106 Lord Walsingham on 



the ? simple. Palpi, $ , long, recurved, above the crown thickly 

 clothed with long diffuse ochreous hair-like scales 011 the upper 

 side to the end of the rather stout, pointed apical joint, which is 

 two-thirds the length of the second joint ; in the $ very slender 

 and naked. Head ochreous, thickly tufted above the eyes. Thorax 

 ochreous. Fore wings ochreous, faintly and delicately shaded 

 with brownish ochreous on the basal and outer thirds of the wing- 

 length ; two faintly indicated brownish ochreous discal spots, one 

 at the end of the basal third, the other at the commencement of 

 the outer third, precede and follow the paler central space ; cilia 

 ochreous. Hind luings delicately fringed with pale hairs on the 

 upper side of the subcostal vein ; pale ochreous, narrowly bordered 

 in the $ around the apex and apical margin with brownish 

 ochreous ; cilia very pale ochreous. Abdomen pale brownish 

 ochreous. Legs pale ochreous ; the joints above the spurs tufted, 

 above the first pair strongly, above the second pair less con- 

 spicuously, with brush-like tufts, ochreous, with a bronzy-brown 

 band running across their outer ends. Exp. al. 14 15 mm. 



Hob. Bathurst (Gambia), Mr. G. T. Carter; three 

 specimens. 



Type, dT ? , Mus. Wlsm. 



This genus appears to belong properly to the Indian 

 region ; it has occurred in Ceylon, and I believe also in 

 India. This species is closely allied to Timyraphycisella, 

 Wkr. 



APILETRIA, Ld. 

 [PI. v., fig. 42 ; PL vii., fig. 82.] 



Apiletria acutipenuis, sp. n. 



Antenna simple, two-thirds the length of the fore wings ; basal 

 joint elongate, slightly enlarged ; dull cinereous. Palpi recurved; 

 second joint long, stout, and compactly clothed; apical joint 

 short, slender, acute ; whitish cinereous above, sprinkled with 

 dusky scales beneath. Haustellum rather short. Ocelli obsolete. 

 Head smooth, greyish cinereous. Thorax stout, smooth ; cinereous, 

 anteriorly shaded with dark grey, a whitish line dividing its anterior 

 margin from the head. Fore wings lanceolate, acute ; costal mar- 

 gin slightly convex, especially towards the base, extreme apex 

 rounded, apical margin very oblique, anal angle obsolete, dorsal 

 margin somewhat bulged near the base ; pale cinereous, sparsely 

 sprinkled with elongate fuscous scales, much shaded along the 

 costal margin and on the dorsal margin about the obsolete anal 

 angle with brown and greyish fuscous; with two small fuscous 



