p be 
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Head with loosely appressed scales; ocelli absent; tongue developed. 
Antenne 3, in @ moderately fasciculate-ciliated (12), peal joint moderately 
elongate, without pecten, Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened 
with dense somewhat rough scales beneath, terminal joint as long as second, 
slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue, 
Posterior tibiee clothed with rough hairs above, Forewings with 2 and 4 long 
stalked, 3 absent, 5 closely approximated at base, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex, 
11 from middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovaie, cilia }; 3.and4 stalked, 5-7 
tolerably parallel. 
Belongs to the group of platatta: but i specially distinguished by the peculiar 
nervation 1 of forewings, —_—_—_——___ 
~~ Anchonoma «eraula, n. Sp. 
SQ. 21-28 mm, Head and thorax whitish-ochreous or pale greyish- 
ochreous, mixed with dark fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second and 
terminal joints variably sprinkled or suffused with dark fuscous except towards 
apex. Abdomen pale ochreous, sides tinged with fuscous. Forewings elon- 
gate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, 
oblique ; lower margin of cell sinuate and somewhat ridged beneath towards 
pase, especially in ¢, aspace above this tending to be thinly scaled; pale 
greyish-ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous ; a small spot of dark 
fuscous suffusion on base of costa ; stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, first discal 
somewhat elongate, plical hardly beyond it, second discal approximated, in 
middle of wing; a cloudy pale subterminal line, sharply indented beneath 
costa, edged posteriorly with dark fuscous suffusion : cilia pale greyish-ochre- 
ous, with broad somewhat interrupted antemedian shade of dark fuscous 
suffusion. Hindwings light grey, paler and somewhat ochreous-tinged ante- 
viorly ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal line. 
Khasis, in September ; also from W. China; four specimens. Superficially 
very like Borkhausenia pseudospretella, and tach be everloak et accordingly, 
though structurally very distinct, 
Nephogenes fugax, 0. sp. 
OQ. 21-22 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, and thorax grey. Abdomen 
brownish-ochreous, segmental margins pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings 
elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen extremely 
obliquely rounded ; light grey, slightly brownish-tinged, irregularly sprinkled 
or irrorated with dark fuscous, sometimes forming lines on veins towards costa 
posteriorly ; a spot of blackish irroration on base of costa ; stigmata blackish, 
plical rather beyond first discal ; a subterminal bent series of dots of black 
irroration close to termen and posterior part of costa: cilia light greyish, 
towards base sprinkled with dark fuscous. Hindwings light grey ; cilia ochre- 
ous-grey- whitish. 
Palni Hills, 6,000 feet (Campbell) ; three specimens, The genus Nephogenes 
is of some extent in Australia ; this is the first species recorded elsewhere, but 
scems normal in every way. I have howeyera nearly allied species (un- 
described) from Celebes, 
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