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posterior margins of basal patch and central fascia; an obscure greyish 

 erect streak from tornus indicating posterior edge of ocellus ; a curved 

 series of six or seven very fine short black dashes from beneath costa 

 at 4 /s t° beyond this streak ; a fine very oblique leaden striga from 3 / 4 

 of costa, an inwardly oblique strigula from before apex, and a longitu- 

 dinal one from termen beneath apex, costa and apex within these 

 ferruginous-brown : cilia fuscous, with rows of ochreous-whitish points. 

 Hindwings greyish, veins dark fuscous, a broad terminal band of dark 

 fuscous suffusion; cilia greyish, with dark grey subbasal line, tips 

 whitish-tinged. 



Java, Tegal; one specimen. 



Laspei/resia parichnota n. sp. 



cf 9 — 10 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen fuscous. Forewings 

 moderate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat bowed, 

 scarcely oblique ; purplish-fuscous irregularly sprinkled with grey- whitish ; 

 some oblique dark fuscous marks from costa, pale strigulae between these 

 hardly indicated ; an irregular transverse striga of dark fuscous irroration 

 from middle of dorsum reaching nearly half across wing, edged posteriorly 

 with pale irroration; an irregular somewhat bent series of slight blackish 

 marks from middle of costa to above tornus, and another from 2 / 3 of 

 costa to middle of termen: cilia light grey. Hindwings dark fuscous, 

 lighter towards base; cilia whitish, a dark fuscous basal line. 



Java, Pekalongan (van Deventer); two specimens. 



Laspey 'resta vulnerata Wals. 



Examples sent show that clelectana Snell. is a synonym of this. 



CHLIDANOTIDAE. 



Picroxena n. g. 



Head with loosely appressed scales, sidetufts raised; ocelli posterior; 

 tongue developed. Antennae 3 / 5 , in cT simple, basal joint short, without 

 pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascending, second joint somewhat 

 thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as second, moderate,' 

 pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae smooth. Forewings 

 with lb narrow-furcate, 2 from 2 / 3 , 3 from angle, 4 approximated, 



5 and 6 absent, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from rather beyond middle. 

 Hindwings 3 / 5 , trapezoidal-lanceolate, cilia 2; 3 and 4 connate, 5 absent, 



6 and 7 approximated towards base. 



A curious form with narrowed wings and degraded neuraHon, but 

 possessing the peculiar superficial aspect of the family. 



