.EURO GRAMMA. — HERPOPERASA. 
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smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round • 
antennae of male with slight bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed 
almost entirely with scales and without crests ; tibiae slightly 
fringed with hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and without 
crests, the anal tuft of male large. Fore wing with the apex 
pioduced and acute, the termen evenly curved and not 
crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of cell ; 6 from 
uppei angle , 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the 
areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell about half 
the length of wing ; veins 3 and 5 from close to angle of 
cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell 
near base only. 
Genus D0CHMI0GRAMMA, nov. 
Type, D. filamentosa, Feld. ( Thiona ), Reis. Nov nl 119 
f. 18 (1874). ‘ 1 ‘ 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to above vertex of head and somewhat angled with 
hair above at middle, the 3rd long and fringed with hair 
behind towards extremity ; frons smooth, with slight ridge 
of hair above ; eyes large, round ; antennae of female with 
bristles and cilia ; thorax clothed chiefly with scales and 
without crests ; tibiae moderately fringed with hair ; abdo- 
men smoothly scaled and without crests. Fore wing with the 
costa arched towards apex which is rather produced and 
acute, the termen somewhat excised below apex and excurved 
at middle, not crenulate ; veins 3 and 5 from near angle of 
cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 
to form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hind wing with the cell 
about one-third length of whig ; veins 3, 4 from angle ; 
5 fully developed from just above angle ; 6, 7 from upper 
angle ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 
Genus HERPOPERASA, nov. 
Type, H. apicata, Dogn. ( Ephyrodes ), Het. Nouv. Am Sud 
vi. p. 33 (1912). 
Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint 
reaching to vertex of head, moderately scaled in front and 
slightly fringed with hair behind towards extremity, the 3rd 
minute and with small triangular tuft of hair in front • frons 
smooth, with pointed tuft of hair above ; eyes large, round • 
antennae of male with fasciculate cilia ; thorax clothed almost 
entirely with scales and without crests ; fore tibiae moderately 
fringed with hair, the mid tibiae of male dilated with a groove 
containing a tuft of long hair, the hind tibiae fringed on each 
side with rather long hair ; abdomen smoothly scaled and 
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