80 PYRALIDJE. 



inner margin, developing into a spot above the margin ; a marginal 

 series of black specks ; a brown line at base of cilia, which are 

 pink-tipped. 

 Hob. Japan ; Dalhousie. Exp. 28-32 millim. 



SECT. II. (Palibothra). Palpi of male with the 2nd joint excised to 

 receive the maxillary palpi, which are minute ; the antennae 

 thickened after the sinus and tuft. 



4360. Nephopteryx fuscogrisella, Rag. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1889 y 



p. ccxix; id. Mon. Phyc. p. 310, pi. xiv, fig. 12. 



2 . Pale grey-brown, slightly irrorated with black. Fore wing 

 with traces of a sinuous antemedial line bent inwards to costa and 

 outwards to inner margin ; a dark speck at lower angle of cell ; 

 an indistinct subuiarginal line bent outwards between veins 5 and 2 ; 

 a marginal series of dark specks. Hind wing whitish tinged with 

 fuscous. 



Hab. E. Africa; Karachi; New Guinea. Exp. 18-22 millim. 



4361. Nephopteryx swinhoella, Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 311, pi. xiv, 



fig. 10. 



2 . Head and thorax pale, thickly irrorated with rufous ; 

 abdomen ochreous. Pore wing pale, thickly irrorated with rufous ; 

 an indistinct obliquely curved antemedial pale line, outwardly 

 edged by purplish ; two dark discocellular specks ; an indistinct 

 purplish submarginal line slightly bent outwards between veina 

 5 and 2. Hind wing semihyaline white; the costal area and 

 margin tinged with fuscous. 



Hab. Rangoon. Exp. 16 millim. 



*4362. Nephopteryx nebulosella, Rag. Mon. Phyc. p. 311, pi. xiv, 

 fig. 11. 



c? . Head and thorax reddish brown ; abdomen ochreous suffused 

 with fuscous. Fore wing elongate ; brownish ochreous, entirely 

 suffused with fuscous except the apical area ; an antemedial pale 

 erect line defined by fuscous at middle and angled inwards on 

 vein 1 ; two obliquely placed indistinct large discocellular spots ; 

 a pale postmedial line bent outwards at vein 5, then oblique. 

 Hind wing semihyaline grey-brown. 

 Hab. Rangoon. Exp. 18 millim. 



SECT. III. Palpi of male with the 2nd joint dilated and hollowed 

 out to receive the brush-like maxillary palpi. 



A. (Thylocoptila). Antennce of male with a large tuft of scales at 

 extremity of basal joint ; mid tibice fringed with long hair ; 

 hind tibice with tufts of long hair from base and at extr< mity ; 

 hind wing with large corneous ridges above and below on vein 

 1 c and inner margin, enclosing deep furrows and witli a small 

 tuft of scales below from base. 



