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Genus NIpHOSTOLA. 
Niphostola, Hmpsn., Moths Ind., iv., p. 222 (1896). 
Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint thickly scaled and reaching 
vertex of head, the 3rd minute and blunt; maxillary palpi well 
developed and slightly dilated with scales; frons rounded ; an- 
teune of male somewhat thickened and flattened ; tibizw with the 
spurs long and equal. Forewing with the apex rounded ; vein 3 
Qa 
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Niphostola micans, ¢, + (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 
from before angle ; 7 straight and well separated from 8, 9, 10 ; 
the inner niargin slightly lobed at base. Hindwing with the costa 
lobed at base ; veins 3, 4,5 from angle of cell; 6, 7 from upper 
angle, 7 anastomosing with 8 almost to apex or becoming coinci- 
dent with it. 
NIPHOSTOLA MICANS, Hmpsn., Moths. Ind., 
Uo, [Oe Lae Assam. 
Genus PERISYNTROCHA. 
Perisyntrocha, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1894, 
p- 469. 
Palpi upturned and reaching vertex of head, the 2nd joint 
slightly scaled in front, the 3rd naked and obtuse ; maxillary palpi 
filiform ; frons rounded ; antenne annulated with rings at the 
Perisyntrocha ossealis, ¢, + (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 
joints ; legs long and slender, the spurs long. Forewing long and 
narrow, vein 3 from angle of cell; 4, 5 on a long stalk ; 7 straight 
and well separated from 8,9, 10. Hindwing with vein 3 from 
angle of cell; 4, 5 on a long stalk ; 6, 7 from upper angle. 
