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dark fuscous except towards apex. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; 7 to apex ; pale 

 ochreous sprinkled with grey; base of costa grey; stigmata small, dark 

 fuscous, first discal larger, plical somewhat beyond it, an additional dot 

 beneath and somewhat beyond second discal; a terminal series of small 

 indistinct dark fuscous dots: cilia pale ochreous. Hinclwings light grey; 

 cilia pale ochreous. 



Java, Batavia; one specimen. Much like aganopis, but smaller, ter- 

 men of forewings much more oblique, second joint of palpi with scales 

 not expanded above. 



XYLORYCTIDAE. 



Letogenes n. g. 



Head loosely haired; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. Antennae 3 /^ 

 basal joint elongate, somewhat flattened, without pecten. Labial palpi 

 very long, recurved, second joint thickened with dense rough projecting 

 scales beneath except towards base, terminal joint as long as second, 

 stout, slightly roughened anteriorly, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. 

 Posterior tibiae rough-haired above. Forewings with slight scaletufts on 

 surface; lb furcate, 2 from 2 / 3 , curved, 3 rather nearer to angle than 

 to 2, 4 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from middle. 

 Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, termen slightly sinuate, cilia 7 2 ; 3 and 4 

 connate, 5 nearly parallel, 6 and 7 stalked. 



Allied to Odites, 



Letogenes augur 'alts n. sp. 



9 21 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Palpi white, lower half 

 of second joint ochreous-orange, terminal joint with broad blackish median 

 band. Forewings moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen rather sinuate, little oblique; shining white; a short 

 slender greyish-ochreous streak along costa towards base ; second discal 

 stigma dark brown, irregular, a smaller irregular dot rather obliquely 

 beyond and beneath it, and one obliquely before it near costa, some 

 scattered brown specks between and round these, and others between 

 these and apex, and towards tornus ; some indistinct small dark fuscous 

 marginal dots or marks round apex and termen: cilia white, with a faint 

 pale yellowish median line. Hindwings and cilia white. 



Java, Preangor, 5000 feet (Sythoff); one specimen. 



Epimactis dissecta n. sp. 



9 14 mm. Head white. Palpi white, suffused with grey on basal 2 / 3 

 of second joint, and terminal joint anteriorly except towards base. Thorax 



