( M ) 



7. Brixia quartaria sj)ec. nov. 



Forewing : oclircous, nuiformly snffnsed, except along costa, with pale brown : 

 crossed b)' four or five darker bands more or less interlacing laterally, two 

 antemcdian and two postmedian being plainer, and brown-edged on costa ; tlie 

 paler intervals with faint traversing lines ; fringe pale. 



Himhciiii/ : with the costal area above median vein like forewing ; below with 

 three broad deep brown bands, basal, median, and marginal, the intervals whitish 

 with a i)ale line in middle ; fringe ochrcons, darker at base, especially towards 

 anal angle. 



Underside of forewing snfFnscdly pale brown, sluiwing no markings ; of 

 liindwing with the pale and dark markings amplified and very distinct. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen ochrcons, sometimes tinged with jiale brown ; 

 dorsum marked with brown ; face, palpi, j)ectus, legs, and underside of abdomen 

 deep brown. 



E.xpanse of wings : S 22 mm. ; ? L'6 mm. 



2 cJcJ.l ?. 



8. Letcheiia satelles spec. nov. and ab. coeca nov. 



Foretcinq : fawu-colonr in c?, with obscnre dark transverse striae and 

 reticulations ; dull brick-red in ? , with the striae developed into dull lines and 

 bands ; costal edge with pale linear intervals ; between veins 2 and 3 at middle 

 of wing a large hj'aline patch, generally elongate and oblong, sometimes shortened 

 and nearly round, in one case divided into two by a vertical middle line; with 

 two small spots one above the other in the interval beneath, sometimes confluent ; 

 fringe, dark brownish or reddish grey. In 1 y , ab. coeca, the hyaline spots are 

 entirely absent. 



IJindwi/u/ : like forewing, bnt without hyaline spots ; fringe with apical half 

 white ; inner margin and fringe pinkish ochreous. 



Underside of forewing with a diffnse brownish postmedian cloud and sub- 

 marginal spot ; hindwing pink ; inner margin of both wings pale. 



Thorax and abdomen concolorous with wings; head generally darker ; forelegs 

 dark brown, with jiale joints ; hindleg with tuft of hair internally fuscous. 



Expanse of wings : 4U mm. 



4 (?c?,3 ? ?. 



Microbelia gen. nov. 



Forewing : elongate ; costa straight, convex only before apex, which is slightly 

 Iirominent ; hindraargin somewhat bulged at middle, very obliqne below. 



liindwing : narrow, oblong ; the apex rounded to a slight elbow at 7 ; hind- 

 margin bulged at middle and inbent on each side ; inner margin very short. 



Paljii obliiiuely porrect upwards; second segment thick, rough-haired, terminal 

 short; antennae bimeliatc, thick ; legs long ; neuration siinjile. 



ItitlVrs from Baninia in having the termiiuil segment of jtalpi siiort. 



Underside of forewing without metallic or hairlikc scales. 



Type : Microbelia curvinota spec. nov. 



To this group belong intimalis Moore, cotnpunctalis Warr., and ulterior ^\'ar^. 



