INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 739 



XYLORYCTID.E.- 



-/Eolanthes, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, side-tufts erect and meeting above crown; tongue 

 developed. Antennas f, stout, flattened, in $ simple, basal joint short, 

 without pecten. Labial palpi long, curved, ascending, second joint thickened 

 with scales, somewhat rough towards apex beneath, terminal joint much shorter 

 than second, thick, pointed. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Thorax with 

 posterior crest. Posterior tibiae rough-haired above. Forewings with anterior 

 costal scale-projection ; 1 b furcate, 2 and 3 stalked from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 

 7 to termen, 9 closely approximated to 7, 11 from middle. Hindwings, 1, tra- 

 pezoidal, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, cilia J ; cell shorter in £ , less than 

 half wing, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 somewhat approximated, 6 and 7 stalked, 

 upper margin of cell curved upwards, but not connected with 8. 



Type ^E. callidora. 



AHolanthes callidora, n. sp. 



$9- 21-24 mm. Head and thorax brown, mixed with ochreous and 

 whitish. Palpi ochreous-brown, terminal joint fuscous, somewhat sprinkled 

 with whitish. Antennas and abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, moderately 

 broad, costa gently arched, with broad scale-projection before middle, apex 

 obtuse, termen rather oblique, in $ nearly straight, in $ more rounded ; deep 

 orange-ochreous, more orange towards costa ; a narrow white median longitu- 

 dinal streak from near base to middle, edged with grey ; space between this 

 and costa broadly suffused with white, towards costal scale-protuberance white 

 mixed with leaden-grey ; a dark red-brown streak along dorsum from near base 

 to f, edged with purplish-grey suffusion, and posteriorly dilated into a triangu- 

 lar spot edged with white ; a transverse discal mark at § and some irregular 

 suffused spots between veins beyond and above this pale yellow ; an oblique 

 white mark beneath costa towards apex and two or three dots beneath it, 

 preceded by some red-brown suffusion ; between this and apex some leaden-grey 

 suffusion beneath costa ; an irregular interrupted white streak along termen : 

 cilia ochreous, mixed with darker and whitish. Hindwings pale greyish-ochre- 

 ous, with fine scattered dark fuscous hair-scales, especially towards tornus : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, towards tornus with fuscous subbasal shade. 



Khasi Hills ; three specimens (Swinhoe). 



JEolanthes rhodoclirysa, n. sp. 



$ . 18-19 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi deep ochreous mixed with fuscous ; 

 subapical ring of second joint and basal, median, and apical rings of terminal 

 joint whitish-ochreous. Antennae ochreous-fuscous. Thorax deep orange- 

 ochreous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa anteriorly 

 moderately, posteriorly gently arched, with broad scale-projection before 

 middle, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, oblique ; deep orange-ochreous 

 suffused with yellow, and partially tinged with crimson ; an oblique spot of 

 crimson suffusion in disc towards base ; a broad curved oblique whitish fascia 

 from costa before middle, suffused with yellowish posteriorly, becoming broken 

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