INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 737 



Pachnistis, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; tongue developed. Antennae f, in $ rather 

 thick, serrate, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, re- 

 curved, second joint considerably thickened with appressed scales, terminal 

 joint rather longer than second, stout, compressed, acute. Maxillary palpi 

 rudimentary. Posterior tibia? clothed with rather short rough scales. Fore- 

 wings with lb furcate, 2 and 3 stalked from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 costa, 9 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly sinuate, cilia § ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 tolerably parallel, 6 and 7 

 stalked. 



Allied to ProtolecJiia. 



Pachnistis cephalochva , n. sp. 



5 . 15 mm. Head pale whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second 

 joint dark fuscous except towards apex, terminal joint with two or three dark 

 fuscous scales. Antenna? dark fuscous. Thorax and abdomen rather dark 

 fuscous, paler-mixed. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; rather dark fuscous, sprinkled with 

 light greyish-ochreous : cilia light fuscous, sprinkled with darker. Hindwings 

 fuscous, paler towards base ; cilia light greyish-ochreous, sprinkled with 

 fuscous. 



Bhotan (4,500 feet), in July ; two specimens (Dudgeon). 



Tirisa, "Walk. 



This name supersedes Macrotona, Meyr.; I have recently obtained the type- 

 species from Borneo. 



Tiriza Irigonopis, n. sp. 



$. 21-24 mm. Head and thorax glossy whitish-ochreous, shoulders fuscous. 

 Palpi o:;hreous-whitisb, second joint fuscous except at apex, terminal longer 

 than second. Antenna? ochreous-whitish, thinly ciliated (1£). Abdomen pale 

 greyish, apex whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa slightly 

 arched, subsinuate in middle, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, oblique ; light 

 fuscous or brownish, suffusedly mixed with whitish-ochreous ; a suffused dark 

 fuscous spot on base of costa ; an elongate-triangular dark fuscous patch 

 extending in disc from near base to £ ; an undefined dark fuscous dot beneath 

 costa just beyond this ; a small triangular dark fuscous spot in disc 

 at | ; a pale line, preceded by darker suffusion, from % of costa to A of dorsum, 

 slightly indented above middle : cilia :whitish-ochreous, with a pale fuscous 

 antemedian shade. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Simla, in May ; two specimens (Nurse). 



Lecithocera plocamandra, n. sp. 



$ $. 15-16 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, face paler, frontal fillet white. 

 Palpi whitish-fuscous, terminal joint anteriorly dark fuscous. Antenna? white. 

 Abdomen greyish-ochreous, anal tuft yellowish-ochreous. Posterior tibia? in 

 $ with large expansible tuft of very long pale ochreous-yellowish hairs from 

 base above. Forewings elongate, narrow ; costa gently arched, apex round- 



