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PALAEOPSIS; AMALODETA; HEMIPSILIA; CAULOCERA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
Ifdus. 
goliathina. 
diaphanel- 
la. 
iestnceci. 
stiff USllS. 
elect raula r. 
coa-vestis. 
crassicor- 
nis. 
Chamaita by the venation. 
E. latus Rothsch. <$: head and antennae buff; antennae, legs and abdomen cream-coloured, the 
thickened hair of the middle femora light brownish. Wings transparent; forewings only 1% as long as they 
are broad, costal margin very much curved, buff, the colour the most intense at the base and proximal margin; 
a subbasal line is behind the cell expanded to a large spot, another line runs from the costal margin right across 
the cell-end to the middle of the proximal margin, and a deeply dentate line across the disc purple, indistinct; 
a small dot in the middle of the cell and another one on the discocellular black. Hindwings lighter. Under 
surface unmarked. $ lighter than the <$, with an almost white abdomen, of the purple lines of the forewing 
there are but traces. Length of forewing: 11 1 / 2 mm. 
E. goliathina Rothsch. <$: antennae light brick-yellow, densely ciliated; head and thorax buff; abdomen 
light eartli-brown. Forewings opalescent hyaline buff, set with fine hair; 2 small dots, an antemedian and a 
dentate middle transverse band, as well as a postmedian one from the costa to vein 2 transparent grey. Hind- 
wings opalescent diaphanous light yellow. Length of forewings: 12^4 mm. From Mount Goliath in New Guinea, 
in January. 
15. Genus: Palaeopsis Hmps. 
Of a Pyralidae- like shape; remarkable for its extremely long cell of the forewing, extending almost 
to the apex; from the cell-apex rise the 2nd, 3rd and 4th subcostal veins, which, however, are scarcely one 
mm long and have then already reached the apex. Only 3 species from Ceylon and New Guinea, the districts 
abounding in Lit.hosiids. 
P. diaphanella Hmps. (18 h). Diaphanous white like the preceding, but the narrower fore wing shows 
only two dark demi-bands in the basal half, and a chain of spots in the distal margin. Ceylon, discovered by 
Green. 
P. testacea Rothsch. head, antennae, thorax and abdomen light brick-coloured wooden-brown. 
Forewing greyish buff, clouded and dusted with small brown scales. The stigma eye-shaped. Hindwing greyish 
buff, towards the margin yellowish. Length of forewings: 18 mm. Cumusi River in British New Guinea, June. 
P. suffusus Rothsch. <$■. head, antennae and thorax white, abdomen greyish-white. Forewings creamy- 
yellow, suffused with small reddish-yellow scales, which grow denser towards the apex and margin; at the 
proximal margin a brown spot, at the costa the same and two brown stripes on the discocellulars. Hindwings 
creamy-white. Length of forewings: 8 mm. Mambare River, 5000 ft., February. 
16. Genus : Amalodeta Meyr. 
Venation of forewings almost exactly like in Diduga, but the 3rd, 4th and 5th subcostal veins have a 
joint footstalk. Only one small, pale ochreous-yellow insect unknown to me in nature. 
A. electraula Meyr. Size and shape of Gymnochroma julvipicta (18 k); the light ochreous forewing 
exhibits an antemedian, postmedian and median irregular line, between the latter two a discal dot, and in the 
marginal area some small streak-spots. New Guinea. 
17. Genus: Memipsilia Hmps. 
Venation of forewing very peculiar, the 1st subcostal vein at first runs towards the costal, then it turns, 
however, back and runs into the 2nd, so that an areola is created between the two veins; the 3rd and 4th 
subcostal veins are petioled, the 5th is entirely absent. Only 1 species. 
H. coa-vestis Hmps. On tlie pale, yellowish-brown forewing a small hyaline band defines the basal 
third, a hyaline ring surrounds the discal dot and the distal third is likewise surrounded by hyaline. Hindwing 
diaphanous yellowish. Size of Palaeopsis suffusus. From Sikkim. Unknown to me in nature. 
18. Genus: Caulocera Hmps. 
Three or 4 small butterflies, the smallest Lithosiids in the Indo-Australian region, compose this genus. 
Here the upper cell-wall anastomoses with the costal by the 1st subcostal vein, the 3rd and 4th have a joint 
footstalk. The antennae have a small short footstalk (first antennal joint). Indian Archipelago. 
C. crassicornis Wkr. (18 h). Bone-white, the forewing scantily marked ochreous. The cell of the forewing 
is pointed, from the apex proceeds the joint footstalk of the subcostal veins 3 and 4. Borneo, Timor-LauL 
The figure according to a specimen in the British Museum. 
