148 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTHRA. 



Anarsia altercata, n. sp. 



cJ . 10 ram. Head, thorax grey-whitish. Palpi whitish-grey. 

 Ahdoinou dark grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous. Porewings 

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

 extremely obliquely rounded ; whitish irrorated fuscous, more 

 strongly iiosteriorly ; a dark fuscous dot on base of costa; oblique 

 dark grey marks from costa before and beyond i with two or three 

 black scales beneath them, a small elongate spot before middle, and 

 a dot at I ; a small black dot beneath costa near base ; an oblong 

 dark grey spot above dorsum near l>^se, and a mark above it; a 

 semioval suffused dark grey patch extending along dorsum from ^ 

 to 4 and reaching half across wing, edged above in middle by an 

 elongate black mark ; an elongate dark grey spot in disc at |, 

 terminated anteriorly by a small blackish dot; apical area mostly 

 suffused dark grey: cilia light grey somewliat mixed fuscous, rows 

 of whitish points. Hiiidwings thinly scaled, light grey, veins and 

 termen suffused darker grey ; cilia pale greyish. Forewings beneath 

 with thin expansible pencil of very long fine grey-whitish hairs 

 from lower margin of cell towards base. 



Bengal, Pusa, bred in July from pupa in rolled leaf of Seshania 

 (Leguminosce) {Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Anarsia veruta, n. sp. 



5. 11 mm. Head, thorax grey, slightly sprinkled whitish. 

 Palpi grey sprinkled whitish, terminal joint whitish with two 

 blackish rings. Abdomen light greyish. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; fuscous, somewhat sprinkled paler 

 and darker ; a suffused blackish longitudinal streak in disc from I 

 to f , and one or two short suffused dashes above apex of this 

 between veins : cilia light fuscous, somewhat sprinkled darker and 

 whitish. Hindwings light grey, thinly scaled anteriorly ; cilia 

 pale fuscous. 



Bengal, Pusa, bred in February from pupa on Inga dulcis 

 (LegnminoscB) {Fletcher)-, one specimen. 



J EMPEDAULA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae f, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi 

 long, recurved, considerably thickened throughout with appressed 

 scales, laterally compressed, terminal joint as long as second, with 

 scales loosely projecting posteriorly, apex concealed. Maxillary 

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

 loosely haired above. Forewings with 1 h furcate, 2 from towards 

 angle, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 out of 6, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. 

 Hindwings somewhat under 1, elongate-trapezoidal, apex acute, 

 produced, termen obliquely bisinuate beneath apex, cilia 1| ; 3 and 

 4 rather approximated towards base, 5 remote, parallel, 6 and 7 

 parallel. 



Allied to Chelaria. 



