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A true Miresa, close to the Indian species bracteata Butl., argen- 
tifera Walk., and nivaha Moore. The upper limb of discal fork is 
nearly absent, just traceable as a slight fold. 
Genus Idonauton Swinhoe. 
1892— Idonauton Hampson, Moths of India, I, 391. 
Type apicale Walker. 
I. straminea Schaus. ( Semyra straminea Sch.) 
1 his may be referred here provisionally. I have no male, hence 
do not like to propose anew genus. The palpi agree with Idonauton ; 
head sunken, fiont not tufted ", hind legs with terminal spurs only * 
venation agreeing with Hampson’s figure, vein 10 from end of cell, 
but discal vein forked and closed by a cross vein. 
b. Discal vein short-forked, the limbs forming an angle of 90° or more. 
Genus Talima Walk. 
i8 55 — Talima Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus. V, 1120. 
Type postica Walker. The type species is before me. Venation 
of Parasa , except for the short forked discal vein, of which the two 
limbs close the cell, widely divergent, looking like a single vein meet¬ 
ing the end of cell. Vein 11 slightly curved at base. The palpi are 
upturned nearly to vertex ; hind tibiae with end spurs only. A thinly 
scaled, simply marked form, more generalized than the preceding. 
Genus Protalima, nov. 
Closely allied to Talima , but the palpi are short, not exceeding the frontal tuft, 
and the inner margin of hind wings is rounded, less long drawn out than in Talima. 
This would fall in Miresa, except for the structure of the discal vein. The superfi¬ 
cial appearance, however, is like Talima , and is here really the best guide to affinity 
Type sulla Schaus (Nyssia sulla Sch., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1892, 
324). 
B. Male antennae bipectinated to the tip ; fork and discal vein short and open. 
a. Palpi long, reaching near or above vertex. 
* Veins 2 and 3 of fore wings separate. 
Genus Vipsania Druce. 
18 Sj—Vipsania Druce, Biol. Cent.-Am. Lep. Het. I, 217. 
Palpi as in Hyphortna; fore wings with veins 7-9 stalked ; fork of discal vein 
short and open, but a peculiar deceptive fold lies from the middle of the vein to 
origin of vein 6 ; hind wing like Hyphortna, but discal vein not forked ; veins 6 and 
7 from a point. Hind legs broken ; but I learn from Sir G. F. Hampson that Druce’s 
