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Sect. III. Palpi of male with the 2nd joint fringed with hair 

 in front, the 2nd and 3rd joints not fringed with curved 

 scales ; frons with a tuft of rough hair ; vertex of head 

 not hollowed out ; antennae with the basal joint not dilated, 

 the shaft thickened and flattened but without ridge of scales. 



4420. Spatulipalpia pallicostalis, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 68 ; Rag. Mon. 



Phyc. p. 18, pi. xli, fig. 1 ; C. 8f S. no. 4557. 



Red-brown irrorated with white ; head whitish. Fore wing 

 with the costal area white irrorated with brown and broadening 

 from base to apex ; a white spot in cell and discocellular spot ; an 

 oblique postmedial series of white specks ; cilia whitish. Hind 

 wing pale semihyaline, with marginal fuscous line. 



Hab. Coimbatore ; Ceylon. Exp. 22 millim. 



4421. Spatulipalpia erythrina, n. sp. 



S . Head and thorax dark red-brown; abdomen pale rufous. 

 Fore wing purplish red-brown ; a sinuous medial line with fuscous 

 mark on its inner edge below costa, the inner area beyond it paler ; 

 a dark postmedial hue slightly bent outwards at vein 5. Hind wing 

 pale tinged with ferruginous red, especially on inner area ; the veins 

 and cilia ferruginous red. 



Hab. Calcutta {Atkinson). Exp. 14 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus CEROPREPES. 



Ceroprepes, Zell. Stettin, ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 401. 



Type, C. patriciella, Zell. 



Range. Amur; Himalayas. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching vertex of head, the 3rd 

 well developed and acuminate ; maxillary palpi filiform ; frjms 

 rounded ; antennae of male with uniseriate branches, the basal joint 

 long and much thickened at extremity, the base of shaft thickened 

 by a ridge of scales on upperside. Pore wing with a ridge of raised 

 scales before the antemedial line ; vein 3 from close to angle of 

 cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 10 approximated to 8, 9. Hind wing with 

 vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 shortly 

 stalked, 7 anastomosing with 8 ; the cell short. 



4422. Ceroprepes patriciella, Zell. Stettin, ent, Zeit. 1867, p. 401, pi. ii, 



figs. 4 a, b; Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 9, pi. iv, fig. 2 ; C.$ S. no 4554. 



<$ . Head, thorax, and 

 abdomen reddish ochreous, 

 with slight fuscous mark- 

 ings. Pore wing purplish 

 rufous suffused with fus- 

 cous ; the costa rufous ; 

 Fig. 60.— droprepes patriciella, tf. \. an ^distinct pale sinuous 



medial line, with olive band inside it, white patch on costa, and tufts 



