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Show 282 SIR G. F. HAMPSON REVISION OF MOTHS [Feb. 21, before angle of cell; 5 from above angle and almost obsolete ; 6, from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8 almost to apex. Type. *MIMASARTA NIVEIFASCIALIS Bag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1894, p. 164, & Mon. Phyc. ii. pl. xxiv. f. 6. Marghilan, C. Asia. Genus 157. METAPROTUS, nov. Palpi porrect and short, the 2nd joint fringed with long hair, the 3rd naked ; maxillary palpi miuute and filiform ; proboscis minute ; frons Avith a pointed corneous prominence ; antennae of female minutely ciliated; tibiae moderately hairy, the spurs moderate. Fore Aving Avith the costa slightly excised beyond middle ; the apex somewhat produced and acute, and the outer margin somewhat excised below apex ; veins 3, 4, 5 well separated at origin ; 6 from below upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 from cell near upper angle. Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle of cell; 5 from above the angle; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. Metaprotus asuridia, 2 • Type. (l)tMETAPROTUS ASURIDIA Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 430, pl. x. f. 5 ( 2 )• Queensland. (2)*METAPROTUS MAGNIFICA Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1887, p. 200, Australia. Genus 158. SIMCETHISTIS. Simcethistis Hmpsn. Moths Ind. iv. p. 446 (1896). Palpi porrect, the 2nd joint fringed Avith long hair beloAv, the 3rd prominent; maxillary palpi minute; frons with a rounded Simcethistis tricolor, 3 • T- (From Moths Ind. vol. iv.) prominence ; antennae annulate. Fore Aving with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell; 5 from well above angle ; 6, 7, 8. 9, 10 at regular |