GRACILAR1AD2E-HYP0N0MEUTXDA3. 
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costally to fourth, white dots at extremities; apex blackish-grey : 
cilia grey, two dark grey shades, short white marks on terminal 
markings. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 
Assam, Shillong, 5000 ft., September ( T . B. Fletcher ) ; 2 ex. 
Probably allied to syringella group. 
Gracilaria anthracosperma, n. sp. 
S . 10-11 mm. Head pale golden, face brassy-white. Palpi 
slender, pale yellowish, terminal joint whitish, apex black. Thorax 
light purple-grey. Forewiugs narrow, shortly obtuse-pointed; 
deep greyish-purple, partially strigulated dark fuscous, sometimes 
tinged ochreous medially ; an irregular-edged light orange-yellow 
patch extending along costa from | to L , occupying about half 
breadth of wing, costal edge with about 6-8 sharply marked black 
dots : cilia grey, three dark grey lines. Hindwings grey ; cilia 
light grey. 
Japan, Kii, Hasimoto, April ( S . IssiJci ) ; 2 ex. 
HYFONOMEUTID.E. 
Xyrosaris melanopsamma, n. sp. 
5 . 16-17 mm. Head, thorax light brownish, face tinged 
whitish. Palpi grey sprinkled whitish, gradually expanded, apex 
brushlike, basal half sometimes fuscous. Forewings rather narrow, 
costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely oblique ; light 
brownish, with faint pinkish tinge, or brown mixed fuscous ; some 
irregularly scattered raised black scales on dorsal half; sometimes 
several small dark fuscous marks beneath costa ; an oblique fuscous 
or dark fuscous mark across fold before middle ; two variable some¬ 
times very small dark fuscous transverse marks transversely placed 
at J, and one beneath costa towards apex : cilia fuscous or light 
grey, faintly pinkish-tinged round apex, obscure darker lines. 
Hindwings and cilia light grey. 
Japan, Kii, Iwawakisan, November ($. IssiJci), Gifu, Ikeno, 
October (AT. Talceuchi ); 2 ex. Variable. 
STASXPHRON, n. g. 
Head rough on crown, face smooth, retreating; ocelli posterior; 
tongue developed. Antennae -§, <$ simple, scape moderate, with 
well-developed pecten. Labial palpi moderate, slightly curved, 
obliquely ascending, slender, smooth, terminal joint somewhat 
shorter than second, pointed. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior 
tibiae rather rough-haired above and beneath. Fore wings 1 b 
simple (?), 2 from towards angle, 3-5 approximated, 7 and 8 
stalked, 7 to termen, 9 and 10 approximated from end of cell, 11 
from middle. Hindwings lanceolate, acute, cilia 3 ; 2-4 parailel, 
