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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTEBA. 
wings 1 b furcate, 2 and 3 out of 4, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 
from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, narrowed posteriorly, 
termen slightly sinuate, cilia |; 3 and 4 stalked, 5 nearly approxi¬ 
mated at base, 6 and 7 connate. 
Meteoristis religiosa, n. sp. 
d . 16 mm. Head, thorax pale gre} T ish-ochreous sprinkled dark 
fuscous, thorax anteriorly suffused dark fuscous. Palpi oc-hreous- 
whitish, second joint with basal half and a subapical ring suffused 
dark fuscous, terminal joint with an oblique submedian ring and 
tip dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, apex obtuse, termen very 
obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous slightly tinged grey and 
irregularly sprinkled dark grey and blackish ; a small dark fuscous 
spot above dorsum near base; small spots of blackish suffusion 
representing plical aud first discal stigmata, forming with a larger 
spot on middle of costa an inwards-oblique series; some darker 
subterminal suffusion ; a row of cloudy dark marginal dots round 
posterior part of costa and termen: cilia grey-whitish, basal half 
with traces of darker bars. Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish- 
ochreous-grey. 
Bexgal, Pusa, bred May from larva boring aerial roots of Ficus 
religiosa ( Fletcher ) ; 1 ex. 
STACHYOSTOMA, n. g. 
Head rvith appressed scales; ocelli posterior; tongue developed. 
Antennae f, in J serrulate, minutely ciliated, basal joint elongate, 
without pecten. Labial palpi very long, second joint straight, 
densely clothed with scales, roughly expanded towards apex above 
and with loose rough spreading apical tuft beneath, terminal joint 
erect, somewhat longer than second, slender, pointed. Maxillary 
palpi rudimentary. Posterior tibiae clothed with rough hairs above. 
Forewings 1 b furcate, 2 from f, 3 and 4 closely approximated from 
angle, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, 
elongate-trapezoidal, termen hardly sinuate, cilia |; 2-4 remote, 
slightly approximated towards base, 5 parallel, nearly equidistant 
from 4 and 6, 6 and 7 nearly approximated at base. 
Allied to Metojpleura . 
Stachyostoma psilodoxa, n. sp. 
. 23 mm. Head, thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish, 
second joint suffused dark fuscous except towards apex. Forewings 
elongate, slightly dilated, costa faintly sinuate in middle, apex 
obtuse-pointed, termen slightly rounded, oblique; pale ochreous, on 
dorsal | brownish-tinged, scattered dark fuscous specks ; a blackish 
dot towards costa near base; discal stigmata small, dark fuscous, 
first with a similar dot obliquely before and above it connected by 
