252 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



EPICURICA, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts raised; ocelli present, 

 tongue developed. Antennae |, in c? moderately ciliated, basal 

 joint moderately elongate, with pecten. Labial palpi Icng, re- 

 curved, second joint exceeding base of antenna3, thickened with 

 appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, thickened and 

 slightly roughened anteriorly, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, 

 filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae clothed with long 

 hairs. Forewings with 1 h furcate, 2 from near angle, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, 

 ovate, cilia f ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 curved and approximated to 4 

 at base, 6 and 7 nearly parallel. 



Type Icetiferana Walk. ; includes also calUanassa Meyr.,p?iu<7to- 

 micta Meyr., and others. 



Enicostoma eripias, n. sp. 



c? . 16-20 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-white, shoulders with 

 a blackish spot. Palpi w^hite, second joint with basal | and a sub- 

 apical ring dark fuscous, terminal joint with a dark fuscous median 

 ring. Antennae simple. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly 

 straight, little oblique; 7 to apex; ochreous-white, with a few 

 brownish and dark fuscous scales ; costal edge blackish towards 

 base ; a variable oblique blackish spot on base of costa ; a slightly 

 oblique raised blackish mark from dorsum at ^, sometimes reaching 

 an irregular blackish spot in disc at | ; small blackish spots on 

 costa at |-, I", and towards apex ; stigmata black, first discal small, 

 second represented by a transverse raised mark preceded by an 

 elongate spot or mark, plical represented by an oblique raised mark ; 

 an interrupted dark fuscous terminal line ; cilia ochreous-whitish, 

 basal half on termen sometimes tessellated with light greyish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings ochreous-grey-whitish, veins greyer; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, with faint interru2)ted greyish subbasal shade. 



Cevlon, Maskeliya, from November to February {Pole, Alston, 

 Green) ; five specimens. 



TRYCHER0DE3, n. g. 



Proposed to supersede Teratomoiyha Wals. (1912), twice pre- 

 occupied in 1896. 



Depressaria encentra, n. sp. 



S . 22 mm. Head and thorax light brownish, face paler, thorax 

 with dark grey posterior crest. Palpi pale ochreous, second joint 

 with four indistinct rings of dark fuscous irroration, terminal joint 

 |, thickened with scales, with two well-marked rings. Abdomen 

 dark grey, anal tuft brownish. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated 



