616 EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOPTEEA. 



towards base, basal joint very short, much thickened with dense 

 scales. Labial palpi moderately long, curved, ascending, second 

 joint clothed with short dense rough scales, above with long rough 

 projecting hairscales, terminal joint very short, loosely scaled, 

 obtuse. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Thorax with posterior crest. 

 Posterior tibia3 rough-haired above. Forewings with small dorsal 

 scale-projection before middle ; 1 h furcate, ii from towards angle, 

 3 and 4 approximated, 5 and 6 approximated, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 costa, 9 and 10 from near 8, 11 from before middle, secondary cell 

 developed. Hindwings over 1, elongate-ovate, cilia g ; 3 and 4 

 connate or nearly approximated at base, 5 and 6 nearly approxi- 

 mated or short-stalked, 7 parallel, costa narrowly folded over on 

 basal half. 



Ptychoxena teplirantha, n. sp. 



S 21-30 mm., $ 36-37 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax 

 whitish-ashy-fuscous. Abdomen elongate, greyish. i'orewings 

 elongate, very narrow, costa anteriorly straight, posteriorly slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; ashy-fuscous 

 suffused with white and very finely sprinkled with dark fuscous ; 

 dorsal edge, basal half of lower margin of cell, median j)arting- 

 vein, and veins 4 and 5 and 1 c excejjt towards extremities very 

 finely lined with dark fuscous; three very small cloudy dark 

 fuscous spots on costal edge towards apex, and two on tornal edge : 

 cilia fuscous sprinkled with whitish and dark fuscous, with dark 

 fuscous subbasal line. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, with purplish- 

 brassy reflections, subhyaline towards base, veins finely dark 

 fuscous, apex and terminal margin sufi'used with fuscous; cilia 

 whitish-fuscous, with fuscous subbasal line, tips at apex dark 

 fuscous. 



Ceylon, Maskeiiya, Kegalle, Padukka, in October, December, 

 and Pebruary {Alston, FoJe) ; Photan, in August {Dudgeon) ; 

 Natal, Umkomaas, in January (Janse) ; VesezO'ELA, Palma Sola ; 

 Fkench Guiana, P. Maroni ; nine specimens. 



Hapsifera scabrata, n. sp. 



^ . 19-20 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish- 

 ochreous, second joint somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous 

 towards apex. Thorax whitish-ochreous, faintly mottled with 

 pale ochreous. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Porewings 

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

 very obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 connate or short-stalked, 8 and 9 

 out of 7 ; whitish-ochreous, indistinctly and sufl'usedly mottled 

 with brownish-ochreous ; some irregular browuish suffusion with a 

 few dark fuscous scales extending through disc from about ^ to |, 

 tending to be interrupted into three patches; discal tufts whitish- 

 ochreous anteriorly, edged posteriorly by some dark fuscous scales ; 

 some indistinct dark fuscous marginal dots round apex and termen : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, somewhat sprinkled with broMuish. Hind- 

 wings whitish-ochreous- grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



pAjruTANA, Ajmere, in July : five specimens. 



