DESCIill'TWNS OF INDIA A MICIW-LEPIDOPTERA. 591 



Articolla prosper a, n. sp. 



9. 17 mm. Head light brownish-ochrcous tinged with fuscous. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, second joint with light ferruginous-ochreous median hand, apex 

 of terminal joint pale ochreous. Thorax light brownish-ochreous mixed 

 ■with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly 

 dilated, costa slightly arched, sinuate in middle, costal cilia prominent beyond 

 sinuation, apex obtuse, termen straight, somewhat oblique : ferruginous brown 

 mixed or reticulated Avith dark fuscous ; costa shortly strigulated with dark 

 fuscous and ochreous-whitish ; a moderate very oblique leaden striga from 

 costa at 5- ; an elongate-triangular blackish costal spot beyond middle ; four 

 leaden strigae from costa posteriorly, first running to termen beneath apex 

 edged beneath with ochreous-whitish, other three short, costa between these 

 ferruginous, apical edge also leaden ; a group of four roundish partly confluent 

 whitish-ochreous spots between these markings and tornus, more or less 

 brownish-tinged except on margins, especially the two lower which are mostly 

 filled with ochreous-brown suffusion and leaden-grey irroration : cilia pale 

 brownish-ochreous, with ferruginous basal shade round apex, Hindwings dark 

 fuscous, bases of scales subhyaline, appearing finely striated : cilia pale fuscous, 

 with darker basal shape. 



Kliasis, in June ; one specimen, 



Statherotis. n. g. 



AntenuEB in ^ shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint 

 rough-scaled above and beneath. Thorax with posterior crest. Forewings 

 with 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated, 

 6 and 7 approximated towards base. 



Statherotis deeorata, n. sp. 



$. 18 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous somewhat mixed with blackish. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, suffused with fuscous except towards base and apex. 

 Thorax whitish-ochreous, anteriorly tinged with brownish and marked with 

 blackish-grey. Abdomen fuscous, basal third ochreous- j^elhjwish, apex whitish- 

 ochreous. Posterior tibiae beneath with long projecting ochreous scale, forming 

 a broad triangular tuft before middle and grey expansible hair-pencil from base 

 lying on inner side of this. Forewings elongate, moderate, posteriorly dilated, 

 costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, vertical, rounded 

 beneath ; rather dark brown tinged with reddish, mixed with blackish and 

 suffusedly striated with ashy-grey ; a large semi-oval ochreous-whitish blotch 

 extending along costa from ^ to § and reaching nearly half across wing, mark- 

 ed with indistinct pale red-brownish oblique strigulaj becoming distinct and 

 blackish on costa, and a light brownish oblique costal spot in middle ; and 

 ashy-grey fascia indistinctly edged with whitish from beyond this blotch in 

 disc to f of doi"Sum, followed by some undefined whitish suffusion towards 

 termen : cilia pale fuscous sprinkled with whitish, with two dark grey shades. 

 Hindwings dark fuscous, with bases of scales subhyaline. appearing finely 

 striated ; a large patch of rather thinly strewn modified black hairscales with 



