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EXOTIC IIICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
in disc beyond middle; a dark fuscous marginal line round termen 
and tornus and extending a little way up fold ; cilia whitish, on 
termen outer half suffused light grey. Hindwings pale whitish- 
grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish, outer half faintly tinged grey. 
AssAii, Ivhasis ; 1 ex. 
PLACANTHES, n. g. 
Head smooth; ocelli very small, posterior; tongue developed. 
Antennae probably over 1. Labial palpi long, recurved, second 
joint somewhat thickened, smooth, terminal joint longer than 
second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, loosely scaled. 
Posterior tibiae shortly rough-scaled above. Forewings 1 b furcate, 
2 and 4 stalked from angle, 3 absent, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex, 
11 from middle. Hindwings over 1, trapezoidal, costa with some 
rough projecting scales anteriorly, apex forming a long pointed pro¬ 
jection (nearly ^ of wing), termen rectangularly emarginate 
beneath this, cilia 4; 3 and 4 connate, 5 absent, 6 and 7 stalked. 
Perhaps intermediate between Philoptila and Crocanthes. 
Placanthes xanthomorpha, n. sp. 
cf. 21 mm. Head, palpi ochreous-yellow (injured). Thorax 
dark fuscous, two posterior yellow spots. Fore wings posteriorly 
dilated, apex obtuse-pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique; 
blackish-fuscous, markings orange-yellow ; an elongate-oblong spot 
above dorsum from near base to ^ ; a small elongate spot beneath 
costa at 4 ; a transverse blotch in disc before middle not reaching 
margins; a large oval blotch extending in disc from beyond middle 
to |, with small pointed posterior projection : cilia dark fuscous. 
Hindwings dark bronzy-fuscous ; markings orange-yellow ; a rather 
thick subcostal streak from ^ to beyond middle; an irregular 
trapezoidal blotch occupying posterior half of dorsum and extending 
to near middle of disc; an oval blotch extending iii disc from 
middle to ; a patch occupying apical projection except tip, 
including a row of scattered blackish scales, and extended as a 
pointed streak along upper part of term n ; cilia dark grey. 
Fhilippixes, Mindoro, Laguna de Xaujun, March (J lounsey) ; 
1 ex. 
Onebala coercita, n. sp. 
2 • 12-13 mm. Head light violet-fuscous, sides tinged whitish. 
Palpi whitish, second joint fuscous except tip. Antennas ochreous- 
whitish. Thorax dark fuscous, patagia whitish except shoulders. 
Forewings apex obtuse-pointed, termen somewhat sinuate, rather 
oblique; 2 and 3 very long-stalked, 4 and 5 short-stalked, 8 and 9 
out of 7 ; violet-fuscous, slightly whitish-sprinkled ; a broad streak 
of blackish-fuscous suffusion on basal fourth of costa, posteriorly 
suffused and undefined; an irregular-edged triangular blackish- 
