HYPONOMEUTID^. I'JS 



Tarphyscelis palaeota, n, sp. 



(5" 9 . 13 mm. Head white. Palpi white, more or less sprinkled 

 ■with dark fuscous. Antenual ciliations of <5 3. Thorax white 

 irrorated with brownish. Abdomen light grey. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termeu obliquely 

 roaiided ; ochreous-whitish finely irrorated with brown ; stigmata 

 formed by small groups of black scales, plical beneath first discal ; 

 a group of scattered black scales towards costa at -i ; a few scattered 

 black scales near term en : cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with 

 brownish, with rows of dark fuscous points. Hindwings pale 

 greyish; cilia ochroous- whitish. 



Assam, Khasis, in November ; two specimens. 



SPHENOGRAPTIS, n. g. ^- 



Head loosely rough-haired on crown, face smooth ; ocelli present; 

 tongue developed. Antennte over 1, basal joint long, somewhat 

 flattened, with strong pecten of scales. Labial palpi moderately 

 long, curved, ascending, slender, slightly roughened anteriorly, 

 terminal joint as long as second, pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. 

 Posterior tibiae Avith appressed scales above, rough-haired beneath 

 between spurs. Forewiugs with 2 from near angle, 4 absent, 7 to 

 termen, 8 and 9 approximated at base, lU rather near, 11 from 

 before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia |- ; 2 remote, 

 3 from angle, 4 absent, 5-7 nearly parallel, transverse vein oblique 

 from 3 to 7. 



Sphenograptis celetica, u. sp. 



5 . 13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white. Antennae white, 

 dotted with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewdngs 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, 

 termen slightly rounded, rather strongly oblique ; shining white ; 

 an irregular oblique dark fuscous wedgeshaped spot from dorsum 

 at ^, and a larger one from middle of dorsum, reaching nearly half 

 across wing, and connected by a slender dorsal streak with a 

 small undefined triangular spot before tornus ; a short longitudinal 

 line of dark fuscous irroration in disc at ^ ; an inwardly oblique 

 dark fuscous mark towards costa at | ; some scattered dark fuscous 

 scales between cell and upper half of termen ; a dark fuscous line 

 along termen, interrupted in middle, and expanded at apex into a 

 small irregular blackish spot : cilia white, towards tips sprinkled 

 with (lark fuscous, round apex with a fuscous median shade. 

 Hiiidwiiigs thinly scaled, shining grey-whitish, becoming greyer 

 towards apex and termen ; cilia white. 



Queensland, Cairns, in October (Dodd) ; one specimen. 



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