410 KXOTTC lITCROLEPinOPTEHA. 



ficcond, moderately stout, acute, Maxillarj^ palpi rudimentary. 

 Tostorior tibite densely rough-scaled above and beneath. Forewiugs 

 1 /) furcate, 2 from angle, 2-6 parallel, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 

 10 absent, 11 from beyond middle. Hind wings |, lanceolate, 

 cilia 1 ] ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 and stalked, 7 parallel. 

 A curious form of somewhat uncertain affinity. 



Cladobrostis melitricha, n. sp. 



c? ? . 20-25 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sides of crown 

 yellowish, sides of face fuscous. Palpi whitisfi-ochreous, basal half 

 of second joint dark fuscous. Thorax fuscous, anteriorly darker- 

 suffused and violet- tinged. Abdomen elongate, light greyish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; light fuscous, slightly 

 violet-tinged, faintly paler-sprinkled, without markings : cilia light 

 greyish-ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



C. India, Dehra Dun, bred June to August (Beeson) ; 10 ex. 

 Larva with 10 prolegs, elongate, cylindrical, whitish, head rounded, 

 amber-brown ; boring down twigs Dalbergia sissoo (Leguminosce), 

 girdling the twig. Pupa similarly elongate and cylindrical, without 

 spines, wingcases nearly reaching base of sixth abdominal segment, 

 a slight but well-marked dorsal ridge ; near anal extremity on 

 ventral surface are two singular snbquadrate flat transverse fin-like 

 processes, possibly used in locomotion within the bore. Seemingly 

 a serious pest. 



NEPTICULID^. 



y ACALYPTRIS, n. g. 



Head rough-haired. Antennae |, somewhat stout, filiform, basal 

 joint moderate, without eyecap. Labial palp'i short, thickened with 

 scales, obtuse. Maxillary palpi long, filiform, folded. Posterior 

 tibiae rough-scaled above, middle-spurs below middle. Forewings 

 neuration as in Nejiticida. Hindwings under 1, narrow-lanceolate, 

 cilia 3 ; neuration as in Trifurcida. 



Nearest Trifv.rcula, but without antennal eyecap. 



Acalyptris psammophricta, n. sp. 



5 . 5 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings lanceolate, whitish-ochreous ; some obscure 

 irregular pale brownish-ochreous suffused marbling or freckling: cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 Bombay, Ahmedabad, October {MaxiveU) ; 1 ex, 



Nepticula diplocosma, n. sp. 



S . 4 mm. Head light fulvous-ochreous, collar dark fuscous. 

 Antennae grey, eyecaps whitish. Thorax pale shining bronzy, 

 shoulders blackish. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings lanceolate ; 

 purplish -fuscous, basal area as far as first fascia paler; rather broad 

 direct silvery fasciic at | and |, dilated dorsally : cilia grey, round 



