INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 777 



OECOPHORID.E. 



Tonica terntella, Walk. 



Pupa erect on its tail, exposed; found on a leaf of bamboo (Maxwell). 



Cryptolechia arvalis, Meyr. 



Larva greyish-green, head black ; feeds between two or more leaves of 

 Carey a arborea, spun together so as to adhere flatly ; pupates in same 

 position ; abundant in larval stage, but never met with on the wing 

 (Maxwell). 



Physoptilid^. 



I propose this new family for the following genus, which at present 

 stands isolated as a peculiar type. I su^jpose it to be a derivative of the 

 Xyloryctid(£, from which it may be technically distinguished by the absence 

 of vein 6 of hindwings. 



Physo2)tila, n. g. 



Head smooth, densely scaled, side tufts erect ; ocelli absent ; tongue 

 short. AntennEe f, in S minutely ciliated, basal joint elongate, Avithout 

 pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, very widely divergent, second joint 

 thickened with dense scales gradually expanded and somewhat rough 

 beneath towards apex, terminal joint much shorter than second, thickened 

 with loose scales, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentai-y. Thorax with 

 strong posterior crest. Posterior tibite clothed with dense long rough hairs 

 above and beneath. Forewings with tufts of raised scales on surface, apex 

 strongly caudate ; 1 b long-furcate, 2 from towards angle, 3 from angle, 4 

 somewhat approximated to 3, weak, 5 from middle of transverse vein, 6 

 absent (obsolete), 8 absent (coincident with 7), 7 to apex, 9 and 10 from 

 near end of cell, 11 from middle. Hindwings under 1, subtrapezoidal, apex 

 long produced, termen deeply sinuate, cilia 1^ ; 3 rather curved, 3 and 4 

 very long-stalked from angle, 5 from middle of transverse vein, 6 absent. 

 7 to apex. 



Physoptila scenica, n. sp. 



S $ . 11-13 mm. Head ochreous-whitish ; palpi ochreous-whitish, 

 terminal joint with more or less indicated fuscous subbasal and subapical 

 rings. Antennte whitish, with grey band at § and two narrower ones 

 towards apex. Thorax whitish, with irregular zigzag light ochreous 

 antemedian and postmedian transverse bars. Abdomen whitish-ochreous 

 more or less tinged with grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex very long-iDroduced, falcate-caudate, termen concave beneath it, 

 then obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish ; an irregular streak of yellow- 

 ochreous sufl'usion along fold throughout, and some irregular lighter patches 

 on dorsal area ; discal stigmata indicated by undefined spots of yellow- 

 ochreous suflusion, sometimes with a few black specks, jDlical by a short fine 

 linear mark of black scales, very obliquely before first discal ; a patch of 

 raised (probably erectile) whitish scales beneath fold in middle of wing ; a 

 slightly projecting tuft of raised scales on middle of costa, preceded by a 

 blackish dot, from about which proceed two very oblique obscure pale 

 ochreous streaks running together into apex ; an irregular transverse 

 brown blotch on costa at §, reaching rather more than half across wing, 

 crossing these : cilia whitish-ochreous, at base beneath apical prominence 

 with a few black specks. Hindwings grey, thinly scaled and subhyaline in 

 disc and towards base ; cilia light-greyish-ochreous. 



Karwar, Kanara, bred in July ( Maxwell ); four specimens. Larva feed- 

 ing internally in young ( but not quite new ) shoots Careya arborea ; can be 

 detected by excrement protruded in a bunch from the original entrance- 

 hole in stem (Maxwell). 



