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THAUMATURGIS, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. 
Antennae 4 (?), scape moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi 
moderately long, recurved, second joint thickened with appressed 
scales, terminal joint as long as second, moderate, acute. Maxillary 
palpi rudimentary. Forewings 2 and 3 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 
7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hind wings somewhat under 1, 
elongate-trapezoidal, apex produced, pointed, termen obliquely 
sinuate, cilia 1| ; 2 from |, 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat approxi¬ 
mated, 6 and 7 stalked. 
Allied to Onebala. 
Tliaumaturgis craterocrossa, n. sp. 
2 . 12 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 
second joint blackish except apex. Thorax pale ochreous. Fore¬ 
wings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen 
faintly sinuate beneath apex, very obliquely rounded; whitish- 
ochreous, some minute scattered blackish specks; a black dot 
towards costa near base ; an erect blackish pointed fasciate blotch 
from dorsum before middle reaching | across wing ; a semicircular 
blackish blotch on costa about | with a short strigula from middle 
beneath, edged ochreous-yellow suffusion ; an ill-defined triangular 
blackish tornal spot; posterior costal and apical margin ochreous- 
yellow : cilia dark grey, a blackish basal shade. Hindwings grey, 
veins darker-suffused ; cilia violet-grey. 
8 . Afkica ; 1 ex. (Vienna Mus.). 
TRXCYPHISTXS, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. 
Antennae (broken) filiform, scape moderate, without pecten. Labial 
palpi very long, recurved, smooth, second joint laterally compressed, 
terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi 
very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Hind tibiae smooth. 
Forewings 1 b furcate, 3 and 4 out of 2, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 
11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal-ovate, termen not 
sinuate, cilia without cubital pecten ; 2 from |, 3 and 4 stalked 
from angle, 5 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 
Allied to Coeonymplia. 
Tricyphistis cyanorma, n. sp. 
$ . 13 mm. Head, thorax fuscous, tegulae suffused metallic- 
blue. Palpi dark grey, internally whitish. Antennae (basal 
portion) blackish irregularly ringed white. Forewings elongate, 
somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa nearly straight, slightly sinuate 
in middle, apex rounded, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; 
chestnut-brown; costal and plical metallic-blue lines speckled 
blackish from base to about middle ; a fine direct transverse silvery- 
white line beyond middle ; beyond this a fascia of metallic purplish 
vol. iv.— June 1934. 2 o 
