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1953. Acrapex leucophlebia, n. sp. 



c? . Differs from Tiamulifera in having no white mark on median 

 nervure of fore wing ; the veins much more prominently pale ; the 

 apical streak less prominent. 



Hab. Nilgiris. Exp. 28-31 millim. Type in B. M. 



Genus ACUTIPENNA, nov. 



Type, A. acuminata, Hmpsn. 



Range. Nilgiris. 



Differs from Acrapex in the apex of the fore wing being very 

 much produced, vein 7 anastomosing strongly with 8 and 9 to 

 beyond the areole ; hind wing with veins 6 and 7 on a long stalk ; 

 vein 5 more developed and from near lower angle of cell. 



1954. Acutipenna acuminata, n. sp. 



Head and thorax reddish and 

 dark brown; abdomen whitish. 

 Fore wing reddish brown, with a 

 prominent white fascia from the 

 base through the cell to the apex 

 and a blackish fascia below it ; 

 veins pale streaked. Hind wing 

 Fig. 155. white. 



Acutipenna acuminata, J. \. Hab. Mlgiris. Exp. 26 mil- 



lim. Type in B. M. 



Genus PHYCIDIMORPHA. 



Phycidimorpha, Hmpsn. Ill Het. ix, p. 103 (1893). 



Type, P. rosea, Hmpsn. 



Range. Ceylon. 



Eyes naked and without lashes; palpi porrect and reaching 

 beyond the frons ; antennsB with long bristles and cilia ; thorax 

 and abdomen without tufts ; tibiae naked and without spines. 

 Fore wing very long and narrow ; the outer margin very oblique ; 

 vein 7 given off after the areole. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 

 on a short stalk; 5 straight and from below centre of disco- 

 cellular. 



1955. Phycidimorpha rosea, Hmpsn. HI. Het. ix, p. 104, pi. 163, 

 fig. 22. 



c? . Head and thorax ochreous white, with slight pink suffusion ; 

 abdomen pale ochreous. Fore wing pale ochreous, almost uniformly 



