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HIEROCROBYLA, n. g. 



Hoad with crown elongate, flat, smooth, forehead with dense 

 projecting tuft between antennae, face smooth, retreating ; ocelli 

 present ; tongue absent. Antennae 1, in c? simple, basal joint 

 enlarged and hollowed beneath to form a large oblong eyecap with 

 rough projecting scales at extremity. Labial and maxillary palpi 

 obsolete. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs above, basal 

 joint of tarsi with a row of long bristles above. Forewings with 

 apex downturned ; 2 from angle, 3-5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked, 

 7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings i, 

 linear-lanceolate, cilia 6 ; 2 separate, 3 and 4 absent, transverse 

 vein absent between 2 and 5, 5 and 6 connate, 7 approximated 

 at base. 



Type [f. orthopi/rrha. Allied to Bedellia, from which ifc differa 

 by the absence of labial palpi. 



Hiei'ocrobyla orthopyrrha, n. sp. 



d" . 8-9 mm. Head silvery -white, tuft ochreous-whitish. 

 Antennae white. Thorax white, shoulders orange. Abdomen 

 whif.e, sides obliquely barred with fuscous. Forewings extremely 

 narrow, parallel-sided, moderately pointed; white; an orange 

 costal streak throughout, deeper posteriorly up to a small round 

 bright deep ferruginous spot before apex, extreme costal edge 

 fuscous from ,| to |, then shortly white ; an ochreous-yellowish 

 dorsal streak from base to tornus : cilia white, on costa dark 

 fuscous, at apex with an .orange bar. Hindwings grey, becoming 

 whitish towards base; cilia grey, becoming whitish towards tips. 



Kanaka, Kavalvad, in February {Maxwell) ; Assam, Xhasis, in 

 December ; two specimens. 



HierocroLyla sporodect's, n. sp. 



c? . 7 mm. Head shining whitish, tuft ochreous-whitish. 

 Antennas white, stalk greyish above. Thorax and abdomen 

 shining whitish. Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex pro- 

 duced; pale ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous; a suffused 

 yellow-ochreous streak, more strongly sprinkled with dark fuscous, 

 along apical third of costa: cilia ochreous-whitish, round apex 

 with a dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings and cilia grey- 

 whitish. 



Queensland, Cairns, in October (Dodd) ; one specimen. 



Bedellia terenodes, n. sp. 



c? . 6 mm. Head white, hairs of crown centrally suffused with 

 pale fulvous-ochreous. Palpi, antennae, and thorax white. Fore- 

 wings lanceolate, apex acutely produced; whitish-ochreous, towards 

 apex sprinkled with grey ; costa and dorsum suffused with white : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings and cilia whitish. 

 VOL. j.—SqH. 1915. 2 a 



