96 EXOTIC MICKOLEPIDOPTERA. 



AGRIOSCELIS, n. g. 



Head short, rounded, with appressed scales ; ocelli absent ; 

 tongue developed. Antcnnso |, in J with very long fine ciliations, 

 basal joint moderate, without peeten. Labial palpi long or very 

 long, recurved, second joint slightly thickened with appressed 

 scales, terminal joint almost or quite as long as second, slender, 

 acute. Maxillary ])alpi very short, drooping, filiform. Anterior 

 and middle tibiie clothed with rough expanded hairs, posterior 

 tibia) very densely clothed above and beneath with very long 

 roughly expanded hairs, basal joint of tarsi with apical whorl of 

 bristles. Eorewings with 1 b furcate, 2 from 5-|, 3 sometimes 

 absent, 7 and 8 sometimes stalked, 7 to eosta, 11 from beyond |.^ 

 Hindwings |, lanceolate, cilia 3; 2-5 parallel, 6 and 7 approxi- 

 mated towards base. 



Type A. tacita Meyr. This interesting genus is intermediate 

 b.tween Staihmopoda and Corsoeasis. 



Agrioscelis serenata, n. sp. 



J $ . 12-13 mm. Head orange-yellow. Palpi whitish, second 

 joint sometimes yellow, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fus- 

 cous. Thorax dark fuscous, posterior extremity yellowish. Abdo- 

 men dark fuscous, beneath pale yellowish. Posterior legs ochreous- 

 whitish, tibiae and tuft with a fuscous median band, tarsi above 

 with a dark fuscous streak. Forewinga very narrow, costa poste- 

 riorly arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 2 from I, 3 absent, 7 and 8 separate ; dark fuscous ; a variably 

 developed patch of ochreous-yellow suffusion towards base of 

 dorsum, sometimes almost reaching costa ; an irregular triangular 

 suffused ochreous-yellow patch on costa about |, usually reaching 

 I across wing, seldom nearly or quite obsolete : cilia fuscous, 

 darker on costa. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Assam, Khasi Hills, in April and May ; seven specimens. 

 Certainly distinct from tacita by the narrower forewings, absence 

 of vein 3, and other details. 



Agrioscelis tacita, n. sp. 



d 2 . 16-18 mm. Head orange-yellow. Palpi yellow, anterior 

 edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, poste- 

 rior margin sometimes light yellowish. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 beneath pale yellowish. Posterior legs whitish, hairs fuscous mixed 

 with whitish, basal joint of tarsi with a dark fuscous streak above. 

 Forewings narrow, costa posteriorly arched, apex tolerably pointed, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 2 from f , 3 present, 7 and 8 

 stalked; dark fuscous: cilia ooncolorous. Hindwings and cilia 

 dark fuscous. 



Assam, Khasi Hills, in April and May: eight specimens. 



