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SIR GEORGE HAMPSON ON THE 



Hypsotropha niphosema Tamer, Pr. R. Soc. Queensl. xxiv. 

 p. 112 (1913). 

 Queensland ; N. Australia. 



Genus Rhinaphe. 



Type. 



Rhinaphe Berg, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. xlix. 



2, p. 231 (1874) signaticollis. 



Ampycophora Meyr. Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. vii. 



p. 158 (1882) apotomella. 



Oomorta Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 48 (1888) nigricostalis. 



Maliarpha Rag. Nouv. Gen. p. 48 (1888) separatella. 



Ilomosassa Hulst, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xvii. 



p. 214 (1890) ella. . 



Enosima Rag. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 389 (1901)... neesimella. 

 Ampycodes Hmpsn. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 393 



(1901) pcdlidicostct. 



Erythphlebia Hmpsn. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 393 



(1901) enervella. 



Proboscis absent ; palpi typically downcurvecl, extending about 

 three times length of head and thickly scaled ; maxillary palpi 

 filiform ; frons smooth and rounded ; antennae of male typically 

 laminate and ciliated. Fore wing narrow, the apex rounded, the 

 termen obliquely curved ; vein 2 from near angle of cell ; 4 

 absent ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from below upper angle ; 8, 9 

 stalked; 10, 11 from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from just 

 before angle of cell ; 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; 6, 7 shortly 

 stalked ; 8 closely approximated to or anastomosing with 7. 



Sect. I. Palpi of male hollowed out to receive the brush-like maxillary palpi. 

 A. Palpi of male upturned. 



a. (Ampycophora). Antennae of male uniserrate. 



(1) "t Rhinaphe approximella, sp. n. 



2 • Head and thorax purplish red, the vertex of head and 

 dorsum of thorax whitish tinged with red ; abdomen white, 

 dorsally tinged with fulvous yellow towards base ; pectus white ; 

 legs red-brown. Fore wing whitish suffused w T ith purplish pink, 

 leaving the veins whiter and defined on each side by fine 

 purplish-red streaks ; a white costal fascia tinged with purplish 

 pink at costa, narrowing to a point at apex, defined below by 

 a narrow dark brown streak giving off a fine streak above vein 6. 

 Hind wing white, the costal area and termen tinged with brown. 



Queensland, Peak Downs, 1 $ type. Exp. 24 mm. 



(2) Rhinaphe apotomella. 



Pempelia apotomella Meyr. Pr. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. iv. p. 224 

 (1879) : Rag. Rom. Mem. viii. p. 388, pi. 40. f. 17. 



Punjab; Ceylon; Selangor; Philippines; Celebes, Sangirl. 

 Timor, Oinainisa, Dili ; Queensland. 



