BLASTORASIDJE. — TINKID.T. 599 



Exinotis catachlora, n. sp. 



6 2 ' 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous, terminal joint of palpi somewhat shorter than second, 

 slender, acute. Antennte without basal notch. Forewings narrow, 

 moderately pointed, acute ; whitish-ochreous ; plical and second 

 discal stigmata indicated by small indistinct spots of faint fuscous 

 suffusion : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings whitish-ochreous- 

 grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



S. India, Nilgiris, 3500 feet, in April (Andreiues) ; Cetlon, 

 Madulsima and Kalutara, in June and July (Green, Alston) ; three 

 specimens. 



Holcocera macrotona, n. sp. 



J . 18 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark ashy-fuscous speckled 

 with whitish. Abdomen grey-whitish. Eorewings narrow, 

 moderately pointed, acute ; dark ashy- fuscous, slightly whitish- 

 sprinkled ; discal stigmata small, blackish : cilia light grey, slightly 

 whitish-sprinkled. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



S. India, Nilgiris, 7000 feet, in April (Andrewes) ; one specimen. 

 Certainly distinct from jjulverea by the narrower and more acute 

 forewiugs. 



TINEID^. 



OXYLYCHNA, n. g. 



Head densely rough-haired ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. 

 Antennje 1, in c? simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi moderately long, porrected, slender, second joint 

 with some long projecting lateral bristles towards apex, terminal 

 joint as long as second, hardly pointed. Maxillary palpi long, 

 several-jointed, folded, filiform. Posterior tibiae with appressed 

 scales. Forewings with 1 h simple, 2 from angle, 3 absent, 5-7 

 approximated at base, 7 to costa, 11 from towards base. Hind- 

 wings |, linear-lanceolate, cilia 6 ; 3-5 absent, transverse vein 

 absent, 6 and 7 nearly approximated at base. 



Type pliepsalias Meyr., from Ceylon, formerly referred to En- 

 dophthora, which genus, however, I have since restricted to a 

 single New Zealand species. 



CALLICERASTIS, n. g. 



Head with loosely appressed hairs, side-tufts rough ; ocelli 

 present; tongue absent. Antennae J[, basal joint moderate, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi long, porrected, second joint with several 

 long projecting lateral bristles, rough above and with moderately 

 long rough projecting apical tuft beneath, terminal joint much 

 shorter than second, rough-scaled beneath, hardly pointed. Maxil- 

 lary palpi several-jointed, folded, tolerably filiform, basal joint 



