154 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



N.W. India, Abbottabiid, June {FUtcher) ; three specimens. 

 Distinguislied from tlie very huuWav phaalodes and allied species by 

 absence of dark rings on palpi. 



Autosticha conciliata, n. sp. 



c? . 11 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen pale ochreous. Palpi 

 whitish, second joint dark fuscous except apex, terminal joint with 

 a fine blackish median ring. Forcwiugs elongate, costa gently 

 arched, ajiex obtuse, terraen obliquely rounded; pale ochreous, 

 spriidded light fuscous ; base of costal edge dark fuscous; stigmata 

 small, cloudy, dark fuscous, plical slightly before first discal ; an 

 almost marginal series of small cloudy dark fuscous dots round apex 

 and terraen : cilia whitish-ochreous, slightly sprinkled dnrker 

 to\vai'ds base. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Madras, Madura, October {Maxwell); one specimen. 



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DEMOPRACTIS, n. g. 

 Head with appressed scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae |-, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi 

 long, recurved, second joint thickened with appressed scales, some- 

 what expanded towards apex above, terminal joint shorter than 

 second, moderate, acute. Jklaxillary palpi very short, filiform, 

 appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with hairs above. 

 Fore wings with 1 b furcate, 2 from towards angle, 3 and 4 connate, 

 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen, 11 from middle. Hindwings nearly 

 1, trapezoidal, termen hardly sinuate, cilia 1 ; 3 absent, 4 from 

 angle, 5 nearly i)arallel, G and 7 connate. 



Demopractis tonaea, n. sp. 



$ . 10 mm. Head, thorax pale broAvnish-ochreous slightly 

 sprinkled dark fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint 

 sprinkled dark fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex tolerably 

 pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; pale brownish-ochreous 

 sprinkled dark fuscous, more strongly irrorated towards base of 

 costa and termen ; stigmata rather large, dark fuscous, plical 

 somewhat before fij'st discal : cilia pale brownish-ochreous, some 

 scattered dark fuscous points towards base, an antemedian series of 

 dark fuscous ])oints, and a postniedian fuscous line. Hindwings 

 light grey; cilia pale greyish oclireous, a faint fuscous subapical 

 line. 



Assam, Shillong, oUOO feet, October [Flelchtr) ; one specimen. 



Encrasima communicata, n. sp. 



J . 12 mm. Head, thorax pale ochreous. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, second joint greyish-ochreous except apex. Abdomen 

 pale grey, segmental margins and anal tuft ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 



