GELECHIADJE. 
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fuscous dot beyond middle; stigmata cloudy, dark fuscous, variable 
in distinctness, plical somewhat obliquely before first discal; an 
almost marginal series of cloudy dark fuscous dots round posterior 
part of costa and termen: cilia pale greyish-ochreous, base spotted 
fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale greyish. 
New Hebrides, Efate and Espiritu Santo, July (Buxton); 8 ex. 
Type Brit. Mus. 
Brachmia pliilonrasa Meyr. 
Larva mining or rolling leaves of Vernonia cinerea ( Compositev) 
(Ranyi). 
Brachmia melanocarpa, n. sp. 
B . 1L mm. Head, thorax pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi grey¬ 
ish-ochreous, anterior edge of terminal joint whitish finely edged 
grey on each side. Eorewings elongate, narrow at base, posteriorly 
dilated, termen obliquely rounded; ochreous-whitish sprinkled 
grey ; stigmata forming roundish black spots, second discal largest, 
plical slightly before first discal; a marginal series of black dots 
round apex and termen : cilia grey-whitish, greyer towards base. 
Hindwings light grey, paler towards base ; cilia whitish, a faint 
pale grey subbasal shade. 
Texas, Eorestburg, August; 2 ex. 
Brachmia crypsinoma, n. sp. 
B . 15 mm. Head, thorax rather dark fuscous minutely speckled 
whitish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint dark fuscous except 
apex, terminal joint somewhat sprinkled fuscous. Antennae fus¬ 
cous. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated, apex obtuse, termen 
slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 8 and 9 out of 7 ; rather dark 
fuscous ; stigmata cloudy, blackish-fuscous, plical somewhat before 
first discal: cilia fuscous. Hindwings giey ; cilia light grey. 
Siam, Bangkok (C. J. Angaard) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). An obscure 
insect, closely similar to juridica from Ceylon, but readily distin¬ 
guished by the dark head, and vein 9 out of 7 (in juridica separate). 
PEOADAMAS, n. g. 
Head with dense loosely appressed scales; ocelli posterior; 
tongue developed. Antennae |, <S simple, scape moderate, without 
pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint thickened 
with appressed scales, terminal joint as long as second, slender, 
acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. 
Posterior tibiae rough-haired above. Eorewings 2, 3, 4 equally 
remote, 5 nearly approximated at base to 4, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 
termen, 9 approximated at base, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, 
trapezoidal, termen faintly sinuate, cilia nearly 1 ; beneath pale 
with scattered blackish scales as in Gasmara ; 2 remote, 3 and 4 
stalked, 5 rather approximated, 6 and 7 stalked; without cubital 
pecten. 
A remarkable type, ancestral to Gasmara . 
