600 KXOTIC MTCROLEriDOPTERA. 



rough-scaled. Posterior tibiae clothed with very long fine rough 

 hairs above. Eorewings with 2 from |^, 8 from angle, 7 absent, 

 11 from ^. Hindwings 4, ovate-lanceolate, cilia 1| ; 2 and 3 

 appearing as branches of lower median, 4 absent, cell open between 

 3 and 5, 5 and 6 stalked. 



Callicerastis stagmatias, u. sp. 



2 . 14 mm. Head and palpi pale yellow-ochreous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous, with pale yellow-ochreous })osterior spot. Abdomen 

 dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; blackish ; a pale 

 yellow-ochreous spot on base of dorsum ; an irregular somewhat 

 interrupted silvery-white line from middle of costa to middle of 

 dorsum, edged posteriorly on dorsum by a triangular pale yellow- 

 ochreous spot ; a small silvery-white spot on costa at 4, aud one 

 above tornus : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings and cilia rather 

 dark fuscous. 



Ceyi.on, Maskeliya, in January {Pole) ; one specimen. 



Epactris lotina, n. sp. 



cJ . 11 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish. Antennae 

 ochreous- whitish. Abdomen pale greyish. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 

 rounded ; glossy whitish-ochreous ; a thick dark fuscous streak 

 along costa from base to |, widest at j where it is somewhat 

 angularl}' prominent beneath and reaches nearly half across wing, 

 thence narrowed to extremities : a dark fuscous line along basal 

 third of dorsum ; a small dark fuscous spot on fold beneath middle 

 of wing ; an irregular dark fuscous spot in disc at f, from which 

 proceed undefined longitvidinal lines of dark fuscous mottling above 

 and below middle, connecting with series of irregular small cloudy 

 spots along posterior part of costa and termen ; cilia whitish- 

 ochreous. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish. 



Mtsobe, Bababudins, 4500 feet, in November {Fletchet-) ; one 

 specimen. 



CONIASTIS, n. g. 



Head rough-haired; tongue rudimentary. Antennae |, in c? with 

 very long fine spreading ciliations, basal joint moderate, stout, 

 with strong pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, subasccnding, 

 second joint with rough projecting scales anteriorly aud some long 

 bristles laterally and at apex above, terminal joint as long as 

 second, somewhat loosely scaled, hardly pointed. Maxillary palpi 

 ^evoral-jointed, folded, filiform. Posterior tibiae clothed with very 

 long dense hairs above. Forewings with 1 b simple, 2 from angle, 

 6 and 7 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from 5. Hindwings J, ovate- 

 lanceolate, cilia 1| ; 2 from angle, 2-4 parallel, 5 and 6 stalked, 

 6 to costa, 7 nearly parallel. 



