49S THE LEPIDOPTERA OF CEYLON. 



towards tlie middle of the wing; first subcostal at one-half before end of the cell, 

 second at about one-fiftli, third near end, fourth from the end ; discocellular inwardly- 

 oblique, radials from near each end ; two slender veiulets emitted within the cell, 

 which are united at two-fifths from the end and then extend to the base ; middle 

 median near end of cell, lower about one-fifth ; submedian recurved, and with a short 

 lower basal branch : hindwing shorter than the forewing, lanceolate ; cell about two- 

 thirds the length ; first subcostal from angle close to end ; discocellular bent outward 

 near upper end and inward close to lower end, radial from the lower angle ; a slender 

 veinlet extending within the cell from upper angle of the discocellular to the base ; 

 middle median near end of cell, lower at one-third ; submedian and internal veins 

 straight. Body extending beyond the hindwings, anal tuft lax, ovipositor exserted ; 

 palpi porrect, slightly curved, slender, very laxly clothed, not extending beyond the 

 front ; antenna minutely and acutely serrated ; legs stout, roughly squamous, middle 

 tibia with one pair of spurs ; hind tibia incrassated, with two pairs of spurs. 



Closely allied to Psilothrix (P. clardoinella) of Southern Europe, the larva of both 

 sexes of which lives, and pupates, within a twig-covered silken case, similar to those 

 formed by the PsychidsB. 



MICROCOSSUS MACKWOODII (Plate 208, Fig. 9, ^ ). 



Brownish-cinereous. Forewing crossed by several equidistant more or less con- 

 tinuous lines, which are composed of raised brown and black scales, a darker cluster 

 of these scales also forming a patch about the middle of the cell ; hindwing paler 

 cinereous. Thorax, and base of abdomen greyish ; anal tuft ochreous ; front of head 

 blackish ; palpi and legs brownish. 



Expanse f? inch. 



Ceylon. From Mr. F. M. Mackwood's Collection. 



Family TINEIDJE.* 



" Wings elongate ; fringes very long. Head small, rough; labial palpi short and 

 thick, often bristly ; maxillary palpi generally extremely developed ; antenufe variable, 

 pectinated, ciliated, or simple, sometimes very long ; proboscis rarely absent. 



LarvJB with 16 legs, residing in a portable case, or feeding in fungi or decayed 

 wood, in galleries lined with silk, or in the pith of the stems of grass." {Stainton.) 



Genus HAPSIFERA. 

 Hapsifera, Zeller, Isis, 1847, p. 33. 

 Cimitra, Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xxix. p. 779 (1864), ?. 



" Female. Wings dense, rather narrow ; fringe long : forewings rounded at the 



* Lord Walsiiigliam bas very kiiully cxamiaed and described tbe new species ia the group of Tineiua. 



