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EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOPTERA. 
anal tuft blue-blackish with one or two whitish hairs, ventral 
surface with yellow spots on 1 and 2, and yellow apical rings 
on 3-7. Legs blackish, anterior tibiae with long hairs beneath, 
4 apical joints of tarsi white, posterior tibiae with yellow median 
band and apical spot. Forewings amber-hyaline, veins black 
sprinkled yellow, a black streak running round margins rather 
expanded at apex, dorsal streak partially orange-yellow on upper 
edge, a narrow oblique black fascia on end of cell sprinkled yellow 
on edges, Hindwings hyaline, veins yellow, terminal edge blackish ; 
cilia grey. 
Sikkim, just above Sukna, 1300 feet, June (Fletcher) ; 1 ex. 
AMPKITHALES, n. g. 
Head smooth: ocelli far posterior; tongue developed. Antennae f, 
filiform, in with fascicles of cilia, basal joint short, without 
pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascending, with appressed 
scales, terminal joint somewhat longer than second, pointed. 
Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Forewings 2 and 4 approximated, 
3 absent, 7 to costa, 8 absent, 11 from beyond middle. Hind- 
wings 1^, elongate-ovate, cilia | ; 2 from |, 3 and 4 stalked from 
angle, 5 absent, 6 from middle, 6 and 7 parallel. Middle and 
posterior tibiae with large tufts of scales at origin of spurs, posterior 
tarsi with whorls of scales and bristles at apex of two basal joints. 
Amphithales episcopopa, n. sp. 
<4 . 12 mm. Head, thorax dark bluish-fuscous, two ochreous- 
white dots on sides of metathorax. Palpi white, a black lateral 
line. Abdomen blackish, a white dorsal spot at base, small white 
dorsal spots on margin of 6 and 7, ventral surface wholty white, 
anal tuft blackish, tip white. Legs dark fuscous banded white. 
Fore wings dark fuscous ; a large ochreous-hyaline posterior blotch 
crossed by three black veins : cilia grey, base blackish. Hindwings 
ochreous-hyaline, veins and edges blackish; cilia grey. 
Upper Burma, Lashio, 3u00 feet, April (A. G. Bao) ; 1 ex. 
Tinthia cymbalistis, n. sp. 
3 9 • 11-12 mm. Head, thorax deep indigo-blue, face, orbits, 
palpi white. Antennal ciliations S 2|. Abdomen black, 3 basal 
segments suffused fulvous-brown in middle of back, anal tuft black 
s iffused fulvous-brown in middle. Middle and posterior tibiae 
blue-blackish, bristles fulvous, in middle of posterior tibiae a white 
baud less marked in $ , tuft on basal j-oints of middle and posterior 
tarsi deep blue. Forewings blue-hyaline, veins black ; a moderate 
purple-blackish costal streak from base to 4 with triangular expan¬ 
sion on end of cell to its lower angle; a slender black marginal 
streak round apex : cilia grey. Hindwings purple-hyaline ; veins 
black ; cilia grey. 
Bihar, Pusa, bred from swelling on twigs of pipal (Ficvs reli- 
giosa) and in aerial roots of banyan ( Ficus bengalensis ), May-July 
(’. Fletcher ); 10 ex. 
