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fascia at |- more or less suffused with ochreous-whitish, edged with 

 blackish anteriorly, and more strongly on costal and dorsal thirds 

 posteriorly ; stigmata small, blackish, plical and first discal forming 

 extremities of dark posterior margins of this fascia ; an ochreous- 

 whitish blotch on cost a towards apex, edged anteriorly by a dark 

 fuscous mark, and connected bj^ an indistinct bar with termen 

 beyond tornus, apical and terminal space beyond this dark fuscous : 

 ciHa grey, base sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hiudwings grey ; 

 cilia light grey. 



Ceylon, Trincomali, Batticaloa, Puttalara {Fletcher, Pole) ; 

 S. India, Glooty (Cam)>bell); in May, .June, and from September to 

 November, twelve specimens. 



EXARSIA, n. g. '"^J 



Head with appresscd scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antennte |, in c? rather strongly ciliated, basal joint elongate, 

 with pecten. Labial palpi very long, ascending, second joint 

 exceeding base of antennte, with rough triangularly expanded 

 scales towards apex above and long dense projecting apical tuft 

 beneath, terminal joint as long as second, straight, erect, scaled, 

 pointed. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiaj clothed 

 with long fine hairs above. Forewings with 1 h furcate, 2 from 

 angle, 3 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from before 

 middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia nearly 1 ; '6 and 4 

 almost connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 



Type pai-<icycla Low. (Plutella). ~r 



ORSOTEICHA, n. g. t> 



Head with appressed scales ; tongue develo]jed. Antenna3 with 

 basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, 

 ascending, second joint much exceeding base of antenna', much 

 thickened with dense rough scales above and beneath, terminal 

 joint very short, loosely scaled, acute. Posterior tibia3 clothed 

 with long hairs. Forewings with 2 from near angle, 7 and 8 

 stiilked, 7 to costa, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 ovate, cilia ^ ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. 



Type venosa Butl. {Topeutis). — 



AEOLERNIS, n. g. 



Head with appressed hairs, sidetufts somewhat raised ; ocelli 

 present ; tongue developed. Antennae |, basal joint elongate, 

 with pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint exceeding- 

 base of antennae, thickened with dense scales rough anteriorly, 

 terminal joint shorter than second, with median scale-projection 

 posteriorly, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed 

 to tongue. Thorax smooth. Posterior tibiae clothed with rough 

 hairs a'.ove. Forewings with tufts of scales on surface; 2 frooi 



