Lord Walsinc'liam on Asiatic TortriciJae. 33j 



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Pelatea, Gn. 

 1030 (1). Pelatea bicolur, sp. n. 



Antennae fuscous. Palpi moderate, porrecl, median joint 

 closely scaled, more thickly above than below, terminal joint 

 short, exposed ; fuscous, terminal joint tipped with ochreoud. 

 Head and t/iurax fuscous. Kore win(/s with a basal patch 

 occu|)yiiig one-fourth, its outer niar<^in straight, blackish 

 fuscous; a broad yellow ochreous band across the middle, its 

 inner and outer edges both straight, whitish on its inner side 

 and with a narrow whitish line along its outer margin, with 

 three minute fuscous costal dots and two or three also on the 

 dorsum ; the apical third of the wing dark brownish fuscous, 

 sjn-inkled with shining greyish fuscous, especially about its 

 margins; cilia shining greyish fuscous, a slender pale line 

 along their base. Exp. al. 12'5 mm. Iliud wings greyish 

 brown ; cilia slightly paler. Ahdomen greyish brown, [jegs 

 cinereous. 



T>/pe, S (70167, Japan); ? (70168) Mus. Wlsm. 



iA/ A. Japan [Prijer, 188(5). Assam — Kohima (Naga 

 Hills), 4700 feet, VI. 1889 {Doherty). Six specimens. 



Hystrichoscelus, gen. no v. 



{Z(TTpi^ = fi porcupine; a-KeXos = a leg.) 



'i'ype, S ? J Jfijstrichoscelus spal/ianum, Wlsm. 



.<4H/en/ice ((5" ) slightly ciliate. Palpi short, recurved, ap- 

 pressed to the face ; median joint somewhat coarsely scaled 

 beneath, terminal joint short, porrect, exposed. Head rough 

 above. Thorax with a moderately erect tuft posteriorly. 

 Fore wings of moderate width, costa slightly convex, cT ^^ith 

 a weak costal fold ; termen slightly oblique, scarcely im- 

 pressed, tornus rounded. Neuration : 12 veins, all scjiarate ; 

 7 to termen ; 3 somewhat recurved upwards. Hind icings 

 broader than the fore wings ; termen and dorsum evenly 

 rounded. Neuration : 8 veins ; 3 and 4 stalked ; 5 mode- 

 rately straight, not closely approximate to 4 at base ; 6 and 

 7 separate, but closely approximate at base, sometimes almost 

 coincident. Ahdomen {^) with a rather long anal tuft. 

 Legs : J, hind tibiie clothetl with long hairs above, stretching 

 to the niiddle of the tarsal joints, but not so densely packed 

 as in Phitcasiophora, Grt. : $ , hind tibiie slightly clothtul 

 above. 



This genus is apparently allied to HelictophaneSy Meyr., 

 from which it differs in emitting vein 7 to tlie termen and 

 also probably in the more extended clothing of the hind 

 tibiai. 



