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ascending, second joint not reaching base of antennae, with appressed 
scales, terminal joint half second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi 
rudimentary. Anterior tarsi thickened with dense scales ; posterior 
tibiae rough-haired above, Forewings lb furcate, 2 from angle, 
7 and 8 stalked, 7 to termen, 9 approximated or connate with 7 or 
absent, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings 1, ovate, cilia-1; 3 and 
4 connate or short-stalked, 5-7 nearly parallel. 
Type dorotliea. Includes also hepialella Walk, and Thwaitesi 
Moore, previously assigned to Aristeis, to which this genus is closely 
allied, hut distinguishable from it by the absence of tongue. In 
hepialdla vein 9 of forewings is usually present, but occasionally 
absent. 
Sphaerelictis dorotliea, n. sp. 
5 $ . 18-19 mm. Head pale rosy-yellowish, crown dark fuscous. 
Palpi light rosy-yellowish. Antennal ciliations <d little over 1. 
Thorax dark fuscous, an irregular transverse yellow median band 
edged crimson. Forewings elongate, dilated, costa moderately 
arched, termen obliquel} T rounded; 9 absent; dark crimson-red, 
anterior half of costa and a patch in lower part of disc posteriorly 
suffused dark fuscous with extensions along veins; an irregular 
yellow spot in middle of base edged crimson ; a transverse mark 
from dorsum before middle, a dot obliquely beyond and above apex 
of this, and a larger dot on dorsum towards tornus shining snow- 
white, between these an irregular zigzag yellow marking edged 
crimson suffusion ; a suffused crimson blotch mixed yellow from 
co-ta beyond middle, apical third of costa narrowly suffused dark 
fuscous ; three or four yellow spots surrounded bright crimson 
sutiusion befoie apex and upper part of termen, largest opposite 
apex, lower half of termen narrowly suffused dark fuscous: cilia 
dark fuscous, round apex base crimson. Hindwings dark fuscous, 
a small yellowish apical spot; cilia grey more or less suffused rosy- 
yellowish, a dark fuscous subbasal line. 
Pombay, Karwar, bred June from case-bearing larvae on Evgevia 
corymbosa ( Myrtacew ) (A laxivell ); 4 ex. Larval case (sent) helici- 
form, constructed of silk covered with pieces of leaf arranged 
spirally to form a flattened-globose spiral, as in a snailshell. 
Hypercallia vivida, n. sp. 
6 $ • .17-19 mm. Head dull purplish-rosy. Palpi purplish- 
rosy, second joint expanded with dense projecting scales above 
towards apex, terminal joint hardly half second, thickened with 
dense scales projecting posteijnrly except at apex, tip whitish. 
T borax rosy-yellow, patagia ferruginous. Forewings moderate, 
costa moderately arched, termen rounded, somewhat oblique; 
9 separate ; bright yellow more or less suffused irregularly rosy- 
orange; costal edge white except at base, narrowly suffused clear 
yellow beneath except towards middle, more strongly posteriorly; 
beneath this a broad suffused ferruginous-brown band from base 
