570 
EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
India, N.W.F. Prov., Tarnab Farm, bred May from larvae rolling 
leaves of plum and peach (H . N. Batra ); 3 ex., partially much 
damaged (type Brit. Mus.). 
Tortrix scaeodoxa, n. sp. 
d 2 ♦ 11 ram « Head, palpi pale ochreous. Thorax greyish- 
ochreous. Forewings suboblong, costa anteriorly moderately 
arched, posteriorly nearly straight, <3 with moderate fold from base 
to middle, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, little oblique, more 
so in 5 ; whitish-ochreous, a few small scattered grey strigulae 
suffused ochreous; basal patch only indicated by one or two small 
dark grey spots on costa and slight dorsal suffusion, or wholly 
obsolete ; central fascia rather broad, oblique, narrowed posteriorly 
on costal third, dark grey when fully developed but very variable, 
sometimes more or less mixed ochreous, or in one $ reduced to 
costal and dorsal spots ; costal patch similarly variable, forming a 
rather broad oblique fascia running to termen below middle, grey 
edged darker striae or variably replaced by ochreous except towards 
costa anteriorly: cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings grey ; cilia 
whitish-grey, a grey subbasal shade. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, November to April ((7. Seydel ); 
5 ex. (type Belg. Cong. Mus.). Nearest elegans Wals. 
CRAMBIDhE. 
LOXOPHANTIS, n. g. 
Face with stong conical prominence; tongue imperceptible. 
Antennae 3 strongly bipectinated to apex. Labial palpi long, 
porrect, clothed dense loose scales attenuated to apex. Maxillary 
palpi moderately porrect, loosely scaled. Hind tibiae smooth. Fore- 
wings 2 from |, 3 from angle, 4 and 5 stalked, 8 and 9 stalked, 
11 curved and shortly approximated to 12. Hindwings over 1, 
with cubital pecten; 2 from §, 3 from near angle, 4 and 5 long- 
stalked, 6 obsolescent, remote, 7 very shortly anastomosing with 8. 
Allied to Surattha. 
Loxophantis triplecta, n. sp. 
3 . 20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax ochreous-yellowish. Fore- 
wings elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, 
termen rounded, rather oblique; ochreous-yellow; first, second, 
and subterminal lines represented by rather thick irregular streaks 
of blackish irroration roughly parallel to termen, reaching from 
dorsum about | across wing, first somewhat before middle; 
a slender grey terminal streak containing a series of irregular black 
dots: cilia grey sprinkled blackish. Hindwings grey; cilia light 
grey. 
Belgian Congo, Elisabethville, December (C . Seydel ); 1 ex. 
(Belg. Cong. Mus.). 
