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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
forms a slight projection, thence running with an irregular edge to 
costa near apex: cilia fuscous with base yellowish, on costa 
ochreous-yellowish. ffindwings 3 and 4 stalked ; rather dark 
grey ; cilia light grey, base whitish. 
British New Guinea, Kumusi It. (Meek); 1 ex. (Coll. Paravi- 
cini). Allied to coleasta. 
Lecithocera caveiformis, n. sp. 
$. 19 mm. Head dark fuscous, sides of crown orange, face 
yellowish. Palpi dark fuscous, internally ochreous-yellowish. 
Antennae dark fuscous, yellowish beneath towards base. Thorax 
dark fuscous, somewhat pale-sprinkled. Forewings rather elongate, 
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather 
oblique ; 2 and 3 stalked, 4 and 5 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 
7 to apex ; dark fuscous, bases of scales pale ochreous ; discal 
stigmata forming suffused rounded dark fuscous spots, plical and a 
spot beneath second discal less distinctly indicated: cilia fuscous, 
base ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings 3 and 4 connate, 5 parallel; 
grey ; cilia pale fuscous, base pale yellowish. 
Bombay, Mahableshw r ar, May (R. M. Maxwell) ; 1 ex. 
Lecithocera chlorohapta, n. sp. 
5 . 17 mm. Head pale ochreous, crown with bronzy gloss. 
Palpi whitish-ochreous, basal of second joint suffused fuscous. 
Antennae |, whitish-ochreous. Thorax dark fuscous. Forewings 
elongate, slightly dilated, costa slightly arched, faintly sinuate in 
middle, apex obtuse-pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique; 2 and 
3 long stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7 ; dark violet-fuscous ; stigmata 
black, plical and first discal moderately large, plical rather anterior, 
second discal dot-like, an additional dot beneath it; a pale 
ochreous terminal band of even width, sprinkled fuscous except 
along sinuate anterior edge: cilia pale ochreous, a faint greyish 
antemedian line. ITiudwings 3 and 4 short-stalked; pale grey ; 
cilia whitish-ochreous. 
Sikkim, Gangtok, 6000 feet, May (Colonel F. M. Bailey ); 1 ex. 
NEMATOCHARES, n. g. 
Head smooth, sidetufts slightly raised; ocelli posterior; tongue 
developed. Antennae over 1, <5 strongly fasciculate-ciliated, scape 
moderately long, rather swollen, without pecten. Labial palpi 
long, recurved, slender, smooth, terminal joint shorter than 
second, acute. Maxillary palpi rudimentary. Forewings 2 from 
towards angle, 3 and 4 stalked from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 
costa, 11 from before middle. Hindwings subovate, termen not 
sinuate, cilia g ; without cubital pecten ; 2 from J, 3 from angle, 
4 absent, 5 somewhat approximated to 3, 6 and 7 somewhat 
approximated towards base. 
Probably an aberrant member of the Lecithocera group. 
