DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



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spots ; a suflFused dark fuscous spot in disc at f : cilia light brownish- 

 ochreous or fuscous, obscurely barred with dark fuscous irroration, 

 Hindwings and cilia rather dark fuscous. 



Ajmere, in July ; three specimens. 



Sa'pheneutis galerita, n. sp. 



J . 16 mm. Head and palpi dark fuscous. Antennse whitish-ochreous,. 

 basal joint dark fuscous, ciliations 2-|. Thorax whitish-ochreous, anterior 

 half dark fuscous. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate^ 

 moderate, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; 7 and 8 separate ; whitish-yellowish ; costal edge dark fuscous- 

 towards base ; a round blackish dot in disc at | : cilia whitish-yellowish. 

 Hindwings and cilia yellow- whitish. 



Sikkim, 4,500 feet, in August (Dudgeon) ; one specimen. Allied to^ 

 S, metacentra. 



Mach(sropteris, Wals. 



Head rough-scaled ; ocelli present ; tongue absent. Antennae under f^ 

 in S very slender, simple, basal joint short. Labial palpi moderate, 

 second joint clothed with long dense projecting tuft of rough scales 

 beneath and expanded bristles or long rough hair scales laterally and at. 

 apex above, terminal joint short, slender, obtuse, ascending, more or less 

 concealed in scales of second joint. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Thorax 

 with posterior crest. Anterior tibiae and tarsi short, posterior tibiae rough- 

 haired above, in S with these hairs usually more or less elongate and 

 expansible. Forewings with numerous tufts and ridges of raised scales 

 on surface ; 2 from angle, sometimes stalked with 3, 7 to costa or apex, 

 separate or stalked or coincident with 8, 9 and 10 sometimes approximated 

 or short-stalked, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate,. 

 cilia \ ; 2-7 separate, 6 and 6 more or less approximated at base. 



Type phenax, Meyr. (y-eceptella, Wals., nee Walk.). This curious genus at 

 first seems to present difficulties, as the obscurely-coloured species have 

 usually no defined markings, and are apparently seldom obtained in good 

 condition ; but on examination of the form of wing and neuration they 

 are found to be really easily determinable. The antennse are unusually 

 short and slight, and I know no other genus of Lepidoptera in which they 

 are so slender and weak in the S • Dasyses, Durr., and Trachycentra, Meyr.,, 

 are allied genera. I give a tabulation of the species based on trustworthy- 

 points of difference : — 



1. Vein 7 of forewings absent . . . , . . tacituma. 



3. 



Vein 7 of forewings present 

 Vein 7 of forewings to apex 

 Vein 7 of forewings to costa 

 Apex of forewings pointed 

 Apex of forewings rounded-obtuse 



2. 

 3. 

 6. 

 4. 

 5. 



