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Show 672 SIR G. F. HAMPSON ON THE [June 1 Genus ADENOPTERYX. Adenopteryx, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890, p. 507. Palpi porrect, downcurved, and extending about twdce the length of head ; frons with a tuft of scales ; antennae of male ciliated the basal joint long; hind tibiae long and slightly hairy. Fore wing with the costa arched ; the apex rounded ; male with a large glandular swelling at base of costa ; vein 3 from angle of cell, 4, 5 shortly stalked; 6 and 7 from below angle of cell; 9, 10 from angle, 10 running almost at right angles to costa; 8 and 11 absent. Hind wing with the cell short, and produced at lower angle ; 3 from before angle of cell; 4, 5 from angle ; 6, 7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. Fig. 45. Adenopteryx conchyliatalis, 3. \ Type. * ADENOPTERYX CONCHYLIATALIS, Eag. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1890 p. 508, pl. 5. f. 4. Algeria \ Genus HYPERPARACHMA. Hyperparachma, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) viii. p. 62 (1891). Ealpi porrect, straight, and hardly extending beyond the frons, the end of 2nd joint thickly scaled ; frons roughly scaled; antennas of male somewhat annulated and ciliated ; tibiae nearly smooth. Fig. 46. Fore wing of male wdth a glandular swelling at base of costa below fringed with long hair, beyond which on upperside is a deep groove with a flap of scales on its outer edge on costa, and a ridge of 1 The species is of a typical Neotropical form ; the unique type has been kindly lent to m e by M . de Joannis, who assures m e that it was undoubtedly taken in Philippeville, Algeria. It seems probable that it must in some way have been imported there. |