798 CATALOGUE OF 



Genus 88. TINGENTERA. 



Mas. Corpus gracile. Proboscis brevis. Palpi capitis lati- 

 tudine duplo longiores. Antennae submoniliformes, glabrae, alis 

 anticis longiores ; articuli cyathiformes. Pedes laeves, sat validi, 

 metatarsis posticis tibiisque subfimbriatis, calcaribus longissiinis. 

 Alae anticae elongatae, sat angustae, apice subrotundatae, margine 

 exteriore eonvexo perobliquo. 



Male. Body slender. Proboscis short. Palpi smooth, slender, 

 curved, ascending, more than twice longer than the breadth of the 

 head ; third joint setiform, less curved and a little shorter than the 

 second. Antennae stout, smooth, submoniliform, tapering from the 

 base to the tips, longer than the tore wings ; joints cyathiform. 

 Legs smooth, rather stout ; tibiae and hind metatarsi slightly fringed ; 

 spurs very long. Wings elongate, rather narrow. Fore wings 

 slightly rounded at the tips ; costa straight ; exterior border convex, 

 very oblique. 



1. TlNGENTERA MELIORELLA. 



Mas. Chalybcea ; palpi pedesque aurato-flavi ; antennce fascia 

 subapicali alba; ala? antica vitta fasciisque duabus ochraceis. 



Male. Chalybeous. Palpi and legs gilded yellow. Antennae 

 with a broad white baud near the tips. Fore wings with an ochra- 

 ceous costal stripe and with two ochraceous bands, the stripe 

 decreasing in breadth from the base to the tip. Length of the body 

 3^ ? lines ; of the wings 9 lines. 



Sarawak, Borneo. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Genus 89. TIPHA. 



Mas. Corpus laeve, squamosum, sat robustum. Proboscis 

 mediocris. Palpi laeves, graciles, ascendentes, capitis latitudine 

 duplo longiores ; articulus 2us valde arcuatus ; 3us lanceolatus, sub- 

 arcuatus, 2i dimidio non longior. Antennae glabrae, alis anticis 

 paullo longiores, basin versus subincrassatae. Pedes laeves, sat 

 robusti ; tibiae squamoso fimbriaiae; calcana longissima ; femora 

 postica pilosa. Aiae auticae elongatae, apice rotundatae, costae dimidio 

 basali subconvexo. 



Male. Body smooth, squamous, rather robust. Proboscis 

 moderately long. Palpi smooth, slender, ascending, about twice 



