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Narycia Stephens, 1836 
Narycia Stephens, 1836, HI. Brit. Ent., Mandib., vol. 6, p. 164. Walsingham, 
Catal. Lep. Het. Mus. Oxon. vol. 2, p. 681, 1900. Spieler, Schmett. Eur., vol. 2, 
p. 456, fig. 208, 1910. Meyrick, Rev. Handb., p. 836, 1928. Fletcher, Mem. Agric. 
Ind., Ent., vol. 11, p. 145, 1929. 
Diplodoma Zeller, 1852, Linn. Ent., vol. 7, p. 332. 
Xysmatodoma Zeller, 1852, ibidem, pp. 332, 362 363. 
Conoeca Scott, 1865, Austral. Lep., vol. 1, p. 26, pi. 9. 
Oecobia Scott, 1865, ibidem, p. 27, pi. 9. 
Sapheneutis Meyrick, 1907, Joum. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. 18, p. 155. 
Thranitica Meyrick, 1908, Proc. Zool. Soe. Lond., 1908, p. 743. 
Narycia negligata spec. nov. (fig. 852) 
£ 8.5 mm. Head, thorax fuscous-grey. Antenna, palpus whitish. 
Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft whitish. Legs whitish-fuscous. Fore wing 
elongate-ovate, dilated, broadest at 3 / s , costa gently curved, apex obtusely 
pointed, termen slightly curved, long, very oblique. Greyish-white, 
coarsely and evenly irrorated with dark fuscous, denser so towards apex. 
Cilia fuscous-whitish, mixed with fuscous, along tips a few dark dots. 
Hind wing and cilia rather dark grey. 
Tegumen moderate. Uncus cuspidate. Valva divided in three parts: 
an elongate, weakly bristled cucullus (top of both cuculli missing), a short 
and broad sacculus, and a small flap between this and the cucullus. 
Vinculum moderate, rounded, top produced. Anellus, a weak plate. 
Aedoeagus moderate, with a clavate top. (Slide no. 1146 L), type.) 
Iebele Camp, 2250 m, November 9, 1938. One specimen. 
Heloscopa gen. nov. (fig. 853) 
sAog = lake, axonoq = sentinel 
Head roughly haired, face rough. Ocellus posterior. Proboscis absent. 
Antenna 1 / 2 , in male ciliate (2), serrulate, scape somewhat flattened, with 
a distinct pecten. Labial palpus moderate, slightly curved, porrect, 
median segment moderately thickened with appressed scales, terminal 
segment under 1, thickened, pointed. Maxillary palpi minute, drooping. 
Fore wing elongate-ovate, moderate; lb simple, 2 — 4 from before angle, 
separate, 5 from angle, 7 and 8 rather long-stalked, 7 to termen, 9 mod- 
erately approximated, 10 remote, 11 from middle. Hind wing ovate- 
lanceolate, over */ 2 , cilia about 2; 2 from before angle, 3 and 4 connate 
from angle, 5 distant, 6 and 7 hardly approximated towards base, 8 
separate, remote. 
Genotype Heloscopa petricola spec, nov., male. 
Related to Narycia Stephens, but differing by the stalked veins 7 and 
