804 CATALOGUE OF 



paullo longior. Antennae glabrae, gracillimae, vix nodosae, alis 

 anticis breviores. Abdomen alas posticus plus dinridio superans ; 

 fasciculus apicalis longus, subcompressus. Pedes laeves ; cal- 

 caria longissima. Alae anticae vix acuta?, margiue exteriore vix 

 convexo. 



Allied to Sophronia. Male. — Body stout. Proboscis distinct. 

 Palpi very long ; second joint stout, fringed, porrect, longer than 

 the breadth of the head, with a lanceolate apical mft, which projects 

 much beyond the insertion of the third joint ; third joint setaceous, 

 curved, a little longer than the second, ascending high above the 

 vertex. Antennas smooth, very slender, very minutely nodose, shorter 

 than the fore wings. Abdomen extending for more than half its 

 length beyond the hind wings ; apical tuft elongate, slightly com- 

 pressed. Legs smooth, moderately long and stout; spurs very long. 

 Wings stout, moderately broad. Fore wings hardly acute ; costa 

 straight ; exterior border hardly convex, moderately oblique ; veins 

 much like those of Depressaria in structure. 



1. G.ESA DEC U SELLA, 



Mas. Cinereo-fusea ; alee fimbria cinerea ; anticce purpurascente 

 subtincta/fusco conspersce ; posticce subcenece. 



Male. Cinereous-brown. Fringe of the wings cinereous, 

 except at the base. Fore wings with a very slight purplish tinge, 

 speckled with dark brown. Hind wings with a slight aeneous tinge. 

 Length of the body 'd\ lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



a. Ceylon. From M. Nietnei's collection. 



Genus 96. TTPASA. 



Mas. Corpus vix robustum. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 longi ; articulus 2us porrectus, dense fimbriatus ; 3us erectus, 

 glaber, 2o vix brevior. Antennae robustae, glabrae, alis anticis non 

 breviores ; articuli subcyathiformes. Abdomen alas posticas longe 

 superans; fasciculus apicalis minimus. Pedes validi, laeves ; tibiae 

 posticae subfimbriatae, calcaribus longissimis. Alae anticae acutae, 

 sat anguslae, costa margineque exteriore subrectis. 



Allied to Harpella. Male. — Body hardly stout. Proboscis 

 moderately long. Palpi long ; second joint porrect, densely fringed, 

 much longer than the breadth of the head ; third vertical, smooth, 

 setiform, slightly curved, nearly as long as the second. Antennae 



