180 PROF, E. B. POULTON ON 



the iieuration, but the pectinate antennae and exserted ovipositor 

 of the female distinguisla this genus from its allies. 



ACHTHINA CTENODES, Sp. U. 



Antennce and ]xd2n cinereous. Head and thorax cinei'eous, 

 with some admixture of fuscous. Fo7'e vjings cinereous, with 

 some admixture of whitish, clearly and distinctly, but irregularly 

 strigulate witli blackish, to the number of about 12 or 13 complete 

 lines, some reduplicate in part and with paler intei'mediate lines ; 

 cilia cinereous with a fuscous line near their base, and another 

 toward their tips. E.vp. al. 20 mm. Hind tvings fuscous; cilia with 

 a pale line near their base. Abdomen fuscous. Legs cinereous. 



Type 2 (7256), Drnt. Det. 



1908 : Sept. 18,-1 § ; Sept. 27,-1 $ (tj^pe). 



Melasina Bdv. 



Melasina psephota, sp. n. 



Antennce whitish ochreous, spotted with fuscous ; male pecti- 

 nate 5. Palpi, moderate, densely scaled ; whitisli ochreous mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Head whitish ochreous.^ Thorax whitish 

 mixed with dark fuscous ; with a dark fuscous ' tuft posteriorly. 

 Fore ivings elongate, costa somewhat arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded, with 12 veins, all separate; chalky white, 

 strigulate and shaded with fuscons, and with the transverse mark- 

 ings more or less continuously edged with blackish ; a fuscous 

 basal patch, slightly angulate outward on the fold, is edged with 

 dark fuscous except on the costa and dorsum, there is however a 

 dark costal spot before the end of the patch with some trace of 

 dark spots crossing the wing ; at one-third from the base a more 

 or less irregular, outwardly oblique, fuscous fascia crosses the wing, 

 generally widening out from the costa and narrowing below the 

 fold, with outward extension above the fold in the direction of a 

 dark fuscous spot at the end of the cell, occurring on an oblique 

 fuscous fascia extending, more or less conspicuously, fiom costa to 

 tornus — in some specimens this fascia is connected with a fuscous 

 costal patch preceding the apex ; cilia chalky white, with two 

 fuscous parting lines more or less interrupted by four or five 

 whitish bars. Fxp. al. c? 21-24 mm., $ 34 mm. Hind vnoigs 

 pale fuscous ; cilia whitish, with a fuscous line neai- their base. 

 Abdomen fuscous ; female with long exserted ovipositor. Legs 

 pale fuscous ; anterior and median tarsi barred Vv'ith dark fuscous. 



Type c? (7260); $ (7261), Drnt. Det. 



1909 : Jan. 19,-1 cJ ; Feb. 16,-1 d ; Feb. 17,-1 J ; Feb. 19, 

 —1 6 ; Feb. 20—1 d ; Feb. 21,-1 d ; Feb. 22,-1 d ; Feb. 27,— 

 1 d ; Mar. 9,-1 d ; Mar. 10,-1 c? ; Mar. 13,-2 6 ; Mar. 14,-1 $ 

 (type); Mar. 20,-1 c? ; Mar. 26,-1 c? (type). 



Closely allied to recondita Drnt., but the hind wings are 

 distinctly broader and the termen is more erect above vein 3, 

 where there is a slight angle, not noticeable in recondita which 

 has the wings narrower and more pointed. 



