324 EXOTIC MlCROLEriDOPTERA. 



DORODOCA, n. g. 



Jlead smooth ; tongue developed. Antennje i, in S shortly 

 ciliated, basal joint elongate, with slight pecten. Labial palpi 

 very long, recurved, second joint rather thickened with appressed 

 scales, terminal joint as long as second, scaled, acute. Maxillary 

 palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Forewings \vith 

 2 from angle, 3 absent, 5 and 6 out of 7, 7 to costa, 8 out of 7 

 below (5, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings ^, linear-lancolate, 

 cilia 4 ; 2-5 parallel, 6 and 7 short-stalked. 



Probably a development of Pi/roderces. 



Dorodoca chrysomochla, n. sp. 



J 2 . 10-11 mm. Head shining bronze. Palpi light bronzy, 

 terminal joint whitish with dark fuscous lateral lines. Thorax 

 coppery-bronze. Forewings elongate-lanceolate; coppery-hronze ; 

 markings pale violet-golden-metallic, edged with scattered blackish 

 scales ; a short subdorsal streak from base ; moderate direct fasciae 

 at If and middle; an elongate spot along costa at f ; a thick 

 slightly curved streak from above torn us along termen to apex, 

 posteriorly margined above by a patch of blackish suffusion : cilia 

 pale greyish, basal area within a blackish-grey shade pale bronzy, 

 costal cilia suffused with dark grey on blackish apical patch and 

 with whitish before this. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Bengal, Pusa, in June (Fletcher) ; S. India, Cuddapah, 4U00 feet 

 (Campbell) ; two specimens. 



SPIROTERMA, n. g. 



Head smooth, rounded ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae |^, in S moderately and unevenly ciliated, basal joint 

 long, thickened with scales forming a projecting apical tuft in 

 front, with slight pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, 

 second joint somewhat thickened with appressed scales, hardly 

 roughened anteriorly towards apex, terminal joint much longer 

 than second, slightly thickened, acute. Maxillary palpi very 

 short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Thorax with posterior pro- 

 jecting tuft of scales. Posterior tibiae clothed with rough pro- 

 jecting hairs above. Forewings with' rough projecting scales 

 above cilia on middle of dorsum ; 2 from towards angle, n and 6 

 out of 7, 7 to costa, 8 out of 7, 11 from middle. Hindwings i, 

 linear, cilia 6 ; 2-4 remote, parallel, 5 approximated to 6. 6 and 7 

 stalked. 



A development of the following genus. 



Spiroterma caranaea, n. sp. 



c? $ . 10-13 mm. Head ochrcous-whitish, on sides of crown 

 with a few dark fuscous specks. Palpi whitish, with three rings 

 of dark grey irroration on second joint and four on terminal. 



