NOCTUIDK. 
4 I 4 
front and fringed with hair behind except at base, the 3rd 
long and smoothly scaled ; frons smooth, with tuft of hair 
above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of male with bristles and 
ciiia ; thorax clothed with hair and scales mixed and without 
crests ; fore femora and tibiae of male thickly fringed with long 
hair, the mid and hind tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; 
abdomen with some rough hair at base of dorsum but without 
crests. Fore wing with the apex somewhat produced and 
acute, the termen evenly curved, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 
from near angle of cell ; 9 from just below' upper angle ; 7, 
8, 9. 10 stalked ; 11 from cell ; the male with thick fringe of 
large dowmturned scales on upperside from below' costa 
extending to beyond middle. Hind wing with the tornus 
obliquely truncate ; the cel! about one-third length of wing ; 
veins 3, 4 shortly stalked ; 5 fully developed from above 
angle ; 0, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell 
near base only. 
Genus TIPASODES , nov. 
Type, T. melalepidia. 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi with the 2nd joint porrect, 
extending about three times length of head, fringed with rather 
long scales below, somewhat produced at extremity and with 
long scales above, longest towards base, the 3rd joint upturned, 
moderate w'ith tufts of hair in front and behind at base and 
acuminate at tip ; frons smooth, with large tuft of hair above ; 
eyes large, round ; antennae of male with slight bristles and 
cilia ; thorax clothed almost entirely with scales and without 
crests, the male with tuft of hair from below base of fore wing ; 
tibiae slightly fringed with hair, the fore legs of male with tuft 
of hair from base of femora ; abdomen with slight rough hair 
from base of dorsum but without crests. Fore wing with the 
costa moderate^ arched, the apex somewhat produced, the 
termen slightly excised to vein 4 where it is produced to a 
point, then oblique, crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle 
of cell ; 6 from below' upper angle ; 7 from angle ; 8, 9, 10 
stalked ; 11 from cell Hind wing with the tornus obliquely 
truncate ; the cell about half the length of wing ; veins 3, 4 
stalked ; 5 fully developed from mil above angle of cell ; 6, 
7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base 
only. 
Tipasodes melalepidia, n. sp. 
9- Head and thorax whitish mixed with red-brown ; 
abdomen white irrorated with rufous and with rufous seg- 
mental bands ; antennae red-brown ; pectus, legs and ventral 
surface of abdomen white, the legs irrorated with red-brown, 
the hind tibiae with red -brown spot before middle, the tarsi 
