258 EXOTIC MICEOLBPIDOPTERA. 



laige tufts in disc; some mar<?iiial dots of blackish irroraiion 

 round apex and terraen : cilia Mliitisli-ocbreous, some dark fuscous 

 specks, llindwiugs light grey ; cilia ochreous-whilish. 

 BoMBA-Y, Dharwar, March {Maxwell) ; one specimen. 



Latypica rhicnopa, n. sp. 



c?. 14 mm. Head, thorax pale brownish, shoulders irrorated 

 dark fuscous. I'alpi whitish, second joint Avith a broad band of 

 pale browuisli suffusion sprinkled blackish, terminal joint with a 

 median band of blackish irroration. Abdomen grey. Porewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, ternien very obliquely 

 rounded ; brown, finely speckled blackish ; dorsal edge suffused 

 white towards base; markings whitish irrorated black, edged clear 

 ■whitish ; a patcli on base of costa ; a moderate antemedian fascia, 

 acutely aiigulated below middle ; a fascia from costa beyond 

 middle to tornus, sending a branch from below middle parallel to 

 termen to costa before apex, white scales on margin of this 

 towards costa irregularly raised : cilia whitish, with rows of black 

 points. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey-whitish, a grey 

 Bubbasal shade. 



5.15 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen white, palpi and 

 shoulders with a few blackish specks. Forewings white, somewhat 

 mixed irregularlj' yellow-ochreous ; markings as in cJ indicated 

 only by slight blackish speckling. Hindwings pale whitish-grey, 

 cilia whitish. 



BojiBAY, Dharwar, November {Maxwell) ; two specimens. Not- 

 withstanding the difference in colouring, I make no question that 

 these forms are correctly associated as sexes of the same species. 

 The genus is allied to Hapsifera ; the forewings in all the species 

 show more or less developed scattered tufts of raised scales, 



Latypica constrata, n. sp. 



d . 15-18 mm. Head white. Palpi white, slightly speckled 

 fuscous. Thorax white, somewhat mixed fuscous, a spot of dark 

 fuscous irroration on shoulder. Abdomen grey-whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly 

 rounded, very oblique ; white, more or less mixed light brownish ; 

 markings light broAvnish, more or less sprinkled blackish, and 

 irregularly marked \Aith black irroration on edges; two or three 

 marks on costa near base ; a transverse fascia at ^, angulated in 

 middle ; blotches at about |- of costa and 5 of dorsum ; a broad 

 irregular fascial e patch extending along termen from apex to 

 tornus : cilia whity-brownish sprinkled blackish. Hindwings grey, 

 witli brassy reflections ; cilia pale greyish. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, August {Pole, de Moiuhray); two specimens. 



Latypica retiaria, n. sp. 



c? . 13 mm. Head, ])alpi grey-whitish, second joint of palpi 

 irrorated blackish. Thorax ochreous-grey-whitish sprinkled 



