1 58 MICKOIiEPIDOPTEEA 



Lecithocera xanthophaea n. sp. 



cT 9 18 mm. Head light violet-fuscous, sides of crown 

 ochreous-yellow. Palpi in cf with second joint rather short, 

 terminal joint twice second, stout, compressed and thickened 

 with appressed scales, pointed, pale ochreous ; infuscated 

 towards base; in 9 normal, whitish-ochreous, second joint 

 fuscous except tip, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. 

 Antennae ochreous-yellowish, bases of joints marked dark 

 fuscous above. Thorax fuscous, with more or less developed 

 yellow-ochreous stripe on each side near margin. 



Fore wings elongate, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather 

 obhque ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 9 almost connate ; brownish 

 irregularly sprinkled dark fuscous; a rather broad streak of 

 yellow-ochreous suffusion from base beneath costa to costa 

 near apex, costal edge above it suffused dark fuscous, more 

 strongl}' towards base : in ^T a rather broad yellow-ochreous 

 subdorsal streak from near base to near termen ; first discal 

 stigma moderate, dark fuscous, second forming a narrow 

 transverse dark fuscou.-^ bar extended to costa and dorsum by 

 undefined dark fuscous suffusion ; a dark fuscous terminal 

 line preceded by fuscous suffusion ; cilia yellow-ochreous, on 

 termen outer half whitish-ochreous with a fuscous shade 

 before tips. Hind wings with 3 and 4 stalked ; in (^ grey, 

 in 9 dark grey ; ciha grey. 



Mt. Poi, 4500-5300 feet, Mt. Murud, 6500 feet, six 

 specimens. Nearly allied to hemichrysa, in which the palpi 

 of (f are similarly abnormal, but the terminal joint is flattened 

 and spoon shaped apically. 



Lecithocera grammophanes n. sp. 



9 17 mm. Head glossy giey with bright blue reflections, 

 a yellowish line above eyes. Palpi pale ochreous, terminal 

 joint dark grey anteriorly. Antennae ochreous-yellowish ringed 

 dark grey. Thorax bluish-gi'ey . Fore wings with apex obtuse, 

 termen hardly sinuate, rather oblique ; 7 absent, 8 and 9 

 stalked; dark fuscous; costal, median, and subdorsal blue- 

 leaden-metalhc streaks from base to 1/4, spaces between these 

 suffused orange ; beyond these a narrow straight fascia of 

 ground colour, edged posteriorly by a slender orange line 

 followed by a blue-leaden-metalhc median band dilated dorsally ; 

 second discal stigma forming a transverse pear shaped blackish 

 spot margined orange ; an orange costal streak from middle 

 to 5/6, anteriorly with a small dark fuscous spot followed by 



