226 N0CTTjrDJ5. 



defined by blacldsh scales extending? from near base to beyond the 

 cell, to costa on antemcdial area and down to vein 1 ; postmedial line 

 blackish, punctiform, oblique towards costa and excnrved between 

 veins 7 and 4, a patch of reddish brown suiFusion beyond its medial 

 part extending to termon below apex ; some blackish points on costa 

 towards apex ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia tinged with black 

 and rufous. Hind wing white, the veins and terminal area tinged 

 with brown ; a slight brownish line near base of cilia. 



Hah. Bpkma, Eangoon, 1$; Bokneo, Sarawak (WaTlnee:), 12 

 type Andrapha hasalis. Exp. 18 millim. Type t in Mus. Oxon. 



Genus MICROTHRIPA, nov. 



Type, M. hrtoia. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, tlie 2nd joint reaching about to 

 vertex of head and moderntely scaled, the 3rd moderate; frons smooth ; eyea 

 large, round ; antenna of female minutely ciliated ; thorax clothed almost 

 entirely with scales and without crests ; tibias slightly fringed with hair ; abdo- 

 men with dorsal crest at base only. Fore wing with the apex rounded, the 

 termen evenly curved and not creniilate ; vein 3 from well before angle of cell ; 

 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 from cell. Hind 

 wing with veins 3 and 6 from angle of cell, 4 absent, coincident with 3; 6, 7 

 from upper angle; 8 anastomosing with the cell to middle. 



6482. Microthripa l)ceota. 



Bendrothripa heeota, Turner, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. xxvii. p. 93 (1902). 



$ . Head and thorax grey-white slightly mixed with fuscous ; 

 palpi tinged with brown; abdomen white tinged with brownish 

 ochreous ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen white. Fore wing 

 grey-white slightly suffused in parts with fuscous ; subbasal line 

 black, oblique, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line double, 



Fig. lu.— Microthripa heeota, § . |. 



black, oblique, slightly sinuous : an oblique black striga from middle 

 of costa and black discoidal point ; postmedial line black and oblique 

 towards costa, then very indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then 

 oblique and minutely dentate ; subterminal line indistinct, fuscous, 

 minutely waved ; a terminal series of black points. Hiud wing 

 white, the veins and termen tinged with pale brown. 



Hah. Queensland, Townsville (Dodd), 1 2 • Kvj). 14 millim. 



