612 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOrXEEA. ' 



rounded tuft towards a[)ex beneath, terminal joint as long as 

 second, roughened with scales anterior!}' throughout, acute. 

 Maxillary pal])! very short, filiform, apprcssed to tongue. Anterior 

 tibiaj very short, tarsi rather longer, stout, posterior tibia; rough- 

 scaled above. Forewings 1 h furcate, 2 and 3 stalked from angle, 

 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex (indefinite), 11 from middle. Hind- 

 wings 1, trapezoidal-ovate, cilia | ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat 

 aj^proxiraated, 6 and 7 parallel. 



Belongs to group of Odites, but very distinct. A remarkable 

 genus, discordant iu some respects (in no other genus of Xylonjc- 

 tidce have I found an antennal pecteu), but can only be referred 

 here. 



Ctenioxena crypsiptila, n. sp. 



5 . 25 mm. Head, palpi, thorax pale ochreous, face whitish. 

 Forewings elongate-oblong, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; pale ochreous, a very few scattered dark fuscous scales ; 

 disoal stigmata dark fuscous, a similar dot midway between second 

 and termen ; a terminal series of fuscous interneural dots: cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. Hindwings whitish-grey, cloudy dark grey 

 interneural dots on termen ; cilia whitish. Forewings beneath 

 with small blackish scaletuft in disc at |. 



Palestine, Jerusalem, April (Buxton); 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 



Ptochoryctis ochrograpta, u. sp. 



5 . 22 mm. Head, palpi, thorax white. Forewings suboblong, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely 

 rounded ; 3 and 4 stalked, 7 to apex ; shining white ; an ochreous 

 line from | of costa to tornus, obtusely angulated in middle ; an 

 ochreous marginal line round apical part of costa, and faint dots 

 on termen : cilia white, an ochreous artemedian line, beyond this 

 dark fuscous bars on upper part of termen. Hindwings and cilia 

 white. 



BiTRMA, Kalaw, 4300 feet, May {Fletcher) ; 1 ex. 



Ptochoryctis ceromorpha, n. sp. 



c? . 25 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish. Palpi pale ochreous- 

 yellowish, base of second joint infuscatcd. Thorax pale fuscous, 

 anterior margin sufl'used darker. Forewings moderate, rather 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apes obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 oblique ; 3 and 4 stalked ; light lilac-fuscous, M'ith suffusion of pale 

 ochreous irroration gradually increasing ujjwards, costa i)ale 

 ochreous ; an indistinct cloudy fuscous preeterniinal line angulated 

 opposite apex : cilia pale ochreous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia 

 whitish-ochreous. 



Assam, Shillong, June {Fletcher)-, 2 ex. 



Acria amphorodes, n. sp. 

 J 5 • 22 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish, basal 

 half of second joint greyish-tinged. Thorax pale ochreous. Fore- 

 wings suboblong, costa gently arched, sinuate between prominences 



