82 EXOTIC MICROr.EPIDOPTEKi. 



Hieromantis chrysoleuca, n. sp. 



S 2. 11-12 mm. Head pearly-white, crown pale j'ellowish 

 posteriorly. Palpi white. Antennal cilialions in J moderate. 

 Thorax pale yellowish, lateral margins pale violet-grey. Abdomen 

 sliining whitish. Posterior legs white, tibice with two pale yellow - 

 ochreous bands, apex of tibia? and of first three tarsal joints dark 

 grey. Forewings lanceolate, widest near base, thence narrowed to 

 acute apex ; pale ochreous-yellowish tinged with ferruginous ; base 

 narrowly fuscous ; a semioval golden-metallic blotch on dorsum 

 before middle of wing, its upper circumference marked with about 

 five small black spots and edged on anterior half with wliitish, 

 connected with costa at | by a more or less developed pale fuscous 

 blotch containing a costal spot of whitish suffusion ; a fuscous 

 blotch on middle of costa, terminated beneath by a small white 

 subdorsal spot ; an inwardly oblique white fascia from costa at i, 

 edged anteriorly with fuscous, apical area beyond this wholly 

 fuscous except a small whitisli apical spot : cilia grey, towards 

 base mixed with pale ochreous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Assam, Khasi Ifills, in July; twenty-two specimens. 



Hieromantis ioxysta, u. sp. 



J . 11 mm. Head and palpi white. Thorax brownish-ochreous, 

 with broad central white stripe. Abdomen pale greyish, beneath 

 white. Forewings extremely narrow, widest near base, thence 

 narrowed to acute apex, costa almost straight ; yellow-ochreous, on 

 basal half brownish ; a fine blue-metallic subcostal line from base 

 to apex, interrupted from beyond -^ to before f, its apex edged 

 with two or three black scales ; a white streak along dorsum from 

 base to middle of wing, interrupted at its middle by a fuscous spot, 

 and terminated by a golden-metallic spot, before which is' a violet- 

 metallic dot on its edge ; a short violet-metallic subdorsal dash at 

 ^ of wing : cilia grey, at apex with a slight blackish basal dot. 

 Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Ceylon-, Galle, in June {Fletcher); one specimen. 



PHALARITICA. n.g. 



Head smooth-scaled, with strong rounded prominent fillet 

 between antennae, crown depressed, face retreating ; tongue 

 developed. Antennae ^, in 6 shortly ciliated, basal joint dilated 

 to form a large broad eyecap. liabial palpi very long, recurved, 

 diverging, second joint smooth-scaled, terminal joint thickened 

 with rather rough scales anteriorly, acute, as long as second. 

 Maxillary palpi minute, filiform, drooping. Posterior tibia? clothed 

 with stiff bristly hairs above, long inner spurs roughened with 

 short bristles, tarsi with whorls of bristles at apex of joints, basal 

 joint bristly above. Forewings with series of small raised tufts 

 along dorsum, 2-4 tolerably remote, 5 and 6 approximated, 7 and-8 

 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings i, linear- 

 lanceolate, cilia 4 ; 2-4 remote, parallel, 5-7 approximated. 

 Allied tc Stathmopnila, 



