572 EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOPTEEA. 



Timyra hydrosema, n. sp, 



c? ? . 10-12 mm. Head and thorax yellow-ochreous or whitish- 

 ochreous, thorax sometimes tinged with fuscous. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, in c? with long expansible hairs above on apical half of 

 second and basal half of terminal joint Abdomen whitish-oehreous. 

 Posterior tibiae whoUj^ clothed with very long roughly erect whitish 

 or yellowish hairs, at middle and apex sprinkled with dark fuscous, 

 in (5 more strongly mixed with blackish anteriorly. Forewings 

 elongate, narrow, costa slightly arched, apex acute, termen faintly 

 sinuate, extremely oblique ; 7 to termen ; ochreous-yellow or 

 ochreous, sometimes tinged with fuscous ; narrow irregular some- 

 times interrupted yellow-whitish or pale yellowish fasciae at -L and 

 beyond middle, and an oblique discal mark between these ; a 

 rather inwardly oblique white transverse line from costa at ^, 

 sometimes edged with dark fuscous irro ration ; a white apical 

 elongate dot, one on costa before it, and two on termen : cilia 

 ochreous-yellowish or whitish-oehreous. Hindwings yellow-whitish, 

 in 6 with basal third of costa clothed with long rough projecting 

 ochreous-brown hairs ; cilia whitish-yellowish. Hindwings beneath 

 in c? with a median longitudinal streak of dark fuscous suffusion 

 on basal half, and some grey irroration round this. 



Kanaka, Ganesh Gudi and Manchikeri, in May [Maxwell) ; 

 CooRG, Dibidi, 3500 feet, from December to February and in May 

 and August [Newcome) ; Mysore, Bababudins, 4500 feet, in 

 November {^FUtcher) ; fourteen specimens. 



MAGONYMPHA, n. g. 



Head smooth, sidetufts raised, spreading, sides of face with long 

 drooping hairscales appressed to tongue ; ocelli present ; tongue 

 developed. Antennae 1, in S simple, basal joint very long, slender, 

 without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint 

 thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as second, 

 slender, acute. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae with 

 median tuft of rough projecting scales, basal joint of tarsi with 

 rough projecting scales above. Forewings with 1 h furcate, 2 from 

 A, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex (or hardly below), 

 11 from middle. Hindwings under 1, triangular-lanceolate, cilia 

 nearly 2 ; 3 and 4 connate, transverse vein obsolete, 5 parallel to 4 

 but obsolete except tow*ards extremity, 6 and 7 long-stalked. 



Nearly related to Timyra. 



Magonympha chrysocosma, n. sp. 



^ 5 . 10-13 mm. Head and thorax light glossy ochreous, in 

 lowland specimens with strong golden-metallic gloss. Palpi shining 

 ochreous-whitish or whitish-oehreous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, 

 on sides mixed with dark grey. Posterior tibiae with median tuft 

 whitish sprinkled with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate-lanceo- 

 late, acute ; bronzy-yellow-ochreous ; four narrow silverj'-white 



