57-4 EXOTIC MrCEOr.EPIDOPTERA. 



fuscous. Antenufe and abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elon- 

 gate, rather narrow, costa slightly arched, apex tolerably pointed, 

 terinen very obliquely rouuded ; bright deep purple, becoming 

 coppery-bronze on dorsal half from base to beyond middle : cilia 

 deep purple, tips pale greyish. Hindwings blackish ; cilia dark 

 grey, tips grey-whitish. 



Cetlon, Pundaloya [Oreen); one specimen, 



ENTHETICA, n. g. '^- 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae 1, in (S simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint exceeding base of 

 antennae, tufted with long rough projecting hairs towards apex 

 beneath, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary 

 palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with long rough hairs 

 above. Forewings with 1 h and 1 c closely approximated pos- 

 teriorly, 2 from towards angle, angularly bent and connected by 

 bar with 1 c, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from 

 before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-trapezoidal, termen some- 

 what sinuate, cilia 1\ ; 3 and 4 stalked, 5 nearly parallel, 6 and 7 

 long-stalked. 



Enthetica picryntis, n. sp. 



^ . 17-19 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous- 

 whitish, second joint fuscous except towards apex. Antenna) 

 whitish-ochreous ringed with fuscous. Thorax light fuscous. 

 Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, very narrow, 

 costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen faintly sinuate, extremely 

 oblique ; brownish suffused with fuscous and sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous and blackish ; stigmata represented by cloudy spots of 

 dark fuscous or blackish irroration, plical obliquely before first 

 discal, an additional spot on fold between first and second discal : 

 cilia brownish. Hindwings grey-whitish ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



S. India, Ootacamund, 7500 feet, in December {Fletcher) ; two 

 specimens. 



CORTHYNTIS, n. g. -\ 

 Head with appressed scales, sidetufts somewhat raised; tongue 

 developed. Antennae 1, simple, with a small notch at base of 

 stalk, basal joint elongate, with long dense apical tuft of scales 

 anteriorly. Labial palpi very long, recurved, basal joint enlarged 

 and expanded with rough scales above, second joint clothed with 

 very long tine dense hairs forming a very large expanded tuft 

 above, terminal joint shorter than second, scaled, acute. Maxillary 

 palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae clothed with rough hairs above. 

 Forewings with 2 and 3 nearly approximated from angle, 8 and 9 

 out of 7, 7 to termen, 11 from middle. Hindwings over 1, trape- 

 zoidal, termen slightly sinuate, cilia i ; 3 and 4 stalked, 5 absent, 

 7 and 8 stalked. 



