Genera and Species o/" Pyralidse. 67 



Expanse of wings 16 millim. 



One male in the Zeller collection, without locality, but 

 probably from Calcutta. 



Micreremites rasalis, sp. n. 



Fore wing pale whitish ochreous, rather glossy, almost 

 without any markings ; first line curved at about one fourth, 

 second, rising on the middle of the costa, forms nearly a semi- 

 circle round the obscure reniform stigma, and then runs to 

 the inner margin about the middle. Hind wing with the 

 central dot and second line repeated ; base of fringes in both 

 wings slightly darker. Underside without markings. The 

 subapical indentations in both wings are fainter than in M. 

 fatua. 



Expanse of wings 16 millim. 



One female from Dharrasala. 



LissOPHANES, gen. nov. 



Fore wing with straight costa, curved only a little at base ; 

 apex obtuse- hind margin straight, not very oblique. Hind 

 wing rounded, scaling smooth ; labial palpi porrect, drooping, 

 short ; roughly fringed beneath ; terminal joint pointed ; 

 maxillary palpi small, erect; forehead rounded, rather 

 prominent ; tongue and ocelli, as far as can be seen, absent ; 

 autennse crenulated, pubescent beneath * abdomen short, not 

 exceeding hind wing. 



Type L. ceramica, Warr. 



Lissophanes ceramica^ sp. n. 



Fore wing pale cream-colour, suffused with dull pale olive 

 and dusted in places with greyish atoms ; a black dot at the 

 middle of the base ; a fine black line close to base, formed of 

 three black dots, followed by a paler fascia, which gradually 

 merges into olive and forms the edge of the basal patch, 

 which is margined with blackish and distinctly angulated in 

 the middle ; followed by the cream-white first transverse 

 line ; second line cream-white, forms first a broad curve 

 outward and then a small one above the inner margin ; the 

 central space is dull olive ; the first line is followed and the 

 second preceded by a darker costal spot ; orbicular stigma 

 black on the edge of the first line ; reniform stigma black, 

 with a white patch beyond it ; space beyond second line olive, 

 thickly dusted with cinereous, leaving two small whitish 



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