304 EXOTIC MICKOLEPIDOrTGIlV. 



Chelaria levata, n. sp. 



c? . 9 rara. Head, thorax whitish. Palpi white, second joint 

 fuscous except apical third, with roug-h projecting hairs beneath 

 forming moderate tult, terminal joint with subbasal and median 

 fuscous rings. Abdomen light gre)', anal tuft wliitish ; valvae 

 verj'^ long, narrow, rather sinuate, obtuse-pointed, npper edge 

 notched near apex, uncus rather sliort, bent downwards, with 

 much longer strongly reverse-curved slender acute hinged process 

 from beneath its base meeting it at apex. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa slightlj' arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termeu 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; 6 separate; light greyish-ochreous 

 closely and suft'usedly irrorated whitish ; a small black dot towards 

 costa near base ; minute blackish-grey dots on costa before and 

 beyond |, a slight oblique mark before middle, and four or five 

 obscure dots posteriorly ; slight longitudinal strigulae of blackish- 

 grey irroration indicating plical and second discal stigmata, one 

 above dorsum beyond middle, one on end of fold, one in disc 

 beyond cell, and one or two towards apex : cilia light grey speckled 

 whitish, a few dark fuscous scales. Hiudwings apex somewhat 

 produced ; grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Bkngal, Pusa, December {Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Chelaria trachydyta, n. sp. 



cj 2 . 12-14 mm. Head whitish-fuscous sprinkled dark fuscous. 

 Palpi fuscous mixed dark fuscous, in cT sprinkled whitish, second 

 joint much thickened with rough scales beneath and shortly tufted 

 towards base, terminal joint not longer than second, thickened 

 with scales somewhat rough in middle posteriorly. Thorax fuscous, 

 shoulders dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; 6 separate ; fuscous, irregularly irrorated dark 

 fuscous, with several small scattered tufts of scales ; semioval dark 

 fuscous spots on costa before middle and at |; undefined elongate 

 spots of dark fuscous suffusion or irroration in disc before and 

 beyond middle, and above tornus ; cloudy dark marginal dots round 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia grey, basal half irrorated 

 blackish. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled anteriorly ; cilia light 

 fuscous. 



Bombay, Dharwar, February (Maxtvell) ; two specimens. 



^ PORPODRYAS, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; tongue strong. Antennae |, in c? 

 moderately ciliated, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial 

 palpi long, recurved, second joint much thickened with dense 

 appressed scales, somewhat expanded towards apex above, terminal 

 joint as long as second, thickened with dense scales somewhat 

 projecting towards apex posteriorly, pointed. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with 

 dense rough scales above and beneath. Forewings with tufts of 



