PLUTEr.LID.E. 151 



HELENODES, n. g. 



Head rougli-haired on crown and forehead, face with appressed 

 scales; ocelli present; tongue developed. Antennae nearly 1, in 

 (5' simple, basal joint moderately elongate, with pecten. Labial 

 palpi rather long, curved, ascending, somewhat thickened through- 

 out with appressed scales, terminal joint nearly as long as second, 

 obtuse. Maxillary palpi short, scaled, obtuse, porrected. Posterior 

 tibife smooth-scaled. Fore wings with 1 h simple, 2 from towards 

 angle, 7 to termen, 8 and 10 closely approximated at base, 9 absent, 

 11 from middle, an elongate stigmatium between 11 and 12, 

 Hindwings under 1, narrowly elongate-ovate, cilia 1;^; 2 widely 

 remote, 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 closely approximated 

 towards base, transverse vein inwardly oblique from 4 to 7. 



Helenodes mmnnurata, n. sp. 



(^ $. 13-16 ram. Head white with some dark fuscous specks, 

 face brownish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous speckled with dark 

 fuscous. Thorax ochreous-white, sometimes speckled with dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen pale grey. Forewings elongate, very narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 bronzy-brownish, bases of scales whitish and tips dark fuscous, 

 forming very fine striations, costa and dorsum obscurely strigulated 

 with dark fuscous ; a dark luscous spot on middle of dorsum, dorsal 

 area between this and base more or less indefinitely suffused with 

 whitish : cilia pale brownish, with two dark fuscous lines before 

 tips. Hindwings grey ; cilia light ochreous-grcy. 



Assam, Khasis, in October, ^November, and May; seven specimens. 



CONOPOTARSA, n. g. 



Head smooth, face retreating ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae |, in d serrulate, with fascicles of very long fine cilia- 

 tions, in 5 fi^so rather strongly ciliated, basal joint moderate, with 

 narrow basal pecten or pencil of hairscales. Labial palpi long, 

 curved, ascending, second joint thickened with scales somewhat 

 projecting at apex beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, 

 moderate, pointed. ^laxillary palpi very short, tolerably filiform, 

 porrected. Anterior tibiae very short, tarsi vei-y long and slender, 

 live times as long as tibiae ; posterior tibiae with projecting bristly 

 scales above, median spurs at |. Forewings with L h short, fur- 

 cate, 2 from angle, 4 absent, 7 to termen, 8 and 10 connate or 

 short-stalked, 9 absent, 11 from very near end of cell. Hindwings |, 

 very narrowly elongate, obtuse-poiTited, cilia 2 ; 2 widely remote, 

 2-4 parallel, 4 from angle, 5-7 slightly approximated towards 

 base. 



The leg-characters suggest a possible relationship with the 

 ancestral form of the Grac'darhuhf, which may have originated 

 from this neighbourhood. 



