GELECHIAD^. Ill 



tinged oclireous in disc ; discal stigmata obscurely darker, second 

 transverse : cilia light greyish-ocbroous, base paler, an indistinct 

 fuscous subbasal shade, Hindwings 3 and 4 stalked; light grey; 

 cilia light greyish-ocbrcous. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, August (Pole); one specimen. 



Lecithocera fortis, n. sp. 



cJ . 19 mm. Head, thorax light fuscous, sides of crown whitish- 

 ochreous. Palpi fuscous, apex of second joint and upper portion of 

 terminal whitish-ochreous. Antennae whitisb-ochreous, ciliations 2. 

 Abdomen light greyish- ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen sinuate, somewhat oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 

 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen ; light fuscous ; costa anteriorly 

 darken-, a slight blackish subcostal mark at base; a triangular 

 sharplj' defined blackish blotch in disc about g, its apex resting on 

 fold anteriorly, base direct-transverso posteriorly ; a blackish mark 

 on costa before middle ; a sharply marked transverse blackish spot 

 in disc at |, rather widened upwards ; an indistinct pale greyish- 

 ochreous transverse line at 4 jiarallel to termen, edged anteriorly 

 dark fuscous suffusion, indented above middle : cilia pale ochreous, 

 tinged fuscous except towards base. Hindwings 3 and 4 stalked ; 

 pale ochreous-grey ; cilia pale ochreous, a deeper subbasal shade. 



K. India, Nilgiris, 3500 feet, March (Andrewes) ; one specimen. 

 Nearly allied to trigonopis, but rather shorter-winged, posterior 

 edge of postraedian discal spot vertical instead of inwards-oblique 

 downwards, ciliations of antennae longer but, similarly thin and 

 straggling. 



J PHILOPTILA, n. g. 



Head smooth, face retreating; ocelli small, posterior; tongue 

 developed. Antenna3 over 1, in c? strongly ciliated, basal joint 

 moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, 

 recurved, second joint with appresscd scales, terminal joint as long- 

 as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, 

 appressed to tongue. Anterior tibiae very short, tarsi long; pos- 

 terior legs with rough scaletufts above on origin of tibial spurs and 

 apex of basal joint of tarsi. Forewings 1 h furcate, 3 and 4 out of 

 2, 5 approximated, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. 

 Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal, costa with strong rough scale- 

 projections before and beyond middle, termen bisinuate, cilia J- ; 

 4 absent, 3 and 5 connate, G and 7 connate. 



Allied to Nosphistica, and probably indicating its origin from 

 Lecithocera. 



Philoptila eflfrenata, n. sp. 



J . IG mm. Head, thorax, abdomen dark fuscous. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, second joint white at base and middle, terminal white, a 

 dark fuscous sul)median band. Autennal ciliations 3. Forevvines 



