174 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTEEA. 



black towards base ; about fourteen rather small black spots, viz. 

 one on base of dorsum, one elongate beneath costa near base, one 

 towards base in middle, one on costa at i and another beneath it, 

 one towards dorsum at 5, one on fold beyond this, one on costa in 

 middle, one below fold beneath this, one in disc somewhat before 

 these, an elongate irregular one in disc beyond middle, one beneath 

 costa at |, one towards tornus, and one towards termen above 

 middle ; a series of nine or ten large black dots round posterior 

 l)art of costa and termen : cilia greyish-white. Hindwings light 

 grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



SiKKiM, Darjiling, in May ; two specimens. 



TLUTELLID^. 



The generic name Calantica Zell. is preoccupied by Gray in the 

 Crustacea ; I propose I'l iphonymj^iha as a substitute for it. 



GECOPHORID^. 



Machimia alma, n. sp. 



c? 5 . 20-21 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-fuscous. Palpi 

 ochreous-whitish mixed with light fuscous anteriorly. Antennal 

 ciliations of S If. Abdomen fuscous. Porewings elongate, 

 moderate, costa anteriorly moderately, posteriorly gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique; brownish, 

 mixed with light rosy-ochreous ; stigmata very indistinct, fuscous, 

 discal somewhat approximated, plical hardly beyond first discal : 

 cilia pale brownish-ochreous, towards base rosy-tinged. Hindwings 

 grey, darker on margin, mixed with pale yellowish on posterior 

 half of disc ; cilia greyish, darker towards base. Undersurface of 

 hindwings largely pale yellow. 



Victoria, Gisborne, in October and November (LijeU); two 

 specimens. 



Machimia mitescens, n. sp. 



(J 5 . lG-21 mm. Head and thorax fuscous irrorated with 

 whitish points, sometimes faintly pinkish-tinged. Palpi rosy-grey- 

 whitish, sprinkled with dark grey. Antennal ciliations of <5 2|. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous tinged with grey. Forewings elongate- 

 oblong, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, 

 somewhat oblique ; ochreous suffusedly irrorated with grey, along 

 costa rosy-tinged ; stigmata obscure, darker grey, plical slightly 

 beyond tirst discal, both these sometimes almost obsolete; some- 

 times irregular transverse series of several obscure spots of grey 

 suffusion about ^ and | ; an obtusely angulated series of obscure 



