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June 29, 1907.] Indian Micro-lepidoptera. 98q 



Diactenis, n. g. 



Antennae in $ moderately ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint 

 above with rough projecting scales diminishing to apex. Forewings with 

 raised scales on surface ; lb simple, a and 4 closely approximated from angle 

 7 to termen, cell in $ very short and narrow. Hindwings ^ cilia 1| • 3 and 4 

 separate, cell open between 4 and 6. 4 and 5 rising as branches of 'parting- 

 vein from near base, 6 and 7 as branches of upper margin of cell from before 

 _jniddle. 



Apparently allied to Tortrix, but the narrow hindwings with^ng cilia "thT 

 reduction in the cell and consequent increase in length of veins, and the curious 

 scale-distribution make it seem abnormal. 



Diactenis pteroneur a, n. sp. 



S9. 8-10 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-white, more or less tinged with 

 yellow-ochreous. Abdomen grey, apex whitish-ochreous. Forewings suboblong 

 costa moderately arched, more strongly i„ $, apex obtuse-pointed, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, pellucid between veins except towards 

 margins, veins fringed with ochreous and dark fuscous scaler ; a more or less 

 developed suffused spot of ochreous and blackish scales on or towards dorsum 

 at i ; upper half of central fascia more or less defined, ochreous, suffused with 

 blackish on costa ; a more or less indicated curved transverse series of blackish 

 specks in disc posteriorly ; costa posteriorly sometimes dotted with dark 



fuscous : cilia whitish-ochreous, on costa mixed with dark fuscous Hindwinc^s 



pellucid, veins fringed with whitish and grey scales, apex and termen more or 



less suffused with grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Ten specimens, Maskeliya and Madulsima, Ceylon ; Coorg (3,500 feet) ; from 



February to October (Pole, Vaughan, Newcome), 

 Parntorna, n, g. 



Antenna in $ minutely ciliated. Palpi moderate, second joint curved 

 ascending, with tolerably appressed scales, terminal joint moderate oblique 

 Anterior tibiffi and tarsi very short, stout, Forewings with tufts of raised 

 scales, apex obliquely rounded and termen prominent, so that apparent apex is 

 on ve.n 5. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 closely 

 approximated towards base. 



Related to Oxygrapha. 



Paratorna dorcas, n. sp, 



S9. 12-16 mm. Head and thorax reddish-bicwn. Abdomen dark frs 

 cous. Forewings elongate, costa stroT,gly arched thioi-ghout in a continuous 

 even curve from base almost to tornus, somewhat roughened with scales to- 

 wards middle ; varying from pale ..hitish-fuscous to dark red-brown more or 

 less strigulated with ferruginous or variably mottled with reddish-fuscous 

 always with a dark reddish-fuscous streak along costa throughout from base' 

 to tornus ; sometimes a thick dark fuscous streak along dorsum, or a large dark 

 fuscous rounded dorsal blotch extending from base to tornus and reaching 

 more than half across wing ; sometimes some scattered silvery-white dots 



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