222 EXOTIC MTCROLEPIDOPTKRA. 



Cryptolechia perversa, n. sp. 



(^ . 13 mm. Head, thorax dark broiizy-fuscous. Palpi -whitish, 

 ■suffusedly inorated dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Forowiiif^s elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen hardly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; fuscous irrorated 

 dark fuscous ; stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, edged whitish 

 posteriorly, jilical rather obliqiiely beyond first discal ; och.reous- 

 whitish spots on costa ))efore middle and at 4: cilia bronzy-grey. 

 Hindwings light grey ; cilia pale ocliroous-grey. 



S. India, Ootacamund, October (Fletcher); one specimen. 



Cryptolechia ichnitis, n. sp. 



d . 20 mm. Head, thorax whitish-ochreous, faintly tinged 

 fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitisb, basal half and subapical ring of 

 second joint grey, terminal joint grey at base and beneath apex 

 anteriorly. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Eorewings elongate, 

 posteriorly somewliat dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded- 

 obtuse, termen rounded, somewhat oldique ; pale whitish-ochreous ; 

 costa towards base tinged fuscous, a small blackish triangular basal 

 spot, a small blackish mark beneath and beyond this ; stigmata 

 blackish, plical obliquely beyond first discal, second discal larger, 

 preceded by a small spot confluent with it ; a blackish subcostal dot 

 above first discal stigma ; some faint fuscous suffusion on costa 

 before and beyond middle, and above dorsum at |^ ; two posterior 

 parallel transverse series of undefined cloudy spots of faint fuscous 

 suft'usion, strongly excurved on upper |; a marginal series of cloudy 

 dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 



French Guiana, li Maroni ; one specimen. 



PHILARGA, n. g. 



Head smooth, sidetufts slightly raised; ocelli small, posterior; 

 tongue developed. Antenna? |, in cT serrulate, minutely ciliated, 

 basal joint moderate, without pccten. Labial palpi long, recurved, 

 second joint thickened with appressed scales, somewhat rough 

 towards apex beneath, terminal joint as long as second, moderate, 

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

 Forewings 1 b furcate, 2 and 3 stalked from angle, 8 and 9 out of 7, 

 7 to just below apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, 

 apex obtuse, termen sligbtlj^ sinuate, cilia | ; 3 and 4 connate, 

 5 nearly parallel, much nearer 4 than (>, 6 and 7 separate, rather 

 approximated towards base. 



Of somewhat uncertain affinity, but apparently best placed near 

 Cry^doIecJiia. 



Philarga autochlora, n. sp. 



(5' . 13 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen ochi'eous- 

 whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly 



