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CHARACOMA.— DILOPHOTHRIPA. 939 
with a faint brownish tinge, the veins of terminal half brown, the 
termen with slight brown suffusion ; cilia white with a brownish 
line through them from apex to vein 2. 
Hab. Burma, E. Pegu (Doherty), type tT Q in Coll. Rothschild. 
Exp. 32 millim, 
6502. Characoma deleta. (Plate CLXXX. fig. 20.) 
Pardasena deleta, Hmysn. A. MN. H. (7) xvi. p. 541 (1905). 
g. Head and thorax pale ochreous ; abdomen whitish tinged 
with ochreous. Fore wing pale ochreous brown ; very indistinct 
sinuous antemedial and medial lines; traces of a diffused postmedial 
line excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique; traces of a sub- 
terminal series of dark points; the termen rather darker. Hind 
wing semihyaline white, the terminal area tinged with brown. 
Hab. Perv, Callao (J. J. Walker), 1 $ type. Hap. 22 millim., 
6503. Characoma ferrigrisea. (Plate CLX XX. fig. 21.) 
Pardasena ferrigrisea, Hinpsn. A. M. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 541 (1905). 
g. Head, thorax, and abdomen grey tinged with pale iron-brown. 
Fore wing grey suffused with iron-brown ; an indistinct subbasal line 
from costa to submedian fold, excurved below costa, then incurved ; 
antemedial line brown defined by white on inner side, minutely 
wayed, oblique from costa to submedian fold where it is obtusely 
angled; a slight discoidal point ; postmedial line brown defined by 
white on outer side, minutely waved, oblique from costa to vein 6, 
excurved to vein 4, then incurved; subterminal line indistinct, 
diffused, dark, excurved at vein 7 and middle: a te:minal series 
of minute points. Hind wing grey suffused with pale brown, the 
basal area slightly paler; cilia grey ; the underside paler. 
Hab. Gameta, Bathurst (Carter), 1 3 type. Exp. 18 millim. 
Genus DILOPHOTHRIPA. Type 
Dilophothripa, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soe. xi. p. 452 (1896). chrysorrhea, 
- Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, the 2nd joint reaching to 
above vertex of head, broadly fringed with hair behind, moderately in front, 
the 8rd jomt moderate; frons smooth, with tuft of hair and tuft above it 
between antennz; eyes large, round, antennz of male almost simple; thorax 
clothed almost entirely with scales, the metathorax with depressed crest ; tibix 
slightly fringed with hair; abdomen with small dorsal crest at base only, 
Fore wing long and narrow, the costa arched near base, the apex rounded, the 
termen evenly curved and not crenulate; vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 
4,5 from angle; 6 from below upper angle; 7 from angle; &, 9, 10 stalked ; 
11 frem cell. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent; 6, 7 froin 
upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle. 
