slender; hind tibiae 

 with long slender spurs. Wings without markings. Length 

 of the body 4 lines ; expansion of the fore wings 14 lines. 

 Wady Genneh. 



Fam. PsYCHiDiE. — Gen. Psyche, Schrank. 

 The two following species, perhaps, do not belong to this 

 genus : — 



Male, Body moderately stout. Head short, a little 

 narrower than the prothorax. Eyes globose, large, promi- 

 nent. Proboscis none. Palpi compressed, with a short 

 fringe beneath, extending somewhat beyond the head, very 

 slightly decumbent ; third joint very small. Antennae more 

 than half the length of the body, very broadly pectinated ; 

 branches pubescent. Abdomen extending somewhat beyond 

 the hind wings ; apical tuft long, thick. Legs stout, with a 

 short fringe ; tibiae unarmed. Wings moderately long and 

 broad. Fore wings very much longer than the hind wings, 

 rounded at the tips ; exterior border slightly rounded, very 

 oblique ; first vein near and parallel to the interior border ; 

 second proceeding from somewhat beyond two-thirds of the 

 t length of the discoidal areolet ; third near the end; fourth 

 and fifth at the end of the above areolet; fifth, sixth, seventh 

 and eighth at equal distances from each other ; eighth and 



