COSMOPTERYGID^E. 
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discal stigmata moderate, blackish : cilia pale grey speckled dark 
fuscous and whitish round apex. Hind wings grey ; cilia pale grey. 
Bihar, Pusa, bred May, June from larvse feeding on leaves 
of Acacia catechu (Rangi ); 3 ex. Characterised by the peculiarly 
ornamented abdomen, otherwise allied to crypsiloga. 
PALAEQMYSTIS, n. g. 
Head smooth ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. Antennm i, 
scape elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi rather long, curved, 
ascending, second joint thickened with dense scales roughly pro¬ 
jecting beneath, more strongly towards apex, terminal joint ^ of 
second, rough anteriorly, conical. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. 
Posterior tibiae clothed with rough hairs above. Fore wings with 
large tufts of scales ; 1 h long-furcate, 2 from J, 3 from angle, 
7-9 approximated, 7 to costa, 11 from beyond middle. Hind- 
wings j, lanceolate, cilia 2|; 2 from |, 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 
parallel. 
Related to Mompha , with curious neuration, perhaps primitive. 
Palaeomystis chalcopeda, n. sp. 
2 .17 mm. Head, thorax bronzy-fuscous, apical half of teguloe 
lighter. Palpi dark bronzy-fuscous. Forewings narrow, apex 
obtuse-pointed, termen extremely oblique ; bronzy-fuscous, irregu¬ 
larly sprinkled dark fuscous ; dorsal half anteriorly mostly suffused 
whitish-bronzy-ochreous, and a streak of this with some longitudi¬ 
nally strewn black scales extending above middle to |; a large 
tuft beneath middle of wing, preceded by a spot of black irroration ; 
a very large tuft on tornus, preceded by metallic-bronze ; a metallic- 
bronze marginal streak round apex and termen : cilia grey, on 
costa and apex bronzy-brownish with a black apical hook. Hind- 
wings dark fuscous ; cilia rather dark grey. 
Brazil, Novo Friburgo, Organ Mountain, April; 1 ex. (Coll. 
Joannis). 
Rhadinastis melitocosma, n. sp. 
J . 8 mm. Head, thorax dark bronzy-grey. Palpi dark grey, 
apex of joints whitish. Antenhae fusiform, simple, basal half 
whitish-grey ringed blackish, apical half blackish-grey with six 
scattered whitish rings, last apical. Abdomen dark fuscous, three 
basal joints ochreous-yellowish dorsally, next three with ochreous- 
yellowish V-shaped marks. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceo¬ 
late ; dark grey speckled whitish ; discal stigmata cloudy, blackish, 
first beyond middle, second larger: cilia pale grey, speckled dark 
grey and whitish on basal half, round apical area dark grey speckled 
whitish with light greyish-ochreous basal spots. Hindwings grey, 
basal third ochreous-yellowish, extended as a dorsal streak to |, 
some long whitish-ochreous hairs from beneath costa on basal 
third : cilia pale greyish. 
India, Dehra Dun, 2000 feet, July (7 T . B. Fletcher ); 1 ex. 
