212 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTBRA. 



beyond first discal ; indistinct small grey spots on costa at | and 

 before middle, and on dorsum beyond middle ; an oval brown blotcb, 

 anteriorly suffused dark brown and sprinkled black, extending over 

 tcrmen Irom above apex to near tornus : cilia brOAvn, towards 

 torn us whitish. Hindwings cT ochreous-whitisli, posteriorly tinged 

 grey, $ grey ; cilia whitish, in $ a grey subbasal shade. 



French Guiana, li. Maroni ; three specimens. Appears to differ 

 essentially from cystiodes only in the colour of abdomen and hind- 

 wnngs, but this distinction is so marked that I am obliged to regard 

 tlie two forms as probably distinct at present; I have six examples 

 of cifitiodes. 



Ptilogenes cbloroloba Meyr. 



French Guiana, R. Maroni ; seven specimens. In all of these 

 the hindwings are wholly ochreous-white ; in every other respect, 

 including the peculiar J cliaracteristics, they agree exactly with 

 the original type from Peru, which has the hindwings greyish-tinged 

 posteriorly, and must be regarded as identical. 



(ECOPHORID^. 



Macrobathra nomaea Meyr. 



Bred from refuse lodged in fork of Tamariiidus indica {Leguminosce) 

 {Fletcher) ; no doubt the larva fed on the leaves as usual in the 

 genus, which is wholly confined to the Ler/nyninosiP. 



Macrobathra gentilis, n. sp. 



c? § . U-IO mm. Head, thorax blackish. Palpi blackish finely 

 lined whitish. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft cf whitish on sides 

 and beneath, anal segment $ blackish. Forewings elong.Tte- 

 lunceolate ; blackish ; markings ochreous-white, sometimes more 

 ochreous-tinged towards dorsum ; a rather narrow direct transverse 

 fascia at | ; a transverse spot on middle of costa, a triangular spot 

 on costa at 4, and a triangular spot on dorsum midway between 

 these: cilia grey. Hindwings grey, i)aler towards base, darker 

 towards apex ; in cj" an ex])ansible tuft of long fine yellow-whitish 

 hairs from near base of costa, lying in a large subhyaline ochreous- 

 whitish patch concealed beneath forewings ; cilia grey. 



Kanaka, Dharwar, January to March {Maxwell); six specimens. 

 Extremely like petalitis, but certainly distinct by the expansible tuft 

 of hindwings in cJ , as, petalitis has no such structure ; the fascia is 

 broader dorsally in petaliti>i than in any of the examples of this 

 species, there is a distinct white line on each side of face, and the 

 anal tuft of S is wholly whitish ; I do not know the $ of petalitis. 



Promalactis bathroclina, n. sp. 

 (S . 9 mm. Head shining white, sides of face shining bronze, 

 back of crown dark bronzy-grey. Pal])! bronzy, terminal joint 

 white irrorated blackish except towards base. Antennse white 



