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MALACIOTIS, n. g. 
Forehead flat, oblique; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. 
Antennae §, compressed, flattened, annulate. Labial palpi moderate, 
straight, porrect, triangularly scaled, terminal joint concealed. 
Maxillary palpi short, filiform. Fore wings 3 remote, 4 and 5 
nearly approximated at base, 7 remote, 9 and 10 out of 8, 11 
approximated. Hindwings 1, without cubital pecten; 3 approxi¬ 
mated, 4 and 5 connate, 7 out of 6, anastomosing with 8 to middle. 
Apparently an early form of the Hydrocampa group. 
Malaciotis thiogramma, n. sp. 
5. 20-22 mm. Head, thorax white. Palpi pale greyish- 
ochreous, basal joint and base of second white. Forewings rather 
elongate-triangular, costa posteriorly gently arched, termen rounded, 
rather oblique; white; subbasal, first, second, and subterminal 
lines rather thick, light yellow, first at excurved, second from 
costa at J, sinuate, below middle abruptly broken inwards to beneath 
end of cell, thence straight to dorsum, subterminal near termen, 
thickened and rather diverging towards costa, interrupted near 
tornus; round orbicular and transverse discal spots light yellow; a ter¬ 
minal series of blackish linear marks: cilia white. Hindwings white; 
second and subterminal lines and terminal marks as in forewings. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, November, December (C. Seydel ); 
2 ex. (type Belg. Cong. Mus.). 
Blepharomastix paracansta, n. sp. 
S'. 14 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen ochreous-orangei 
terminal joint of palpi fuscous, large expansible genital tuft whitish- 
ochreous. Antennal ciliations 2. Forewings ochreous-orange; 
a cloudy blackish spot in disc towards base; lines cloudy, blackish, 
first at excurved, rather oblique, second from costa at | parallel 
to termen, below middle excurved to near tornus, then abruptly 
broken inwards to beneath discal spot and continued to dorsum at |; 
small orbicular and sides of discal spot cloudy, blackish ; an undefined 
irregular subterminal fascia of grey irroration ; a small dark grey 
apical spot, and some cloudy terminal dots: cilia ochreous-orange. 
Hindwings as forewings, but without anterior markings. 
Solomon Is., Tulagi, August, taken at light (H. T. Pagden ) ; 2 ex. 
(type Brit. Mus.), Nearly allied to progonialis Hamps. from New 
Guinea. 
PR0D0TAULA, n. g. 
Characters of Marasmia , but forewings 9 and 10 out of 8. 
A true development of Marasmia . 
Prodotaula conformis, n. sp. 
c? 2 • 12-15 mm. Head, thorax dark grey. Palpi dark grey, 
white towards base beneath. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen 
slightly bowed, somewhat oblique ; dark purplish-grey ; lines darker 
