( 43o ) 



Gasterocome gen. nov. 



P^orewiiigH elongate, triangular; costa straight till shortly before apex, whu-.h 

 is bluntly rounded; bindmargin oblique; anal angle well marked. Hindwings 

 ample, with rounded and slightly wa\ed bindmargin. l<'orebead prominent below ; 

 palpi porrect, shortly rostriform ; tongue ])resent ; antennae of <S \'ery densely 

 but finely ciliated; hind tibiae thickened, with two pairs of short spurs; abdomen 

 of 6 beneath with a thick tuft of hairs in the middle; forewings of c? 

 without fovea. Xeuration : forewings, cell not half as long as wing; discocellular 

 curved, hardly inangulated ; first submedian just beyond one-half; second and 

 third from lower end of cell ; radials normal ; first subcostal free, from seven- 

 eighths; second (?) missing; the other three on common stem from just before 

 upper angle of cell. Hindwings with costal and subcostal very shortly approximated ; 

 two subcostals, and two last medians from same point. 



Type : (fasterocome pannosaria Moore {(Jleora). 



The scaling in this genus is sparse, so that the wing^. especiallv towards 

 the base, appear semitranspnrent. 



Paralcis gen. nov. 



Allied to Gasterocome Warr., but distinguislied by the (J baring a vei-y 

 strong raised fovea on the forewing ; antennae of S armed with pairs of 

 fine cm'ved cilia, much as in Myriohlephava ^^'arr. ; palpi hairy, porrect, last 

 joint hidden; abdom.en of J with no tuft of hairs on the underside, but with 

 the anal tuft well developed. Scaling and neuration as in (justerocome. 



Type : Paralcis conspicwda Moore (Menoplira). 



Ascotis margarita sp. nov. 



Wings white. Forewings with costa and apes speckled with fuscous; basal 

 line much as in selenaria Hub., double, and obliquel}- curved inwards; an indistinct 

 central shade; discal spot narrow, sinuous, white, with dark margins; exterior 

 line sinuous, black, but not denticulated, as in selenaria ; subterminal line whitish, 

 [larallel with hiudmargin, with a dark fuscous shade on either side ; some small 

 black spots along the base of the white fringes; a small oblong black dash at 

 tlie hindinargin above the upper radial. Hindwings with a nearly straight dark 

 central line before the indistinct white dark edged cell si)ot ; a black hardly 

 denticulated outer line, followed by a dark grey parallel shade; subterminal line 

 as in the forewings. I'nderside white, the lines showing indistinctly through ; 

 cell spots blackish. Apex of forewings with a black blotch fi-om costa to bindmargin, 

 leaving the ajjex itself white. Head, thorax, and abdomen whiti.sh, speckled with 

 grey ; the abdomen with the segmental divisions grey ; tarsi aunuhited with grey. 



Expanse of wings: 50 mm. 



One S from \\'est ,la\a. 



Ascotis sordida sp. nov. 



Wings sordid gi"ey, tinged with luteous ; finely speckled throughout with 



blackish atoms, which here and there are denser; costa streaked with fuscous; 



discal spot dark with |ialer centre ; a row of dark spots along base of fringes, 



which are eoncolorous ; no trace of any transvei-se lines. Hindwings with a large 



