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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
stalked, 7 to termen, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, 
termen hardly sinuate beneath apex, cilia -|; 3 and 4 short-stalked, 
5 hardly approximated, 6 and 7 closely approximated at base ; 
without cubital pecten. 
Type frcicticostella Wals., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1891, 110. 
Allied to Trichotaphe. 
Prasodryas acratopa, n. sp. 
3*. 17 mm. Differs from fracticostella iu having the stigmata 
simple, dot-like, dark grey, plical beneath first discal. 
Cameroon's, Bitje, Ja Diver, 2000 feet; 1 ex. 
GOMPHGCRATES, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales, sidetufts raised, connivent; ocelli 
posterior; tongue developed. Antennae |, in cf shortly ciliated, 
basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, 
second joint much thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint 
shorter than second, stout, scaled, pointed. Maxillary palpi very 
short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Forewings 2 and 3 stalked 
from angle, 7 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, trapezoidal, 
termen sinuate, cilia |; with cubital pecten; 3 and 4 connate, 
5 slightly approximated, 6 and 7 connate. 
Type rasilella Herr.-Schaff.; an example from Kashmir, Sri¬ 
nagar, 5200 feet, August (. Fletcher ). 
LIMENARCHIS, n. g. 
Head with appressed scales, sidetufts slightly raised; ocelli 
posterior; tongue very short. Antennae |, basal joint moderate, 
without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, recurved, second joint 
rather thickened with appressed scales, terminal joint half second, 
moderate, pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae 
rough-scaled above. Forewings 16 furcate, 2 and 3 stalked from 
angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, 
trapezoidal, apex obtuse, termen not sinuate, cilia |; without 
cubital pecten ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated, 6 and 7 stalked. 
Allied to Atasthalistis . 
Limenarchis zonodeta, n. sp. 
$ . 18 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark purplish-fuscous. Abdo¬ 
men dark bluish-fuscous, edges of segments 2-6 slenderly bronzy- 
ochreous, apex and ventral surface ochreous-yellow. Fore wings 
elongate, somewhat dilated, apex rounded-obtuse, termen nearly 
straight, somewhat oblique ; dark purplish-fuscous : cilia dark grey, 
on termen ochreous-yellow. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia grey, 
darker round apex, from beneath apex to below middle of termen 
light ochreous-yellow. 
Hew Ireland, December ( EicJihoni ) ; 1 ex. 
Ptilothyris nausicaa, n. sp. 
<$ . 19 mm. Head, thorax shining bronzy-purple, face yellowish. 
Palpi orange, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae 
