262 EXOTIC MICROr.EriDOrTEKA. 



cilia 1.^ ; Ih straight, simple, rather long, 2 appearing to rise free, 

 cell open between 2 and 5, 5 and G rising on a stalk ont of 7. 



The singular obsolescence of the cell-walls, thus leaving the 

 veins rising from it, so to speak, in the air, is a remarkable feature. 

 The genus belongs to the neighbourhood of Mdllobathra. 



AsyndetaiQa vagula, n. sp. 



(5 . mm. Head, palpi whitish-ochreous, crown somewhat 

 tinged grey. Thorax, abdomen dark purplish-grey. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, 

 aix'x obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; pale ochreons 

 irregularly and suffusedly irrorated purple-blackish; an irregular 

 nearly clear pale ochreons streak along dorsum from base to tornus; 

 a cloudy blackish transverse striga in disc at | : cilia pale ochreous, 

 two strong dark fuscous shades. Hindwings brassy-grey ; cilia 

 grey. 



Assam, Shillong, September (Fletclw) ; three specimens. Taken 

 flying commonly by day over a mossy bank, apparently attached to 

 the moss, on which the larva probably feeds. 



NEOMERISTIS, n. g. 



Head rough. Antennae somewhat over k, rather stout. Labial 

 palpi moderately long, porrected, second joint thickened with 

 appressed scales, terminal joint moderate, cylindrical, obtuse. 

 Maxillary palpi obsolete. Forewings 2 from near angle, 6 to 

 apparent apex, 8 and 9 stalked, 11 from before middle. Hind- 

 wings 1, elongate-ovate, 2-7 tolerably parallel. 



Type ahscensella Walk, from Venezuela. 



Diplodoma peregrina, n. sp. 



d' . 18 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi short, dark fuscous. 

 Antennal ciliations Ig. Thorax dark purplish-grey. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; dark purplish - grey : cilia 

 concolorous. Hindwings rather dark grey : cilia grey. 



Assam, Khasis ; one specimen. 



Narycia scelerata, n. sp. 



(3 . 18 mm. Head, palpi dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 2. 

 Thorax pale ochreous-yellowish, anterior margin suffused dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, mode- 

 rate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 

 7 and 8 short-stalked, 7 to termen ; pale ochreous-yellowish : cilia 

 concolorous. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia yellow-whitish. 



S. India, Palnia, 6000 feet [Caviphell) ; one specimen. 



Narycia plana, n. sp. 



S . 16 ram. Head, palpi light ochreous-yellowish. Antennal 

 ciliations 2. Thorax whitish-ochreous, anterior fourth dark fuscous. 



