254 EXOTIC MICROLEriDOPTERA. 



■white ; a narrow Avhite costal streak from base to near apex ; a 

 ■white streak in disc from ^ to terraen, attenuated to a point 

 anteriorly, becoming bifurcate posteriorly ; a white streak along 

 submedian fold from base to toruus : cilia pale greyish suffuscdly 

 mixed with white. Hind wings grey ; cilia pale grey, towards 

 tips white. 



W. Himalaya, Quetta, in June (Nwse) ; one specimen. Very 

 like a Pleurota, but there is no near relationship. 



SCAEOSOPHA, n. g. -^ 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antennse |, in c? shortly and unevenly ciliated, basal joint very 

 long, slender, with pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, curved, 

 ascending, thickened with appressed scales, second joint not 

 reaching base of antennse, terminal joint somewhat shorter than 

 second, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to 

 tongue. Posterior tibife clothed with long hairs. Forewings with 

 slight tufts of scales; lb furcate, 2 from 4, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, 

 cilia 1 ; cell less than half wing, with undefined hyaline patch 

 beneath it towards base, 2 abruptly bent or angulated near origin, 

 3-5 almost connate from angle, 6 and 7 nearly parallel. 



Scaeosopha percnaula, n. sp. 



J $ . 21-23 mm. Head pale ochreous tinged with brownish. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint dark fuscous except apex, 

 apex of terminal joint dark fuscous, anterior edge sometimes infus- 

 cated. Thorax pale ochreous tinged with brownish, infuscated 

 on dorsum anteriorly. Abdomen fuscous, two basal segments 

 and anal tuft ochreous-yellowish. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 very obliquely rounded : bronzy-fuscous mixed with dark fuscous ; 

 a blackish median streak from base to apex, upper edge suffused, 

 lower edge well-defined but irregular, with three sinuations 

 between -t and | filled with ochreous-whitish, dorsal area beneath 

 this more or less suffused with pale ochreous : cilia whitish-ochreous 

 sprinkled with fuscous. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, in 5 more 

 infuscated on veins and margins ; cilia pale ochreous, in 5 tinged 

 with fuscous. 



Assam, Khasis, in March and September ; two specimens. 



CYPHOTHYEIS, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae in J minutely ciliated, basal join<- long, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint with ajipressed scales, 

 terminal joint as long as second, moderately stout, acute. Maxillary 



