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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
brown irroration from beneath end of costal streak to beyond 
tornus : cilia white, scattered brown specks. Hindwings brassy- 
ochre ous-whitish ; cilia white. 
Fiji, Lautoka, October ( H . Phillips ) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 
Perhaps related to psammaula. 
STREPSIMANIIHE. 
This new family appears to be required for the reception of the 
following genus, in which the neuration of forewings has been so 
curiously distorted that it stands at present quite isolated; it must 
be supposed derivable from some early form of the Xyloryctidae. 
Ho other Lepidopteron has vein 4 of forewings running to costa. 
STREPSXMAXES, n. g. 
Head loosely scaled ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. Antennae 
1, 3 serrate, ciliated, scape moderate, without pecten. Labial 
palpi long, recurved, second joint shortly rough-scaled beneath, 
terminal joint as long as second, moderate, acute. Maxillary palpi 
rudimentary. Posterior tibiae thinly hairy above. Fore wings 
elongate-triangular; 1 b simple, cell open, 2 from near'angle, 3 and 
4 short-stalked from angle, 4 to costa, 5 approximated to 4 at base, 
6 absent, 7 to about middle of costa, 8 and 9 absent, 10 and 11 
short, little oblique, 12 curved up at extremity. Hindwings over 
1, trapezoidal-ovate, apex rounded, obtuse, termen somewhat 
sinuate, cilia -h; 2 from towards angle, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 approxi¬ 
mated at base, 6 and 7 short-stalked, 8 rising from margin of cell 
before middle. 
This extraordinary genus, of which the forewings appear at first 
sight quite normal in form, shows a very slight bend on the costal 
margin before vein 7, which represents, as I believe, the original 
apex, the present apex being a substitute growth. The veins, at 
the cost of extreme distortion, have really still adhered to their 
original associations. Ho reason for this transformation is manifest, 
but the genus must have had a very curious history. 
Strepsixnanes scieropis, n. sp. 
3 $ • 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, thorax pale greyish. Forewings 
elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, slightly bent and roughened 
towards middle, in 3 thickened with dark scales on undersurface 
of anterior half, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique ; 
pale grey ; rough scales on middle of costa slightly reflexed and 
suffused dark grey cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings and cilia grey- 
whitish ; a dark grey terminal line. 
Kumaqx, Muktesar, 7500 feet, September (Fletcher ) ; 4 ex. The 
toneless shadow-like colouring and entire absence of markings afford 
no clue to the origin or habits of this singular insect. 
