TINKlD.Ti;. LTONKTIAD.Ti;. 357 



whitish-sprinkled. Abdomen dark fuscous, anul tuft light yellowish. 

 Forewiiigs elongate, cost a g'.^ntly arched, termeii rounded, rather 

 strongly oblicjue ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termon ; ochreous-whitish ; 

 markings dark j)urplish-fu8Cous ; an elongate spot on base of costa, 

 a transverse spot on dorsum at |, and some transverse strigulation 

 on basal fourth ; a moderate slightly curved fascia from ^ of costa 

 to middle of dorsum, a similar fascia beyond middle, and a trans- 

 verse series of striguhie between them ; beyond these two thick 

 irregular transverse streaks confluent in disc, a transverse mark 

 from costa before apex, au irregular streak along termen, and some 

 slight reticulation connecting these ; cilia fuscous. Hindwin^s -i 

 and 5 stalked ; dark fuscnus ; cilia fuscous. 



QcFEKNSLANu, Brisbane {Dodd), bred from a larval case 9 mm. 

 long, forming an irregularly four-sided spiral, gradually narrowed 

 from mouth, each side formed of short segments of hollow twigs 

 placed transversely ; 1 ex., Wals. Coll. (7(52(3). 



Narycia arctodes, n. sp. 



c5'. 11-12 mm. Head, palpi fuscous, crou^n yellow-whitish. 

 Thorax dark fuscous. Eorowings elongate, rather dilated, termen 

 slightly rounded, oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked; dark fuscous; obscure 

 whitish-grey fasciate streaks from dorsum in middle and before 

 tornus, reaching half across wing : cilia greyish, sometimes a 

 darker basal line. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Victoria, Gisborne, January to March {Lijell) ; 3 ex. 



LYONETIAD.E. 



Opostega subviolacea, n. sp. 



$ . 6 mm. Head pearl-whitish, frontal tuft ferruginous-brown. 

 Antennae light grey, eyecaps whitish. Thorax whitish-violet-grev. 

 Forewings lanceolate ; pale shining violet-grey; an oblique black 

 line from costa at |, enlarged at extremity but hardly reaching 

 tornus ; apical area beyond this somewhat darker ; a minute black 

 apical dot: cilia grey- whitish. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia grey- 

 whitish. 



EoiUJAY, Gujarat, Kharaghoda, August {Maxwell) ; 1 ex. 



Opostega velifera, n. sp. 



(S . 5 mm. Head, antennaj ochreous-whitish, frontal tuft dark 

 fuscous. Thorax violet-fuscous. Forewings broad-lanceolate ; 

 violet-fuscous, tips of scales pale, forming a fine indistinct trans- 

 verse reticulation ; an irregular-edgeJ pale ochreoiis streak along 

 costa from base to i, and an elongate spot beyond this : cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. Hindwings pale greyish: cilia ochreous- 

 whitish. 



Bombay, Surat, April {Maxwell) ; 1 ex. 



