284 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION 



Cholotis, n. gen. 



Head smooth-scaled; ocelli present; tongue developed. Antennas f , in $ minutely 

 ciliated, basal joint very long. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint thickened with 

 appressed scales towards apex, terminal joint as long as second or somewhat shorter, 

 rather thick, slightly roughened anteriorly, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, 

 appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae rough-haired above. Forewings with 7 and 8 

 out of 6, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings ^ — §■, narrow -lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate, cilia 4 — 8 ; 2 — 5 remote, parallel, 6 and 7 approximated at base. 



Type C. semnostola Meyr. I have hitherto included the species of this genus 

 under Stagmatophora, but now recognise that the different structure of the terminal 

 joint of palpi calls for generic separation. The typical species semnostola occurs in 

 Australia and Africa, probably also elsewhere ; other described species referable here are 

 exodroma Meyr. from Australia, and phalacra Meyr. from Africa, and I have a 

 number of undescribed Indian species, the whole constituting an evidently natural group. 

 Phylogenetically the genus may be regarded as the progenitor of Stagmatophora, 

 probably indicating its connection with Syntomactis. 



51. Cholotis sindonia, n. sp. 



$$. 7 — 8 mm. Head and thorax shining dark fuscous, face paler. Palpi dark 

 fuscous, more or less suffused with ochreous-whitish towards upper and lower margins. 

 Antennae dark fuscous, towards apex white. Abdomen pale grey. Forewings lanceolate; 

 dark purplish-fuscous; a rather broad ochreous-white fascia near base, considerably nar- 

 rowed towards costa; discal stigmata blackish, approximated; a small whitish spot before 

 tornus and similar costal spot opposite to it, second discal stigma lying between these : 

 cilia grey, round apex dark purplish -fuscous. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly; 

 cilia grey. 



Aldabra; four specimens. 



52. Cholotis isotacta, n. sp. 



$. 8 mm. Head pale brownish -ochreous, crown sprinkled with blackish. Palpi 

 pale ochreous, irregularly sprinkled with blackish. Thorax pale brownish-ochreous tinged 

 with fuscous. Abdomen light fuscous. Forewings lanceolate; light brownish-ochreous, 

 indistinctly striated transversely with fuscous, with some blackish strigulae; a blackish 

 transverse line near base ; stigmata moderately large, blackish, plical beneath fii*st discal ; 

 costa suffused with blackish irroration on posterior half; whitish -ochreous opposite costal 

 and dorsal spots at f : cilia pale grey, round apex sprinkled with black points. Hind- 

 wings grey; cilia pale grey, towards base suffused with pale ochreous. 



Mahe, near Morne Blanc, 1000 feet, in October; one specimen. Differs from the 

 nearest Indian species by having plical stigma directly beneath first discal. 



Syntomactis Meyr. 



53. Syntomactis firma, n. sp. 



<??. 10 — 11 mm. Head dark fuscous, forehead and face white. Palpi clothed 

 throughout with numerous whorls of blackish white-tipped scales, apex of second joint 



