102 EXOTIC MICROI.EPIDOPTEKA. 



7 to terraen, it coimaLe, pale whitish-ochrcous ; a black dot. on base 

 costa ; discal stigmata moderate, black, a black dot on dorsum 

 beneath second ; small black marginal dots or marks round posterior 

 l)art of costa and termcn : cilia pale whitish-ochrcous. Hindwings 

 3 and 4 coincident ; light grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



CooRG, Dibidi, 3500 feet, August {Newcomc) ; one specimen. 



Homaloxestis ceroxesta, n. sp. 



S. 15 mm. Head, palpi, antennae pale ochreous-yellowish, 

 crown tinged fuscous. Thorax pale ochreoiis-fuscous. Abdomen 

 pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly slightly dilated, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen faintly sinuate, 

 oblique ; 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen ; pale ochreous-fuscous, 

 costa suffused pale yellow-ochreous : cilia pale ochreous, towards 

 tips whitish-ocbreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-ochrcous 

 tinged grey. 



Bombay, Belgaum, 2500 feet, August (Fletcher) ; one sj)ecimen. 



Homaloxestis xylotripta, n. sp. 



c? 2 . 15-16 mm. Head, thorax light fuscous, face and sides 

 of crown whitish-ocbreous. Palpi, antennae whitish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly some- 

 what dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen 

 faintly sinuate, rather oblique ; 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen ; 

 light fuscous : cilia concolorous. Hindwings light greyish ; cilia 

 Avhitish-grey-ochreous. 



N.W, Ikdia, Peshawar, June (Fletcher) ; two specimens. 



4 HABROGENES, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts somewhat raised ; ocelli 

 very small, posterior ; tongue developed. Antennae over 1, in cf 

 simple, basal joint elongate, without peeten. Labial palpi very 

 long, recurved, second joint thickened with appressed scales, 

 terminal longer than second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibite loosely haired 

 above, wdth rough expanded median tuft of scales. Forewings 1 b 

 furcate, 2 and :^ long-stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to ai)ex, 11 from 

 beyond middle. Hindwings 1, tiapezoidal, termen hardly sinuate, 

 cilia I ; 3 and 4 stalked, 5 slightly approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Type eupatrls Meyr. ; also includes leucochlora Meyr. Anaxyrina 

 may probably be derived from this. 



LECITHOCERA HS. 



This genus is undoubtedly to be regarded as an immediate 

 derivative of Brachnia, differing from it only in tbe longer antennge. 

 The neuration is identical and similarly variable, llecent accumu- 

 lations of new species have however much obscured the division 



