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March 31, 1914.| Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. rams 
sprinkled with dark-fuscous on basal third. Hindwings grey; cilia light- 
greyish-ochreous. 
Karwar, Kanara, bred in September (Maxwell); one specimen, Larva 
reddish (including head); lives in a white web on midrib of an unknown 
plant, the web being on both sides of the leaf, kept off the surface by 
little pillars of excrement ; the webs on either surface of the leaf are con- 
nected by holes through the leaf itself, and the larva uses these alternative 
abodes as a means of escaping observation, dodging through the holes 
with much agility: cocoon separate, close to midrib, oval, resembling 
a bird-dropping (Maxwell). These singular and interesting habits confirm 
the peculiarity of the type. 
CHcOPHORID. 
Tonica teratella, Walk. 
Pupa erect on its tail, exposed ; found on a leaf of bamboo (Maxwell). 
Cryptolechia arvalis, Meyr. 
Larva greyish-green, head black; feeds between two or more leaves of 
Careya arborea, spun together so as to adhere flatly; pupates in same 
position; abundant in larval stage, but never met with on the wing 
(Maxwell). ’ 
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PHYSOPTILIDE. +10 Or fi 
I propose this new family for the following genus, which at present 
stands isolated as a peculiar type. I suppose it to be a derivative of the 
NXyloryetide, from which it may be technically distinguished by the absence 
of vein 6 of hindwings. 
Physoptila, n. g. 
Head smooth, densely sealed, side tufts erect; ocelli absent; tongue 
short. Antenne %, in ¢ minutely ciliated, basal joint elongate, without 
pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, very widely divergent, second joint 
thickened with dense seales gradually expanded and somewhat rough 
beneath towards apex, terminal joint much shorter than second, thickened 
with loose scales, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Thorax with 
strong posterior crest. Posterior tibiz clothed with dense long rough hairs 
above and beneath. Forewings with tufts of raised scales on surface, apex 
strongly caudate ; 1b long-furcate, 2 from towards angle, 3 from angle, 4 
somewhat approximated to 38, weak, 5 from middle of transverse vein, 6 
absent (obsolete), 8 absent (coincident with 7), 7 to apex, 9 and 10 from 
near end of cell, 11 from middle. Hindwings under 1, subtrapezoidal, apex 
long produced, termen deeply sinuate, cilia 1}; 2 rather eurved, 3 and 4 
very long-stalked from angle, 5 from middle of transverse vein, 6 absent, 
7 to apex. 
Physoptila scenica, v. sp. 
Sd @. 11-13 mm. Head ochreous-whitish; palpi ochreous-whitish, 
terminal joint with more or less indicated fuscous subbasal and subapical 
rings. Antenne whitish, with grey band at 2 and two narrower ones 
towards apex. Thorax whitish, with irregular zigzag light ochreous 
antemedian and postmedian transverse bars. Abdomen whitish-ochreous 
more or less tinged with grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 
apex very long-produced, falcate-caudate, termen concave beneath it, 
then obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish ; an irregular streak of yellow- 
ochreous suffusion along fold throughout, and some irregular lighter patches 
on dorsal area; discal stigmata indicated by undefined spots of yellow- 
ochreous euffusion, sometimes with a few black specks, plical by a short fine 
linear mark of black scales, very obliquely before first discal; a patch of 
raised (probably erectile) whitish scales beneath fold in middle of wing; a 
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