642 Pieter C. T. Snellen on a 



[Moore's figure does not show the two bands across 

 the wings at all. — H. J. E.] 



Genus Brihaspa, Moore, P. Z. S., 1867, p. 666. 

 242. Brihaspa atrostigmatella. 

 Briaspa atrostigmatella, Moore, P. Z. S., 1867, p. 666, 

 pi. 33, f. 13 ; Felder & Piogenh., Novara, ii., 2, 

 pi. 98, f. 19; S. &C., No. 4657. 

 Sikkim ; Moller. Darjeeling, August ; H. J. Elwes. 



Genus Scirpophaga, Treitschke, Schmett. von Europa, 

 ix., i., p. 55 ; Zeller, Chil. et Cramb. gen. et spec, 

 p. 1. 



243. Scirpophaga aurifiua. 

 Scirpophaga aurifiua, Zeller, I. c, p. 1 ; Moore, Lepid. 



of Ceylon, p. 387. 

 A male. A second specimen differs from the other by 

 the presence of a black discal dot on fore wings ; the 

 under side of these wings is also not suffused with grey ; 

 the other characters are the same. Perhaps a distinct 

 species, but as it is somewhat rubbed, and the palpi are 

 in bad condition, I abstain from giving it a name. 

 Sikkim; Moller. 



Genus Chilo, Zincken, Zeller, Chil. et Cramb. Gen. et 

 Species, p. 6. 



244. Chilo ? amhiguelliis, nov. spec. (PL XX., fig. 4). 



Two males of 37 and 43, two females of 42 and 53 mm. expanse. 



Though this species has, in its general aspect, some resemblance 

 with our Em'opean (Jhilo pliragmitellus, and looks like a stout species 

 of that genus, yet there exist many divergencies. Firstly, with 

 regard to the nervulation, vein 8 of hind wings is free, vein 11 of 

 fore wings oblique, vein 7 short-stalked with veins 8 — 10, vein 3 

 comes from a point with 4 and 5, not emerging between 2 and 4, 

 as in Chilo, and the disco-cellular of hind wings is much less 

 oblique. The rostriform palpi have only the length of the thorax, 

 and the female abdomen is obtuse, with a short anal tuft, as in 

 Schoenobius gigantelliis ? . The inner margin of the discoidal 

 cell of hind wings is ciliated on the upper side. Possibly the right 

 place of the species might be near Cledcobia. Antennae hardly as 



