388 EXOTIC MICKOLEriDOPTERA, 



S. India, Coimbatore, iu August (Fletcher) ; five speoimous. 

 Yers' interesting from its relationship to some of the crimson- 

 marked African species. 



Oedematopoda flammifera, n. sp. 



5.11 mm. Head shining dark reddish-bronze, colk»r blue- 

 bhickish. Palpi pale ochreous. Antennaj dark indigo-fuscous. 

 Thorax dull reddish, patagia and a posterior spot blue-blackish. 

 Abdomen orange-red, ajjex dark bluish-fuscous. Fore wings elon- 

 gate, narrow, costa sinuate, apex obtuse-pointed, termeu extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; orange-red ; markings violet-blackish ; a very 

 narrow transverse irregular basal mark ; a median fascia, broad on 

 dorsum, narrowed and suffused upwards, not reaching costa ; an 

 apical patch occupying ^ of wing, anterior edge rather oblique 

 inwards from costa, and connected with median fascia by a slender 

 dorsal streak : cilia dark grey. Hiudwings orange-red ; apical 

 third dark fuscous; cilia orange-red, round apical area dark grey. 



Bengal, Pusa, in June (Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



LAMACHAERA, n. g. 



"-" Head smooth, short ; ocelli present : tongue developed. Antenna? 

 (probably over 1) slender, basal joint very long, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi very long, very slender, recurved, terminal joint 

 longer than second, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, 

 appressed to tongue. Posterior tibitie clothed with hairs above, 

 with apical fascicle of several short spines, tarsi with minute spines 

 at apex of joints. Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 friim towards 

 angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hind wings i, 

 narrow-lanceolate, cilia 2| ; 2-4 remote, parallel, 4 and 5 appro xi- 

 nuiled at base, 6 and 7 approximated at base. 



This genus probably indicates the origin of Zaraiha. 



Lamachaera cyanacma, n. sp. 



2 . 19 mm. Head blue-blackish, face whitish-oclireous. Palpi 

 dark fuscous. Thorax dark bluish-grey. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 apex whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa 

 anteriorly nearly straight, posteriorly gently arched, apex pointed, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded; dark fuscous; markings 

 indigo-blue-motallic ; stigmata small, plical somewhat before first 

 discal, Avith some scattered scales round it ; an elongate spot on 

 extremity of fold ; a thick longitudinal streak pointed at both ends 

 from second discal stigma to near apex ; some scattered whitish- 

 5-ellowish scales bstweeu this and costa : cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 basal half suffused with fuscous. Hiudwings dark fuscous : cilia 

 fuscous. 



Philippines, Mindanao, Mt. Apo, G500 feet, in ifay (JJounsei/) ; 

 one specimen. 



