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WARü NAKAIIAK \. 



St/mplierobitis fesset/afus n. sp. 



(H- I, fig- 2). 



Head fuscous or fuscous black, whith an obscure blackish spot between 

 antennae. Antennae fuscous, suffused with pale yellow beyond middle ; 

 basal joint enlarged and marked with piceous. Labial palpus blackish, 

 excepting the apical joint which is pale ; maxillary palpus blackish, apical 

 joint small and pale. 



Prothorax wider than long, fuscous or fuscous black ; meso- and meta- 

 thorax fuscous grey. Legs yellowish, or fuscous yellow ; end of tibia 

 darkish ; hind tibia fusiform. 



Forcwing hyaline ; a large number of brown spots distributed all over 

 the wing gives it a checkered appearance ; neuration fuscous ; subcosta 

 comes in contact with radius at one point near tip of the wing; both ist 

 and 2nd radial sectors forked before inner gradate series. 



Hindwing hyaline ; no marking, excepting ptcrostigmatic region which 

 is slightly tinged with brownish. Cubitus rather strongly thickened. 



Abdomen fuscous grey, hind margin of most segments covered with fine 

 hairs. In the male, the 9th segment rather small, subgenital plate very 

 long, stout, and covered with long hairs. 



Measurements : 



Length of body 6 mm. 



Length of forewinsr 6 mm. 



Width of forewing 2.5 mm. 



Length of hindwing 5 mm. 



Habitat : Gifu, two male and a single female specimens, Mr. S. 

 Yamamura coll. 



Osaka, a single female specimen, Mr. Teranishi coll. 



Kyoto, November, '14, a single male specimen, Mr. T. Esaki coll. 



