602 EXOTIC MTCKOLEPIBOPTEr.A. 



is probablj' the other sex of this species, but has vein 3 of hind- 

 wings present (as noted above), and distinct dark fuscous dots on 

 forewings in disc at | and on tornus. 



PERISTACTIS, n. g. 



Head rough-haired ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antennae i, 

 in c5" rather stout, compressed, simple, basal joint moderate, with 

 pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, subascending, with appresscd 

 scales, second joint with some long apical bristles above, terminal 

 joint shorter than second, hardly pointed. Maxillary palpi several- 

 jointed, folded, filiform. Posterior tibiae clothed with long fine 

 hairs above. Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 from angle, 6 absent, 

 7 to costa, 11 from near base. Hindwings |, ovate-lanceolate, 

 cilia 1^ ; 2-4 parallel, 5 and 6 stalked, 6 to termen, 7 parallel. 



Peristactis taraxias, n. sp. 



d 2 • 11-14 mm. Head whitish. Palpi dark fuscous, apex 

 of joints white. Thorax whitish tiuged with greyish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 moderately arched, apex pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; 

 white, with minute scattered dark fuscous specks, and also with 

 some small scattered blackish dots suffused with pale ochreous ; 

 small ochreous spots irrorated with blackish on costa beyond |, 

 at middle, and before | ; a blackish dot surrounded by pale 

 ochreous suff'usion in disc before middle ; a round spot of palo 

 ochreous suffusion in disc at ^, edged anteriorly with some blackish 

 scales: cilia white, with some blackish scales towards base. Hind- 

 wings grey, paler anteriorly ; cilia pale grey. 



Ceylon, Puttalam (Pole) ; Coorg, Dibidi, 3500 feet (JVeiucome) ; 

 Kanaea, Supa (Maxivell) ; in March and April, three specimens. 



Macraeola inquisitrix, n. sp. 



S $ . 9-10 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen pale 

 greyish-ochreous, shoulders dark fuscous. Forewings lanceolate, 

 acute ; 6 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa ; pale greyish- 

 ochreous, strewn with coarse dark fuscous scales ; a cloudy dark 

 fuscous spot on base of costa, one on fold towards base, and one 

 in disc at | : cilia whitish-grey-ochreous, coarsely sprinkled with 

 dark fuscous towards base. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish- 

 grey. 



Bengal, Pusa, in April and August, bred from larva feeding on 

 dead wasp (FlctcJicr) ; two specimens. 



Crypsithyris spelaea Meyr. 



Mr. Fletcher has obtained better examples from the same 

 locality ; although very pale in colouring, the species should not 

 be termed colourless ; the hindwiugs ought to have been described 



