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OXACME; TORTRICOSIA; SICULIFER; UTRICULIFERA. By Dr. M. Draudt. 
indisihricia. C. indlstincta Hmps. (16 f). The very thinly scaled forewings are light brownish-grey, intermixed 
with darker scales and darker transverse markings which are particularly distinct at the costal margin; oblique 
postmedian and antemarginal rows of darker dots. Hindwings lighter. Nilgiris. 
66. Genus: Oxacuie Hmp.s. 
Distinguished from all the others by the very peculiar shape of the wings: the costal margin of the 
forewD'g shows before the apex a deep notch, and the distal margin is above and below the middle deeply excised 
and between extended to tips. Proboscis well developed; the straightly porrect palpi do not project beyond 
the forehead; tibiae with long spurs. The venation is almost exactly like in the preceding genus. 
marginaia. 0. marginata Hmps. (16 f) has white forewings dusted with whitish; at the transverse vein there 
is a black dot, behind it traces of a curved row of dots; at the costal margin there is towards the apex a black 
streak-like spot, and at the margin, above and below the middle, black streaks. Hindwings white, at the margin 
brownish. Assam, Burma. 
dissimilis. 0. dissiniilis Hmps. (16 f) is larger and darker, greyish-brown with a faded, blackish-brown discal 
band, behind it a curved row of dark dots. Wings lighter grey with a dark discal dot. Sikkim. 
67. Genus: Tortricosia Hmps. 
Allied to the preceding genus, distinguished by the forewing in which the costal margin is very convex 
near the base, then follows a deep indentation and behind it again an almost lobular projection before a deep 
notch before the apex; below the latter the distal margin is deeply excised. The venation chiefly differs by 
the petiolation of the 1st and 2nd radials. On the hindwing the middle radial vein is absent, the 1st median 
and 3rd radial are petioled, so are the subcostal and 1st radial. 
e.vcisa. T. excisa Hmps. (16 f) has greyish-white forewings intermixed with red-brown scales, at the costal 
margin 5 small black spots; indistinct ante- and postmedian punetiform transverse lines; in the apex there 
is a faded red-brown spot. Hindwing blackish-brown. Burma, Perak. 
68. Genus: ^ieulifer Hmps. 
By the costal margin, being very convex at the base and the ensiformly produced apex of the forewing, 
it also resembles the two preceding genera in the exterior. Proboscis well developed, the obliquely erected palpi 
somewhat project beyond the forehead; male antennae ciliated, tibiae with long spurs. On the wings the middle 
radial vein is absent ; the upper one rises on a joint footstalk with the 4 lower subcostal veins and only the 1st 
subcostal vein rises separately from the cell. On the hindwing the middle radial is likewise absent; the 3rd 
radial and 1st median, as well as the subcostal and 1st radial rise on long footstalks. At the proximal margin 
of the $ hindwing a fold contains long, rough hair. 
bilineaius. S. bilineatus Hmps. (16 f) has red-brown wings with a yellowish discal area and 2 darker fine transverse 
lines, the anterior one of which separates the brown area from the yellow area. Hindwings yellowish, in the 
$ darker. Khasia Hills. 
69. Genus: Utriculitera Hmps. 
Proboscis well developed, palpi straightly porrect, just projecting beyond a hair-tuft of the forehead. 
Tibiae with shorter spurs than in the preceding genera. On the forewing the two lower radial veins and the 
1st median vein rise close together; the 1st radial from below the upper cell-angle. On the hindwing the 3rd 
radial anastomoses with the 1st median, the subcostal and 1st radial are petioled. 
i a sca pe.r. M. fuscapex Hmps. (16 f. a, b). The greyish-brown forewing, with a blackish apex, shows traces of a 
curved anterior transverse line and two black discal dots in the The latter shows a large, vesicular swelling at 
the end of the basal antennal joint. The $ is more unicolorously dark brown. India, Ceylon. 
aplaga. M. aplaga Hmps. differs from the preceding by the apex not being darkened and a finely undulate 
posterior transverse line. — New Guinea (Milne Bay) and Louisiads (Rossel Island). 
