586 KXOTIC MICUOT.KPTDOPTERA. 



fx'lirfons. TTiii(h\ings whitisli, apex suffused gre}- ; cilia wliitis.li, 

 roiiiiil apex grey. 



Tauixi; 2 ex. (Coll. Joannis), Allied to Australian zalodts. 



Stathmopoda antischema, n. sp. 



J 5 • 9 vcixn. Head pale brassy-yellowish. Palpi yellow- 

 whitish. Antennoe d;irk grey, basal joint and apical thiid yellow- 

 whitish, ciliatioiis cj" '>• Thorax dai'k violet-grey. Eorewings 

 narrow, rather short-pointi'd ; dark violet-grey; a pale ochreous- 

 jadlowish modorate transverse fasciate blotch from dorsum ne;ir 

 base, not quite reaching costa ; a pale ochreous-yellowish triangular 

 blotch on costa at |, nearly reaching dorsum : cilia gie}'. llind- 

 wiugs rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



pEiiu, Iquitos, May (Parish) ; 2 ex. The first American species. 



LAMPHOTEUCHA, n. g. 



Head smooth ; ocellli posterior ; tongue developed. Antennn? i, 

 in cf simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial j)alpi 

 moderate, curved, ascending, slender, terminal joint somewhat 

 shorter than second, acute. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior 

 tibiie with whorls of long projecting bristles at origin of spurs, 

 tarsal joints with minute apical bristles. Porewings lb fnrcate 

 (in example dissected furcate also at apex), 2 from towards angle, 

 3 absent, 5 absent, 7 a'nd 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 and 10 from near 

 end of cell, 11 absent. Hiadwings |, narrow-lanceolate, cilia 3 ; 

 2-4 parallel, 4 weak, 5 and C^ stalked, 7 almost cnnate. 



Belongs to the group of Xest')Gasi^ ; it is now apparent that the 

 Australian aud Xew Zjaland Z ipi/rcntra is also nearly allied. 



Lamproteucha cassitevis, n. sp. 



S 2 • 6-7 mm. Head, thorax leaden-metallic. Pal[)i whitish- 

 grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; dark fuscons ; base leaden- 

 metallic ; a narrow transverse silvery-leaden fascia at i, a dot 

 beneath coita in middle and one below fold obli(]uely before this, 

 and a slender transverse streak rather inwards-oblique from costa 

 at ^ followed on costa by a white dot sometimes confluent with it, 

 beneath this a short pale golden transverse streak from torn us : 

 cilia dark grey, on termen a silvery-leaden basal streak. Hind- 

 wings and cilia dark grey. 



Kana.ra, Anshi, December, "on Polygonum" {Maxuell) ; 

 ;^[ysoue, Bababudins, 4500 feet, November {Fletcher) ; Assam, 

 Cherrapunji ; 4 ex. 



Xestocasis lamprodoxa, n. sp. 



S. 10-11 mm. Head blue-blackish, face shining leaden. 

 Palpi grey- \\hitish. Thorax blackish, patagia leaden. Forewings 

 narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; bronzy-blackish ; a slender slightly 



