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EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 
PTILOBOLA, n. g. 
Head smooth, sidetufts slightly raised ; ocelli posterior ; tongue 
developed. Antennse f, simple, scape elongate, with pecten. 
Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint rising above crown, 
rough-scaled and somewhat furrowed beneath, terminal joint as 
long as second, slightly roughened anteriorly, acute. Maxillary 
palpi rudimentary. Fore tibiae and tarsi short, thickened with 
rough scales ; hind tibiae clothed with rough hairs above. Fore¬ 
wings with some small tufts of long spatulate hairscales ; 2 and 3 
stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hind wings 1, 
elongate-ovate, cilia ^ ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 somewhat approxi¬ 
mated (?), 6 and 7 parallel. 
Type inornatella Wals., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1891, 113, from 
West Africa, referred by its author to Depressaria. I have 
examined 4 examples from Gold Coast, Takoradi, bred June from 
larvae feeding on leaves of lime ( Citrus ) ( Qotterell ). The genus 
is allied to Psorosticha. 
Hypercallia unilorata, n. sp. 
c? . 17 mm. Head with dense loosely expanded hairs, pale 
yellow mixed crimson. Palpi dark grey suffused crimson, apex 
whitish. Thorax light yellow reticulated crimson. Forewings 
suboblong, costa moderately arched, termen sinuate, little oblique ; 
yellow coarsely reticulated crimson ; a narrow dark fuscous costal 
streak edged crimson, interrupted at about -g-, continued along 
termen to tornus ; a narrow somewhat sinuate dark fuscous streak, 
irregularly edged crimson, from costa beyond middle to dorsum 
at ^ : cilia yellow, base crimson, a fuscous apical bar edged crimson, 
a fuscous tornal patch. Hindwings pale rosy-grey ; cilia whitish. 
China, Mt. Omei, 4000 feet, July ( Franck ); 1 ex. 
Hypercallia intonans, n. sp. 
c? $ . 15-17 mm. Head yellow mixed crimson, face tinged 
whitish. Palpi yellow irrorated crimson. Thorax yellow irregu¬ 
larly streaked crimson. Fore wings suboblong, costa anteriorly 
moderately arched, posteriorly straight, termen hardly oblique, 
rounded beneath; basal yellow suffusedly reticulated crimson, 
edge of this area convex, remainder fuscous irregularly and suffusedly 
mixed crimson, especially round small blackish second discal stigma, 
and on an angulated subterminal fascia rising from a small yellow 
mark on costa at |, in $ these areas more defined, crimson streaked 
yellow ; extreme costal edge white throughout: cilia grey sprinkled 
dark grey. Hindwings and cilia grey-whitish. 
Argentina, Alta Gracia ( C . Bruch); 4 ex. 
Cryptolechia siriopa, n. sp. 
5 • 11-15 mm. Head yellow-ochreous. Palpi ochreous- 
yellow, second joint dark fuscous except tip. Thorax yellow- 
ochreous, anterior margin suffused dark fuscous. Forewings 
