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dorsum. Cilia fuscous, suffusedly barred with ochreous-whitish along 
lower part of termen and in tornus, a median dark fuscous line, distinct 
around apex. Hind wing and cilia light fuscous, with a pale gloss. 
Tegumen rather small, conical. Uncus moderate triangular, pointed. 
Gnathos strong, porrect, pointed, denticulate above, anal tube dilated 
towards base. Valva broad, slightly narrowed, cucullus rounded, with a 
short point at apex below. Vinculum elongate. Anellus, a subtriangular 
plate. Aedoeagus moderate, with dilated apical half. No cornuti. (Slide 
no. 1147 D, type.) 
Lake Habbema, 2250—3300 m, August 23, 1938. One specimen. 
Head and face clothed with rough scales, frons conical. Ocellus absent. 
Proboscis absent. Antenna 1 l 2 — [ */ 4 , in both sexes with small whorls of 
loose scales from base to apex, in male also shortly scaled above throughout, 
shortly ciliated below, scape elongate, clavate, slightly concave at base 
beneath. Palpus short, porrect, tolerably straight, with appressed scales, 
median segment thickened, terminal segment 1 / 2 , much more slender, 
slightly roughish, pointed. Maxillary palpus absent. Thorax hairy, without 
a crest. Legs long, slender, smooth-scaled, or posterior tibia loosely haired 
above and beneath. Fore wing corrugated, especially between costal veins, 
lb weak, simple, 2 from 2 / 3 — 4 / 5 , 3 from 4 / 5 or from angle, 4—6 remote, 
6 approximated to 7, 7 to termen just below apex, 7 and 8 stalked, 9 out of 
stalk near base, or 8 and 9 stalked, their stalk out of 7 near its base (some- 
times both situations present in right and left wing of the same specimen), 
or 7 absent, 8 to costa, 9 from angle; 10 absent, 11 from towards base. 
Apoecis gen. nov. (fig. 854) 
dnoixtg = of a settlement 
Fig. 854: Apoecis anholoxantha gen. nov., spec, nov., female, head and 
wing neuration. 
