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differing from the rest of the ventrite. Ductus bursae simple. Signum, a 
small round plate, with a lew teeth. (Slide no. 989 D, type.) 
Moss Forest Camp, 2800 m, October 16, 1938. One specimen. 
Lecithocera submersa spec. nov. (tig. 602) 
5 16 mm. Head and antenna whitish, flagellum finely fuscous-ringed, 
apical ninth black. Palpus with the median segment moderately thickened 
with appressed scales, with a short apical tuft, terminal segment 1, 
slender, acute; whitish, median segment suffused with greyish-fuscous, 
less so at the apex, terminal segment dark greyish-fuscous along the 
posterior edge and the apical half. Thorax whitish, suffused medianlv 
with pale lilac-fuscous. Abdomen and posterior leg pale ochreous, anterior 
and median legs dark fuscous, tarsi faintly pale-ringed. Fore wing with 
veins 2 and 3 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen; elongate, little dilated, 
costa slightly curved anteriorly', faintly convex in the middle, straight 
posteriorly, apex obtusely pointed, termen straight, considerably oblique. 
Whitish, sulfusedly irrorated along dorsal 2 / 3 and beyond the cell through- 
out with light fuscous-lilac, scarcely so below costa posteriorly; base of 
the costal edge narrowly dark fuscous; discal stigmata small, distinct, 
dark blackish-fuscous tinged purple; first stigma elongate, second rounded. 
Cilia sordid pale fuscous-ochreous, tips whitish, a faint antemedian 
fuscous shade. Hind wing with veins 3 and 4 very long-stalked; whitish- 
ochroous with a golden gloss, somewhat brighter towards the apex, cilia 
pale golden-ochreous. 
Ostium forming a short, submembraneous funnel with minutely denti- 
culate wall. Ductus bursae simple. Signum, a small round plate, with a 
transverse rib. (Slide no. 986 D, type.) 
Mist Camp, 1800 m, January 9, 1939 (type), January 8, 1939. Two 
specimens. 
Lecithocera spinigera spec. nov. (fig. 596) 
20 mm. Head and antenna pale ochreous, a broad longitudinal 
purplish-grey stripe on the vertex, face light fuscous. Palpus pale ochreous, 
basal segment and median segment except the apex blackish-fuscous, 
terminal segment under 1. Thorax dark purplish-fuscous, towards tegulae 
edged with pale ochreous, tegula pale ochreous, shoulder blackish-fuscous, 
patagium blackish-fuscous, median third pale ochreous. Abdomen light 
fuscous-ochreous, anal tuft ochreous. Legs light ochreous, anterior leg 
except the tarsus, median femur and spurs of the posterior leg, blackish- 
fuscous. Fore wing with veins 2 and 3 stalked or separated, 7 and 8 stalked, 
7 to termen, 9 separate; elongate, dilated, costa curved along the anterior 
half, slightly concave in the middle, apex obtuse, termen straight, moder- 
ately oblique. Purple-fuscous. A broad costal stripe from the base to the 
