DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTEBA. 733 



Khasis ; in October and November, two specimens. 



Nosphistica, n. g. 



Head smooth; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae £ , in <S with 

 long fine ciliations (4), basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. 

 Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint smooth-scaled, terminal joint 

 as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi short, filiform, appressed 

 to tongue. Posterior tibise rough-scaled above, basal joint of tarsi tufted 

 at apes. Forewings with 3 and 4 out of 2, 7 absent, 8 and 9 stalked. 

 Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal, termen irregularly sinuate, cilia t, costa 

 with projecting scale-teeth ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked. 



A genus of peculiar facies and uncertain affinity, but probably allied to 

 Strobisia ; specially characterised by the costal scale-teeth of hindwings. 



Nosphistica erratica, n. sp. 



3 2 • 15-17 mm. Head dark fuscous, face pale whitish-ochreous, collar 

 tinged basally with whitish-ochreous, probably expansible. Palpi pale 

 whitish-ochreous, second joint with submedian and apical blackish bands, 

 anterior edge of terminal joint blackish. Antennae dark fuscous, towards 

 base ringed with whitish-ochreous, apex and a band towards apex whitish. 

 Thorax dark fuscous, in $ with posterior extremity mixed with pale ochre- 

 ous. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental margins more or less marked with 

 pale ochreous-yellowish, segment 4 with pale ochreous-yellowish spot on 

 sides. Posterior legs whitish, banded with blackish. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight 

 somewhat oblique ; dark purplish-fuscous ; a whitish-ochreous strigula on 

 costa near base, and a transverse series of irregular marks about | ; an 

 irregular transverse spot from dorsum about middle, reaching nearly half 

 across wing, in J whitish, in $ yellowish ; an obscure darker spot in disc 

 at |, more or less edged laterally with whitish ; a small white triangular 

 spot on costa towards apex, and another at tornus: cilia dark fuscous, 

 white on these spots. Hindwings with projecting blackish scale-teeth on 

 costa at ^ and §, termen with an irregular excavation above middle ; dark 

 fuscous ; a white spot on middle of costa, and another before apex ; two 

 rather large blackish spots longitudinally placed in middle of disc, more or 

 less whitish-edged ; cilia dark purplish-fuscous, on lower half of termen pale 

 whitish-ochreous with a blackish basal line which is much thickened at 

 tornus with broad scales, dorsum also with rough projecting blackish and 

 whitish scales. 



Maskeliya and Kandy, Ceylon (Pole, Green) ; in March and September, 

 two specimens. 



Hyptiastis, n. g. 



Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae 

 1, somewhat thickened towards base, in cT with short very fine widely 

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