64 EXOTIC JIICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



veins in disc towards termen : cilia orange, basal half tinged with 

 (.•rimson. Hiudwings light orange; cilia pale yellowish tinged 

 with orange. 



Bengal, Chapra (JlacJceiizie) • one specimen, 



Liiioclostis brachyloga, n. sp. 



c? . 17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white, lateral margins of 

 face pale brownish. Antennae dark grey. Abdomen ochreous- 

 grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen rounded, obli(jue; shining white ; costal edge dark 

 fuscous towards base ; a j^ale brownisli subterminal line from | of 

 costa to toruus, right-angled in middle ; apical portion of costa 

 and termen indistinctly marked with light brownish on veins: 

 cilia white, with fuscous antemedian line, outer half spotted with 

 fuscous (im[)erfect). .llindwings grey-whitish ; cilia white. 



Java, Eandong ; one specimen. This example is mentioned in 

 my description of (/onatios as being probably the other sex of that 

 species, which is from Assam ; but I now think it more probably 

 distinct. The hindwings of (/oMaiias should have been described as 

 pale grey. 



^J' PHILARISTA, n. g. 



Head with dense appressed hairs ; ocelli very small, inferior ; 

 tongue developed. Antennae |, iu cS ciliated, basal joint moderate, 

 w ithout pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened 

 with dense appressed scales, rather roughly expanded at apex 

 beneath, terminal joint as long as second, moderate, acute, 

 Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Pro- 

 sternum with long appressed hairs. Anterior tarsi stout, longer 

 than tibiae ; middle and posterior tibiae clothed with loose rough 

 hairs above. Forewiugs with 1 6 furcate, 2 from j, 3 from angle, 

 7 and 8 stalked, 8 to apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings over 1, 

 trapezoidal-ovate, cilia i ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 nearly parallel, 6 and 



7 approximated at base. 

 Type povpJiyrinella, Walk. 



^ XEROCRATES, n, g. 



Head with appressed scales; ocelli small, inferior; tongue 

 absent. Antennae |, in c? bipectinated, basal joint moderate, 

 stout, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint 

 reaching base of antennae, with apjiressed scales, terminal joint 

 shorter than second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, 

 filiform, appressed. Thorax smooth beneath. Anterior tarsi 

 longer than tibiae ; posterior tibiae clothed with rough scales 

 above. Forewings with 1 h furcate, 2 from |, 3 from angle, 7 and 



8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings over 1, 

 ovate, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 approximated 

 at base. 



Type ])roleuca Meyr. 



