PTEROPIIOEID^. 



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PTEROPHORIU.E. 



Tiichoptilus archaeodes, n. sp. 



J . 12 mm. Head and thorax pale greyish-oclireous. Palji 

 wliitish-ochreoiLS, basal joint with tuft of projecting scales, second 

 joint with slender very acute projecting tuft of scales anteriorly, 

 terminal joint white lined with blackish. Antennae white lined 

 with black. Posterior logs white, tibioe and basal joint of tarsi 

 lined with bhickish, tibiae with median and apical dark fuscous 

 Lands. Foiewings clelt to before middle, segments very slender; 

 pale greyish-ochreous ; some white scales on both segments at about 

 J of their length, and apical third mostly suffused with white, 

 intermediate space sufl'nsed with grey on first segment ; cilia grey, 

 on costa white with a grey patch on median third of segment, at 

 apex with a fine blackish bar, on lower margin of first segment 

 with one or two black scales in middle and before apex, on second 

 segment with whitish bars on both margins at ^ and | and one at 

 apex, on upper margin mixed with black scales between the bars, 

 on lower margin with four black scale-teeth, first near its base, 

 fourth almost apical. Hiiidwings dark fuscous ; cilia grey, on 

 dorsum of third segment with a small black scale-tooth at j and a 

 minute one before apex. 



Kanaka,. Bhatkal, in March (Ma.rwell) ; one s])ecimen. Kesembles 

 pdias in ])ossession of subapical scale-tooth of hindwings as well as 

 postmedian, but differs in both these teeth being rather nearer apex, 

 also in absence of black discal dots of forewings ; palpi tufted as in 

 Walilhergi ^ but this tuft really exists in other species, though shorter 

 and less prominent. 



Oxyptiliis zonites, n. sp. 



J 2. 12 mm. Head and thorax brownish, back of crown pale 

 yellow. Palpi slender, whitish sprinkled with fuscous. Abdomen, 

 rather dark brownish, first, third, and fifth segments pale yellow. 

 Forewings extremely narrow, cleft to near middle, segments very 

 slender, first acutely pointed, second dilated posteriorly, termen 

 very obliquely concave ; brown or reddish-fuscous ; a yellow-whitish 

 dot in disc at #, and one towards dorsum at ^ ; a dark fuscous 

 dot on base of cleft, followed by a yellow-whitish spot on first 

 segment not reaching costa, sometimes edged above with orange- 

 yellow suffusion ; sometimes a yellowish dot on costa beyond this; 

 a fine transverse yellow-whitish strigula on first segment at ^ of 

 its length, and a corresponding dot on second segment: cilia rather 

 dark co])pery-brown, within cleft with several scattered blackish 

 sciiles, at toruus v^ith a blackish projection above which is a 

 Avhitish patch in concavity, beneath base of cleft Avith a slight 

 blackish scnle-projection. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia coppery- 

 grey, on lower margin of third segment with three or four minute 



