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1. SCIIRANCKIA TURFOSALIS. 



Cinerea ; alee anticce puncto basali, lineis tribus obliquis puncta- 

 laribus incompletis punctisque marginalibus nigris ; posticce 

 nigro-cinerece, fimbria cinerea, 



Hypena turfosalis, Wocke, Zen. Ent. 1850, pi. 5, f. 17. 

 Schranckia turfosalis, Herr.-Schceff. Schm. Eur. ii. 448, f. 620. 



Giien. Delt. et PyraL 44, 50. 

 Hypenodes humidalis, H. DoubL ZooL viii. App. cv. Steph. Cat, 



Lep Brit. Mas. 234. 



a — e. Ireland. From Mr. Bouchard's collection. 

 /. England. From Mr. Foxcroft's collection. 

 g—m. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 



Genus 11. GISIRA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Fasciculus frontalis latus, acutus. 

 Proboscis sat brevis. Palpi sat graciles, oblique ascendentes, thorace 

 breviores ; articulus 3us lanceolatus, gracillimus, 2i diinidio brevior. 

 Antennae subsetosae, thoracis dimidio longiores. Abdomen alas pos- 

 ticas non superans ; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes sat validi, 

 non pilosi ; tibiae posticae calcaribus longis. Ala3 amplae, lougius- 

 culse ; anticae vix falcatae, margine exteriore apud medium sub- 

 flexo. 



Male. Body hardly stout. Frontal tuft prominent, broad, 

 acute. Proboscis rather short. Palpi rather slender, obliquely as- 

 cending, somewhat pilose above, shorter than the thorax; third 

 joint lanceolate, very slender, less than half the length of the second, 

 with which it forms a slight an«rle. Antennas minutely and thinly 

 setose, more than half the length of the body. Abdomen not extend- 

 ing beyond the hind wings; apical tuft very small. Legs rather 

 stout, not pilose; hind tibiae with long spurs. Wings ample, rather 

 long. Fore wings indistinctly subfalcate: exterior border slightly 

 bent in the middle. 



1. GlSIRA ACCLAMALIS. 



Mas. Sordide albida, subtus cinerea; palpi ex tus fuscescentes ; 

 alee anticce fasciis diffusis undulatis cinereis, interiore et exte- 

 riore indislinctis, hue abbreviata, submarginali lata disti?icta, 

 linea contigua tenui valde denticulata^ reniformi nigra arcuata 

 postice dilatata ; posticce obscure cinerece, fascia diffusa incom- 

 plete pallidiore. 



