/CI EXOTIC MICROLEPIDUPTERA. 



dorsum beforo and beyond middle of wing with a few long pro- 

 jecting dark fuscous scales. Hindwings oclireous-yellowisli ; 

 broad dull orange transverse fasciae about ^ and |, edged witli 

 j)urplish-fu3Cous-golden ; cilia wbitish-ochreous, with a few long 

 dark scales on dorsum before middle. 



Assam. Khasia Hills, in October; three specimens. 



Idioglossa argodora, n. sp. 



2 . 10 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax silvery-whitish. (Abdo- 

 men broken.) Posterior legs ochreous-whitish. Forewings very 

 narrow, widest at 5, thence narrowed to acute apex, costa, gently 

 arched, dorsum straight; ochreous-yellow, irregularly sjirinklcd 

 with dark fuscous ; a rather inwardly oblique narrow sutlused 

 silvery-whitish fascia at 5, obtusely angulated in miildlc, edged 

 posteriorly with fuscous-golden ; an undefined silvery-metallic 

 blotch in middle of wing ; a nearly straight outwardly oblique 

 fuscous-golden transverse streak before |, partly edged anteriorly 

 with silver3--whitish : cilia ochreous-grey- whitish, sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous points towards base, above and below | of wing with 

 • a faint greyish transverse cloud, towards middle of dorsum with 

 several longer projecting dark fuscous scales. Hindwings ochreous- 

 yellow, with a few dark fuscous specks; four silvery-wliite 

 transverse fascise, first occupying basal third of wing, edged 

 posteriorly with fuscous-golden, second broad, postmedian, edged 

 with fuscous-golden, third narrow, at |^, edged posteriori)- with 

 fuscous-golden, fourth moderate, almost apical ; a small apical 

 dark fuscous dot : cilia ochreous-grey-whitish, at | of wing with 

 a faint greyish transverse cloud corresponding to that of fore- 

 wings. 



CooRG, Dibidi, ^.oOO feet, in September [^^eucome) ; one 

 specimen. 



DIADOXASTIS, n. g. 



Head smooth, forehead broadly rounded, crown somewhat de- 

 pressed, face rather retreating ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae -i, basal joint elongate, slightly flattened, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi very long, recurved, diverging, second joint slightly 

 thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as second, 

 slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, liliforin, appressed to 

 tongue. Posterior tibisE clothed with rough hairs, tarsi with 

 moderate bristles at apex of joints. Forewings wit'i 1 b furcate, 

 2 from towards angle, weak, 3-5 parallel, 7 to costa, S absent, 

 11 from beyond middle, weak. Hindwings g, narrow-lanceolate, 

 cilia 3 ; 2-5 parallel, 6 and 7 somewhat approximated towards 

 base. 



Allied to Afoloscells. 



