Descriptions of Pterophoride and Orneodide. 487 
Platyptilia cretalis, n. sp. 
¢. 21-22 mm. Head, palpi, antenne, thorax, and legs whitish 
(abdomen broken) ; face without tuft ; antenne with blackish line 
above towards base ; palpi with dark fuscous lateral streak ; anterior 
and middle femora and tibie and basal joint of tarsi lined with dark 
fuscous, posterior tibize infusecated beneath towards middle and apex. 
Fore-wings cleft from 3, segments moderately broad, termen concave 
so that apex of each segment appears faleate ; ochreous-whitish, on 
segments slightly tinged or sprinkled with pale brownish ; some 
fuscous scales forming a cloudy dot in disc at 4, and two transversely 
placed close before cleft ; minute dark fuscous dots on costa at } and 
2 of first segment; termen and posterior half of lower margin of 
both segments narrowly suffused with fuscous, and edged with a 
dark fuscous line: cilia ochreous-whitish, with dark fuscous spots at 
both angles of both segments, some fuscous suffusion a little before 
lower angle of both segments, and small blackish scale-teeth on 
dorsum beyond middle and at ?. Hind-wings cleft firstly from 
middle, secondly from 4, segments moderate, apex of second long- 
falcate ; grey; cilia whitish-fuscous, with traces of darker scales 
beyond middle. 
JAPAN ; two specimens. These are not in good order, 
and possibly the dark dorsal scales may be naturally better 
expressed, but the species is a very distinct one. 
Platyptilia empedota, n. sp. 
6 ¢. 20-21 mm. Head brownish, face with moderate roughly 
projecting scales, Palpi dark fuscous, white above and beneath. 
Antennz whitish with a blackish line above. Thorax ochreous- 
whitish, suffused anteriorly and posteriorly with light red-brownish. 
Abdomen whitish-ochreous longitudinally lined with dark brown, 
base whitish, anal valves in ¢ elongate, white, with a brownish line 
on sides. Legs white, banded with brownish, and longitudinally 
lined with blackish. Fore-wings cleft from beyond 3, segments 
moderately broad, termen of first slightly sinuate, rather oblique ; 
red-brown sprinkled with silvery-whitish, suffused with whitish- 
ochreous on costal half anteriorly, and on a streak extending from 
this along middle of second segment to near termen ; a dark reddish- 
fuscous dot in disc beyond 3, and two transversely placed before 
cleft : costal cilia dark fuscous throughout ; remaining cilia grey, on 
termen white with strong black basal line, on dorsum with some 
small scattered black scales. Hind-wings cleft firstly from middle, 
