J 44 EXOTIC MlCROLEPIDOrXEEA. 



arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen faintlj' sinuate, oblique ; 6 

 to costa; lilac-grey; a dark purplish median streak from base to i; 

 a greyish-bliie blotch in disc at 1^, extending suft'usedly almost to 

 dorsum; a broad rather oblique greyish-blue fasciate patch in disc 

 beyond middle, extending nearly to margins, discal space before 

 this aud a fascia beyond it rather dark purplish -fuscous with deep 

 emerahl-green retteetions ; beyond this a metallic-blue trapezoidal 

 blotch occupying apical and terminal areas, preceded on costa by a 

 trians^ular blackish spot before which is a white mark : cilia glossy 

 dark bluisli-grey, round apex a fulvous-ochreous basal line and tips 

 light ochreous. Hindwings dull ochreous, apical fourth suffused 

 dark fuscous; a large basal patch of modified light grey fine scales 

 (androconia) ; cilia grey, round apex darker. 



Assam, Bhillong, 5000 feet, September {Fletcher) ; one specimen. 

 Allied to enoptrias, which, however, has vein 6 of forewings to apex, 

 and hindwings wholly dark fuscous. 



Strobisia amethystias, Meyr. 



Bred from a larva feeding in fungus-bed of Termites' nest {Green). 

 I 

 \| SCHEMATASPIS, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocelli moderate, posterior ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae ^, in 6 simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint smooth-scaled, laterally 

 strongly compressed, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior 

 tibiae rough-scaled above. Forewings with 1 h furcate, 2 and 3 

 stalked from angle, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex, or seldom 8 and 9 

 stalked, 7 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1 or somewhat 

 over 1, trapezoidal, termen sinuate, cilia 1 ; 3 and 4 connate, 

 5 nearly approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Type gradata Meyr. ; includes also epicentra, immerifclhi, hicuned, 

 rhahducha. Now that other forms are discriminated, this natural 

 group of small species is also definable as a good genus. 



Helcystogramma iridosoma, n. sp. 



S . 11-12 mm. Head, thorax bronzy-fuscous, lower part of face 

 whitish. Palpi wliitish, second joint finely ribbed black, anterior 

 edge of terminal joint black. Abdomen dark fuscous, entire basal 

 half and segmental margins posteriorly iridescent pale blue-metallic 

 and coppery, apex whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa 

 slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, hardly 

 oblique; dark fuscous ; three irregular pale blue-metallic transverse 

 streaks, obtusely angulated and interrupted above middle, first 

 from near base of costa to ^ of dorsum, second from \ of costa to 

 beyond middle of dorsum, third from 4 of costa to | of dorsum, two 

 latter white on costal edge ; some brownish-ocbreous suffusion 

 between these on subdorsal area ; a curved brownish-ochreous line 



