Lord Walsiiii^'liam on .\Hvi>ir Tortrlcidaj. 4G3 



very shortly puboscciit. Palpi short, apprcsscd to the face ; 

 nu'dian joint short and densely clothed, terminal joint short, 

 almost entirely concealed. JLnd slightly rough above. 

 Thorax not tutted. Fore ivingn elongate, narrow at the base, 

 widened outwardly ; costal margin straight, male with a 

 narrow elongate costal fold ; apex rounded, termcn oblique, 

 tornus rounded, dorsum straight, liMil)Us not alMHiptly diliued. 

 Aeuration, 12 veins, all separate; 2 from middle third of 

 cell ; ',\ and 4 ai»proximatc at origin ; (j and 7 separate, but 

 closely approxiujatc at upper angle of cell, 7 to terinen. 

 JJi'nd icings broader than the fore wings, with the termen 

 and dorsum rounded. Neuration, 8 veins ; 3 and 4 connate, 

 5 slightly bent over towards origin of 4 ; 6 and 7 stalked or 

 almost coincident towards their base. Abdomen ( (J ) slender, 

 genital segments concealed within a circular shicdd or pouch, 

 having an aperture of scarcely more than half its size poste- 

 liorly ; uncus present within the pouch. 



794 (1). Crypiaspasma lugubi'Sj F. & R. 



Peuthim? Jvgubris, Y.kV.. Reise Nov. Lp. V. PI. OXXXVIIl. 32 



(1875;'. 



Antennce fuscous. I'alpi dark fuscous. Head dark 

 brownish fuscous. Thorax grey, sprinkled with fuscous. 

 Fore icings dark grey, streaked, mottled, and sprinkled with 

 fuscous and brownish tu.^cous ; costa dark fuscous on the 

 basal half along the fold, spotted with large and small 

 fuscous spots beyond ; an irregular dark tuscous streak runs 

 along th.e lower margin of the cell from the base, extending 

 upwards from the end of the cell, where it contains a small 

 yellow-ochreous spot, and dilated downwards across the fold 

 towards the dorsum about its middle; the outer extremity of 

 this streak is depressed and unites with a sinuous dark 

 brownish tuscous band wiiich crosses the wing from the costa 

 to the dorsum ; this is bowed outwards on its upi)er half and 

 inwards on its lower half, and lies at about one-litth from the 

 termen ; beyond it the grey colouring of the wing is reticu- 

 lated with brownish fuscous, the extreme margin being 

 narrowly brownish fuscous ; cilia brownish cinereous, darker 

 on their basal half. Exp. a(. J 17-25, ? 20-2.3 mm. 

 Jlind wings blownish grey, slightly iridescent ; cilia pale 

 cinereous, slightly darker along their base. Abdomen 

 brownish grey, with a strong and thick cinereous anal tuft 

 concealing the upper edge ot the genital pouch. Legs cine- 

 reous ; hind tarsal joints faintly si)Otted. 



IJub. ^. Bengal— Darjiling, 20 VII. 1»86 {Elwes), 



