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Jm/?/ 15, 1908.] Indian Micro-Upidoptera. ffST 



towards base ; a slender fuscous subterrninal line from | of costa to tornus, 



almost right-angled in middle ; a slender ochreous-brownish line along apical 



sixth of costa, cilia beginning abruptly at its origin : cilia white, with a fine dark 



fuscous line at ^, on outer half with a light brownish patch at apex and two 



spots below this. Hindwings grey-whitish ; cilia white. 



Khasis, in June ; one specimen. A $ from Java, almost certainly of the 



same species, has palpi white, antennae black, lateral margins of face pale 



brownish, expanse 17 mm. 



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Amorbcea, n. g. / / 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufta somewhat spreading ; ocelli absent ; 



tongue developed. Antennae f, in ^ filiform, minutely ciliated. Labial palpi 



very long, recurved, slender, second joint with appressed scales, terminal joint 



nearly as long, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with 



long hairs. Forewings with vein 2 from | of cell, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approxi- 



mated 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex or just beneath, 9 absent, 10 and 11 remote. 



Hindwings over 1, ovate-trapezoidal, cilia ^; 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 



remote, diverging. 



Type A. hepatica. 



Amorbcea hepatica, n. sp. 



$^. 22-26 mm. Head light ochreous-orange. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, 

 toward base somewhat infuscated. AntennEs whitish-ochreous. Thorax 

 brownish-ochreous suffused with prismatic purple-grey, especially in $. Abdo- 

 men ochreous-yellowish, Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; purple-brown ish-ochreous, more purplish towards 

 base ; costal edge finely yellowish : cilia brownish-ochreous. Hindwings and 

 cilia ochreous-yellowish, with a slight fuscous tinge. 



Bombay (Young) ; two specimens. 



Amorhaa alma, n. sp. 



9 • 24 mm. Head light ochreous-orange, face paler. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, 

 base infuscated. Antennae pale yellowish spotted with brownish. Thorax light 

 yellow-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-yellow. Forewings elongate, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; light yellow-ochreous : cilia 

 light yellow-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia light ochreous-yellowish. 



Coorg, 3500 feet, in June (Newcome) ; one specimen. 



Hermogenes, Zell. 



I am now disposed to treat Epichostis, Meyr. as a synonym of this genus, which *'V' y^Vll. 4u^ 



was founded by Zeller on one Indian species, aliferella. To this genus is also 

 referable the species described by me as Chaliniastis melrodelta. I now add *'^' ^ 

 eight additional species. The most important variations of structure are that 

 vein 7 of forewings may terminate in costa, apex, or termen, but usually close 

 to the apex, which tends to be indefinite in position, and that veins 7 and 9 

 are sometimes stalked, asjn Zeller'j^figui-e, but are much more usually separate; 

 in all the species, including aliferella, they appear to be normally separate, though 

 not invariably, with the exception of melanocona, in which they are usually but 



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