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pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint smooth, terminal 

 joint sliorter than second, slender, acute. Maxillary palj)i very 

 short, tiliforni, ajjpressed to tongue. Posterior tibite shortly haired 

 above. Forevvings with 2 5 apjjroxiinated, 7 absent, 8 and 9 

 stalked, li from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, rather ex- 

 ])anded posteriorly, apex rounded-obtuse, termen not sinuate, cilia |- ; 

 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, G and 7 separate, diverging. 

 Allied to the /Strobisia group. 





Desraaucha chrysostoma, n. sp. ■=" Z ^-rrAtA^'^c <Z/r^^^u^ 

 2 . 11 mm. Head, thorax shining iridescent violet-fuscous, 

 face pale ochreous. Palpi orange, anterior edge of terminal joint 

 blackish. Abdomen violet-blackish. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa almost straight, posteriorly 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; blackish- 

 fuscous ; basal and costal areas suffused violet; cloudy white dots 

 in disc at middle and j; an iridescent coppery-blue-pnrple marginal 

 streak round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia dark fuscous, 

 basal area orange round apex and upper part of termen. Hind- 

 wings dark fuscous ; transverse white spots on middle of costa and 

 termen opposite, on imdersiirface united into a straight transverse 

 median line : cilia dark grey, apical | white round apex and upper 

 part of termen. 



British Guiana, Bartica, Mallali, December, March (Parish); 

 two specimens. 



Anarsia omoptila, n. sp. 



(i . 11-12 mm. Head, thorax ochreous-whitish tinged fuscous, 

 a pale ochreous-yellowish expansible hairpencil from beneath 

 shoulders. Palpi dark fuscous, towards apex fuscous-whitish. 

 Abdomen grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; fuscous, suffusedly irrorated or almost wholly 

 suffused whitish; costal edge black at base; a small elongate-oval 

 blackish spot on middle of costa, and smaller marks at ^, i, and % ; 

 an undefined spot of dark grey suffusion on base of dorsum ; a 

 rather large irregularly semioval blotch of dark grey or dark fuscous 

 suffusion on middle of dorsum, terminated above by an elongate or 

 subtriangular blackish spot in middle of disc ; an elongate blackish 

 mark in disc at | ; two or three cloudy dark fuscous dots towards 

 costa posteriorly and on termen beneath apex : cilia grey, sprinkled 

 whitish specks. Hindwings prismatic fuscous-whitish, mai-gins 

 grey ; a subcostol fringe of rather short downcurved hairs on basal 

 half, beneath which is an iridescent-hyaline area in cell; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous-grey. Forewings beneath with long expansible 

 ochreous-whitish hairpencil rising from disc near base. : ; ; 



S. India, Coimbatore, bred in October from larva? feeding betweeni 

 folded leaves of Ccg(inti& indicus {Leguminosce) (i^e<c/«e«'); three! 

 specimens. .; iliim.q 



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