INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOFTERA. 627 



Amorbcea, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts somewhat spreading ; ocelli absent ; 

 tongue developed. Antennae f , in ft filiform, minutely ciliated. Labial palpi 

 very long, recurved, slender, second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint 

 nearly as long, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibia; clothed with 

 long hairs. Forewings with vein 2 from | of cell, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approxi- 

 mated 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex or just beneath, 9 absent, 10 and 11 remote. 

 Hindwings over 1, ovate-trapezoidal, cilia ^: 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 

 remote, diverging. 



Type A. hepatica. 



Amorbcea hepatica, n. sp. 



ftQ. 22-26 mm. Head light ochreous-orange, Palpi ochreous-yellowish, 

 toward base somewhat infuscated. Antenna? whitish-ochreous. Thorax 

 brownish-ochreous suffused with prismatic purple-grey, especially in ft. Abdo- 

 men ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; purple-brownish-ochreous, more purplish towards 

 base ; costal edge finely yellowish : cilia brownish-ochreous. Hindwings and 

 cilia ochreous-yellowish, with a slight fuscous tinge. 



Bombay (Young) ; two specimens. 



Amorba:a alma, n. sp. 



$ . 24 mm. Head light ochreous-orange, face paler. Palpi ochreous-yellowish , 

 case infuscated. Antennas pale yellowish spotted with brownish. Thorax light 

 yellow-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-yellow. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; light yellow-ochreous : cilia 

 light yellow-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia light ochreous-yellowish. 



Coorg, 3500 feet, in June (Newcome) ; one specimen. 



Hermogenes, Zell. 



I am now disposed to treat Epichostis, Meyr. as a synonym of this genus, which 

 was founded by Zeller on one Indian species, aliferella. To this genus is also 

 referable the species described by me as Chaliniastis melrodelta. I now add 

 eight additional species. The most important variations of structure are that 

 vein 7 of forewings may terminate in costa, apex, or termen, but usually close 

 to the apex, which tends to be indefinite in position , and that veins 7 and i) 

 are sometimes stalked, as in Zeller's figure, but are much more usually separate: 

 in all the species, including aliferella, they appear to be normally separate, though 

 not invariably, with the exception of melanocona, in which they are usually but 

 not constantly stalked. The rough hairscales on the anterior tibia? and tarsi 

 and the posterior tarsi of aliferella, are not found in the other species, but do 

 not seem to justify generic separation. 



Hermogenes leucorma, n. sp. 



ft 9 . 20-22 mm. Head and thorax rather dark brown. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, sf-cond joint with lower f and a subapical ring brown, terminal joint 

 with base and anterior edge dark fuscous. Antenna? pale ochreous more or 

 less mixed with fuscous. Abdomen fuscous, anal tuft yellowish. Forewings 



