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thorax and abdomen without crests, the thorax rough haired; forewing elongate triangular; apex bluntly 
prominent, termen evenly curved; vein 5 from close to 4; 6 from upper angle of cell; 7, 8 stalked; 9, 10 
stalked; 9, 10 strongly anastomosing with 8 to form a small areole; hindwing with veins 3, 4 from lower angle 
of cell. Type P. purpurascens Beth.-Baker. 
P. purpurascens Beth.- Baker. Forewing purplish chocolate brown; inner and outer lines pale, inter- purpuras- 
rupted and obscure; a brownish median band of paler ground colour; subterminal line whitish, waved, border- cens ‘ 
ing the dark ground colour, beyond which the terminal area is lilac grey; termen dark dotted; hindwing pink¬ 
ish brown, paler towards base. A single $ from Dinawa, British New Guinea. 
34. Genus : Peperita Bmps. 
Tongue developed; frons smooth; palpi with second segment straight, upturned in front of face, 
fringed both in front and behind with hair, the third minute; antennae of $ with short sessile fascicles of 
cilia; thorax smooth; abdomen with dorsal series of small crests; forewing with apex blunt, the termen 
evenly curved; vein 5 from close above 4; 6 from upper angle; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked; hindwing with fully 
rounded termen; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell. Type P. molybdopasta Trnr. 
P. molybdopasta Trnr. Forewing ochreous grey irrorated with black and a few silvery scales; basal, molybdo- 
inner, and median black patches on costa irrorated with silvery; lines black; inner line obliquely curved; V a ^ a - 
outer line obliquely curved to vein 6, then dentate lunulate, incurved below vein 4, containing in its 
angle a diffuse black discal patch with silvery scales on it; a whitish subterminal line preceded by a dark 
shade with the veins across it black; fringe mottled ochreous and black; hindwing as forewing, with 
waved dark median, outer, and subterminal lines. Kuranda, Queensland. 
35. Genus: Tilgidia Walk. 
Tongue small, aborted; frons smooth, bearing a tuft of hair; palpi obliquely porrect upwards, the se¬ 
cond segment with a fringe of scales above towards extremity, the third short, pointed; antennae of pubes¬ 
cent; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, without crests; tibiae moderately haired, the spurs long; fore wing 
with rounded apex and termen; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 stalked; hindwing with veins 3, 4 from lower angle 
of cell. Type decissima Walk. 
L. decissima Walk. Forewing ochreous suffused with pinkish rufous; without markings, except 4 black decissima. 
points on costa beyond middle, a row of black dots on termen, and a black spot at middle of fringe; 
hindwing brownish ochreous, with a row of black terminal striae. Borneo. 
36. Genus: Odontosema gen. nov. 
Differs from Ligidia in the termen of fore wing being excised below apex and excurved at middle; the 
inner margin with a large tooth of scales at middle. Type O. endolopha Hmps. 
0. endolopha Hmps. (23 a). Fore wing bright rufous tinged with purplish pink; a small black spot at endolopha. 
middle of costa with an indistinct curved line from it to inner margin; an indistinct subterminal line of black¬ 
ish striae, excurved at middle; a terminal series of striae; fringe with black points at tips below 
apex; black points on costa beyond middle; hindwing ochreous white, the terminal area suffused with pur¬ 
plish pink, the apex fuscous; terminal dark striae; fringe yellow with a brown middle line, the tips chequered 
with brown; underside of both wings with a strong black excurved line; in the ab. derufata ab. nov. (= ab. derufata. 
1 Hmps.) the head, thorax, and fore wing are more ochreous, the bright rufous tinge being faint; the spot at 
middle of costa of forewing larger and more conspicuous. Recorded from Milne Bay, British New Guinea. 
37. Genus: Toana Walk. 
Tongue fully developed; frons smooth; palpi obliquely porrect upwards, the second segment with a 
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