DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 439 



A development of Homaloxestis. 



Dolichotorna liotlias, n. sp. 



S $. 13-14 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, crown in $ suffused with pale 

 fuscous except on sides. Palpi whitish, second joint infuscated except 

 towards apex. Antennse whitish, indistinctly spotted with fuscous. Thorax 

 ochreous-whitish, shoulders dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex tolerably pointed, 

 termen extremely obliquely rounded ; brownish, somewhat mixed or in $ 

 mostly suffused with ochreous-whitish, somewhat sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous ; very undefined markings formed by darker fuscous suffusion 

 coarsely irrorated with blackish-fuscous, viz., a streak along submedian fold, 

 a cloudy patch in disc beyond middle, and a patch occupying apical fourth 

 of wing : cilia in S ochreous-whitish, in § whitish-brownish, with two dark 

 fuscous shades becoming obsolete towards tornus. Hindwings in $ pale 

 whitish-ochreous, in $ whitish-grey ; cilia pale whitisn-ochreous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole) ; in January and February, three specimens. 



Parelliptis, n. g. 



.Head with appressed scales; ocelli present; tongue developed. An- 

 tennse 1, rather stout towards base, in <$ simple, basal joint moderately 

 elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint 

 thickened with dense appressed scales, slightly rough beneath, terminal 

 joint as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, 

 appressed to tongue. Posterior tibise rough-scaled above. Forewings 

 with 2 from towards angle, 7 absent, 8 and 9 sometimes stalked, 11 from 

 middle. Hindwings slightly over 1, elongate-trapezoidal, apex obtuse, 

 termen slightly sinuate, oblique, cilia almost 1 ; 4 absent, 5 rather approxi- 

 mated to 3 at base, 6 and 7 stalked. 



A development of Homaloxestis. 



Parelliptis scytalias, n. sp. 



<$ . 14-15 mm. Head, antennse, and thorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders 

 narrowly dark fuscous, thorax and crown sometimes with a cloudy fuscous 

 central line. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint dark fuscous except 

 apex, anterior edge of terminal joint sometimes partially dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish-ochreous, suffused with dark fuscous beneath. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous, with some scattered fuscous or dark 

 fuscous specks ; costal edge dark fuscous towards base ; discal stigmata 

 blackish ; a rather dark fuscous streak along dorsum from J to f , broad in 

 middle and narrowed to extremities ; posterior area from second discal 

 stigma pale ochreous suffused with fuscous except towards costa, undefined 

 anteriorly, darker fuscous towards termen, in one specimen whole wing 

 suffused with rather dark fuscous except a rather broad costal streak and 

 a line along submedian fold : cilia pale ochreous suffused with fuscous, at 



