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Show 912 MR. G. F. HAMPSON ON T H E CLASSIFICATION [Dec. 17, (8)tPATISSA CURVILINEALIS, n. Sp. Yellowish white ; palpi and antennae tinged with rufous. Fore wing with the basal two thirds of costa reddish brown; a curved brown line from costa near apex to near base of inner margin ; a marginal brown line. Hind wing white, with faint traces of an oblique medial brown line and a fine marginal line. Hab. Ceylon (Pole). Exp. cf 12, 2 18 mm. Genus STYPHLOLEPIS, nov. Palpi rostriform, extending about twice the length of head, downcurved at extremity, and thickly scaled; maxillary palpi triangularly scaled; frons with a ridge of hair; antennae of female thickened and flattened; tibiae hairy. Fore wing with the costa arched towards apex, which is acute; veins 3, 4, 5 from close to angle of cell; 6, 7 shortly stalked ; 10, 11 free. Hind wing with the outer margin produced to a point at vein 7 ; vein 3 from angle of cell; 4, 5 approximated for a short distance; 6, 7 from upper angle. Fig. 17. Styphlolepis squamosalis, $ . \ Type* TSTYPHLOLEPIS SQUAMOSALIS, n. sp. $ . White, the palpi bright ferruginous red; head and thorax suffused with ferruginous. Fore wing thickly irrorated with raised ferruginous scales; an ill-defined obliquely curved ferruginous medial line ; a postmedial line angled below costa, then sinuous and inwardly oblique ; a marginal line. Hind wing with hardly any ferruginous tinge; traces of a dentate submarginal line, which is well marked on underside towards costa; a slight marginal line. Hab. Queensland. Exp. 50 mm. Genus SCIRPOPHAGA. Scirpophaga, Treits. Schmett. Eur. ix. 1, p. 55 (1832). Apurima, Wlk. xxvii. 194 (1863). Rupela, Wlk. xxviii. 523. Tipaneea, Wlk. xxviii. 522. Palpi porrect, extending from once to twice the length of head, slightly clothed with hair and with the 3rd joint downcurved; maxillary palpi rather short and dilated with scales; a slight |