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Forewings with 1 b furcate, 2 and 3 stalked from angle, 7 and 8 

 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, 

 elongate-ovate, cilia f ; 2-4 parallel, 5 and 6 approximated at base, 

 7 parallel. 



Hypophrictis inceptrix, n. sp. 



d • 14-17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax pale greyish- 

 ochreous, second joint of palpi dark fuscous except apex, shoulders 

 with a dark fuscous spot. Abdomen pale ochreous-grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; pale greyish- 

 ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, costa more or less strigulated 

 with dark fuscous ; small irregular cloudy dark fuscous spots on 

 costa at base and -1-, above dorsum at •^, in middle of disc, on dorsum 

 towards tornus, and in disc towards apex, and a larger subtri- 

 angular dark fuscous spot on costa beyond middle ; a marginal 

 series of large dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and 

 termen : cilia pale greyish -ochreous, with interrupted median shade 

 of fuscous irroration. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous, 

 with greyish median shade. 



Kanaka, Karwar, in August (Maxivell); Ceylon, Haputale, in 

 April [Alston) ; three specimens. 



PLATTSCEPTRA, n. g. 



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

 in J very broadly and flatly compressed, simple, basal joint short, 

 without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, subascending, second joint 

 densely tufted with rough hairscales beneath, with numerous long 

 lateral bristles, terminal joint somewhat shorter than second, 

 slender, with appressed scales, obtuse. Maxillary palpi obsolete. 

 Posterior tibise shortly rough-scaled above. Forewings with 1 b 

 furcate, 2 from angle, 7 to apex, 11 from ^. Hindwings 1, elon- 

 gate-ovate, cilia 1^ ; 2 remote from angle, 3 from angle, 3-7 

 parallel. 



Allied to MyrmecozeJa. 



Platysceptra aestuans, n. sp. 



cJ . 16 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen fus- 

 cous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly oblique ; bronzy- 

 fuscous, mixed and sufl'usedly mottled with dark fuscous : cilia 

 light fuscous, with three darker shades. Hindwings dark fuscous ; 

 cilia grey, with dark fuscous subbasal shade. 



Kanaka, Yellapur, in March [Maxwell) ; two specimens. 



Myrmecozela latibularis, n. sp. 



cJ . 17-20 mm. Head dark fuscous mixed with whitish. Palpi 

 whitish-ochreous sufiusedly mixed with dark fuscous. Thorax 

 dark fuscous, slightly pale-sprinkled. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. 



