106 



SIR GEORGE HAMPSON ON THE 



costa ; two slight blackish discoidal spots. Hind wing white 

 tinged with brown ; a slight dark spot at upper angle of cell and 

 fine terminal line ; cilia whiter. 



Sierra Leone {Clements), 1 J , 4 £ ; N. Nigeria, Minna (Macfie), 



I d type, Zungeru (Simpson), 1 £ . Exp. 16-20 mm. 



B. Hind wing with vein 8 not anastomosing' with 7. 



a. Palpi of male obliquely upturned to above vertex of head and hollowed out 



to receive the brush-like maxillary palpi, the 3rd joint porrect ; antennae 

 serrate with sinus at base of shaft containing a large ridge of scales. 



(6) fPROPHTASIA PYROSTROTA, sp. 11. 



S • Head and thorax creamy white suffused with rufous ; 

 abdomen, pectus, and legs creamy white. Fore wing ochreous 

 white irrorated with fiery red, the costal fascia only defined by a 

 red-brown fascia below it from base to apex ; minute antemedial 

 black streaks on median nervure and vein 1 and an oblique post- 

 medial series ; two slight black discoidal spots ; a terminal series 

 of black points. Hind wing creamy white. 



Punjab, Kangra Valley, 4500' (Dudgeon), 1 <$ type. Exp. 

 26 mm. 



b. Palpi of female downcurved and extending about three times length of head. 



(7) Prophtasia BISTRIATELLA. 



Cayuga bistriatella Hulst, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xvii. p. 209 

 (1890) ; Dyar, Cat. Lep. N. Am. p. 438. 



Peoria discostrigella Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. vi. p. 115 

 (1904). 



U.S.A., N. Mexico, Arizona. 



Genus Aurora. 



Type. 



Aurora Rag. N. Am. Phyc. p. 18 (1887) longipalpalla. 



Proboscis aborted and minute; palpi porrect, extending about 

 four times length of head, thickly fringed with hair, the 2nd 

 joint slightly downcurved ; maxillary palpi slight and filiform ; 

 irons smooth, with long pointed tuft of hair ; antenna? of female 

 minutely ciliated. Fore wing long and narrow, the apex rounded, 

 the ternien obliquely curved ; vein 3 from close to angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 strongly stalked ; 6 from below upper angle ; 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 



II from cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from close to angle of cell ; 

 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent ; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 8 anastomosing 

 with 7. 



f Aurora longipalpella. 



Aurora longipalpella Rag. N. Am. Phyc. p. 18 (1887) ; id. Rom. 

 Mem. viii. p. 337, pi. 44. f. 2 ; Dyar, Oat. Lep. K Am. p. 437. 

 U.S.A. 



