TINEID^, 615 



much longer and rougher hairs and bristles than the male, and 

 freaii/era, having the antennae looselj' scaled, should be referred to 

 Mtlaslna, being allied to ti/Iota. 



Trachycentra chlorogramma Mej r. 



1 J , 2 $ seen from Fiji (North). The J agrees well with the 

 Solomon Is. form ; the specimens sent as 5 ot same species have 

 apex of forewings much less pointed, termen less oblique, dark lines 

 much more strongly marked; if these are really sexes of the same 

 species (which is probably correct), then aulacitis ^Meyr. is the 

 Solomon Is. form of the $ of same species. 



Pachypsaltis taxiarcha, n. sp. 



S 5. 12-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather nar- 

 row, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termeu very obliquely 

 rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous or whitish-ochreous, with some 

 scattered blackish scales; about eight small blackish spots on 

 costa, and one on dorsum near base ; first discal stigma obsolete or 

 indicated by some blackish irroration, second large, round, blackish 

 sometimes connected with dorsum rather before it by an indistinct 

 mark of blackish irroration : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwino-s 

 whitish-grey ; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish. 



Ceylon, Puttalam, from August to November {PoU) ; seven 

 specimens. 



Tinissa distracta, n. sp. 



S 15-16 mm., $ 21 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-wdiite, 

 shoulders marked with fuscous. Palpi white, second joint mixed 

 with dark fuscous suffusion, terminal joint with dark fuscous basal 

 and supramedian rings. Antennal ciliations of S 1. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous.. Posterior tibiae ochreous-whitish, apical half 

 with dense rough expanded scales sprinkled with fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; all veins separate ; whitish-ochreous, 

 strigulated with grey ; stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, first discal 

 at |, double, plical rather obliquely beyond it, second discal less 

 marked ; costa from ^ to i white with several variable dark fuscous 

 marks ; some dark fuscous marks along termen : cilia whitish- 

 ochreous, outer half gi-eyish. Hindwings in c? ochreous-whitish, 

 in § grey, apex in both sexes ochreous-whitish mottled with dark 

 grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Assam, Khasis, from October to December and in March ; seven 

 specimens. 



^ PTYCHOXENA, n. g. 



Head with short dense rough scales ; ocelli absent ; tongue 

 absent. Antennae less than g, in 6 shortly bipectiuated on basal 

 half, and moderately ciliated, in 5 simple but becoming stout 



