378 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW ASIATIC [Mar. I, 



Phycodes tortricina, n. sp. 



Fore wing dark cupreous-brown, with a blackish patch on 

 posterior margin towards the base, an indistinct blackish patch on 

 the discal area : hind wing darker, with less-defined yellow basal 

 streak than in P. hirmidinicornis. Underside more uniformly 

 coloured, no yellowish streaks on the discal areas. 



Expanse j4y inch. 



Hab. Canara, S. India ( IFarrf). In coll. F. Moore. 



Phycodes quirts. 



Atyckia quiris, Felder and Rogenh. Novara Voy. iv. pi. 139. 

 f. 36 (1875). 



Hab. S. Africa {Trimen). 



Phycodes minor, n. sp. 



Fore wing cupreous-grey, with a slender cupreous-brown median 

 transverse band : hind wing greyish cupreous ; cilia white. Under- 

 side uniformly brown. Body cupreous-grey ; second joint of palpi 

 white, third joint black ; legs cupreous-brown above, femora be- 

 neath and bands above white. 



Expanse Jg inch. 



Hab. N.W. India; Caragola, Bengal (Atkinson). In coll. 

 F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. 



Phycodes maculata, n. sp. 



Fore wing cupreous-black, very indistinctly speckled with minute 

 grey scales, with several golden-yellow spots on the basal and median 

 areas, and longitudinal streaks on the exterior border : hind wing 

 with a pale yellow linear streak from the base, a slender streak above 

 the anal angle, and three spots on the upper part of the disk ; cilia 

 pale cinereous-yellow. Body cupreous-black, abdomen with slight 

 yellow segmental bands ; palpi black above, pure white at the side ; 

 legs black, femora golden yellow beneath, tarsi with yellow bands ; 

 antennae black. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. Darjihng. In coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. 



Tribe Pyrales. 

 Agastya, n. g. 

 Fore wing very short, broad ; costal margin very convex at the 

 base in male, slightly arched in female ; apex acute ; exterior margin 

 slightly oblique ; first subcostal branch emitted at one half before 

 end of the cell, second very close to the end, third from the end, 

 bifid, the fourth thrown off near the apex, fifth from angle below 

 end of the cell ; discocellular outwardly oblique, bent near the upper 

 and lower end, concave in the middle, radials from the angles ; upper 

 median branch from end of the cell, middle branch from near its 

 end, lower at one third before the end ; cell broad, longest at its 

 lower end ; submedian straight. Hind wing very broad, short, apex 



