INDIAN MICRO- LEP I DOPTERA. 741 



teriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen rather ob- 

 liquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous ; all veins marked by rather irregular 

 lines of blackish irroration, broadly obsolete towards base and ceasing abruptly 

 near other margins, streak of transverse vein more or less dilated ; an inter- 

 rupted blackish line round apex and termen: cilia whitish-ochreous, with an 

 obscure interrupted fuscous antemedian line. Hindwings whitish-ochreous ; a 

 terminal series of fuscous marks ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Bhotan, Sikkim, in May and June ; three specimens (Dudgeon). 



Epimactis, n. g. 



Head loosely haired ; tongue developed. Antenna? f, in ft strongly ciliated 

 (2), basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second 

 joint with appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, slender, acute. 

 Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs above. 

 Forewings with 1& furcate, 2 from towards angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 31 

 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal-ovate, cilia £ ; 4 absent, 3 and 5 

 approximated at base, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Myriopleura and Trichernis. 



Epimactis monodoxa, n. sp. 



ft 9. 19-23 mm. Head, palpi, antenna?, thorax, and abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous, slightly yellowish-tinged. Forewings elongate, costa moderately 

 arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, 

 yellowish-tinged, towards dorsum slightly tinged with brownish ; discal stigmat 

 fuscous, first minute, second moderate, round: cilia whitish-ochreous. Hin^ 

 wings in ft light grey, in $ whitish-ochreous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Bhotan, in June ; four specimens (Dudgeon). 



CECOPHORID^. 



Lactistica, n. g. 



Head with loosely appressed hairs ; tongue obsolete. Antennae f , in ft 

 strongly ciliated with fascicles (3), basal joint stout, without pecten (?). Labial 

 palpi moderately long, recurved, second joint much thickened with dense rough 

 projecting scales beneath, almost tufted anteriorly, terminal joint shorter than 

 second, moderate, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Abdomen rather 

 elongate. Anterior tibiae and tarsi thickened with dense hair-scales, posterior 

 tibiae and tarsi sometimes greatly elongated. Forewings with tufts of 

 raised scales in disc ; lb furcate, 2, 3, 4 closely approximated from angle, 7 and 

 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from before middle. Hindwings, elongate-ovate, cilia 

 \ ; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 parallel. 



Type L. geranodes. This curious genus is perhaps related to Chimabache. 



Lactistica geranodes, n. sp. 



ft. 47 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen grey mixed with 

 dark fuscous. Legs dark grey, anterior pair mixed with whitish and blackish, 

 posterior tibiae very elongate, tufted with scales towards apex above and 

 externally, posterior tarsi greatly elongate, half as long again as tibiae, at apex 

 with tuft of scales above. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa almost straight, 



