PH YCITIDiE.— PYRAUSTID^I. 
393 
forming somewhat raised spots of cloud}' dark grey suffusion ; 
a similar spot beneath middle of disc rather before orbicular : cilia 
greyish. Hindwings subhyaline, whitish-grey, costal area broadly 
suffused grey except towards base, margins of cell posteriorly and 
veins from cell suffused dense dark grey scales becoming attenuated 
towards termen; cilia whitish, tinged grey round apex. 
India, Dehra Dun, bred January from larvae feeding on leaves 
of Caseciria grciveolens ( Flacourtiacece ); 2 ex. 
PYRAUSTID/b 
EPHORMOTRIS, n. g. 
Face rounded ; tongue developed. Antennae |. Labial palpi 
moderately long, recurved, with appressed scales, slightly roughened 
anteriorly, terminal joint rather shorter than second, slender, acute. 
Maxillary palpi short, filiform, porrect. Hind tibiae somewhat 
roughened above. Forewings 2 from towards angle, 3 and 4 
stalked from angle, 5 approximated, 7 straight, remote, 9 and 10 out 
of 8, 11 from towards angle. Hindwings 2 from |, 3 from angle, 
4 absent, 5 nearly approximated at base, 8 anastomosing with base 
of 6, 7 absent. 
Allied to Tetrernici. 
Ephormotris octopis, n. sp. 
J. 20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax white. Forewings elongate- 
triangular, costa gently arched about §, termen bowed, rather oblique ; 
ochreous-orange ; markings shining white ; a streak along costa 
from base to |, giving rise to four moderate transverse fasciae, 
first basal, second at preceded by a small spot of grey suffusion 
beneath subcostal, third median, rapidly expanded posteriorly 
nearly to reach tornus, slightly sprinkled grey and partly edged 
finely grey, fourth from apex of costal streak to tornus but widely 
interrupted below middle, upper section edged dark grey posteriorly, 
tornal spot suffused greyish; a short black longitudinal mark 
beneath costal edge in middle ; a white fasciate pointed subterminal 
streak from costa to below middle, edged grey, more strongly 
posteriorly (cilia denuded). Hindwings white ; a broad uneven 
ochreous-orange fascia at ^ ; an elongate ochreous-orange blotch 
across apical margin ; some grey scales in middle of disc; second 
line indicated by double blackish-grey margins, very acutely 
angulated opposite apex, then sinuous ; beyond this a series of three 
irregular submarginal black spots and a short waved black line 
connecting this with dorsum, alternating with a terminal series of 
five rounded black spots, interspaces of marginal spots ochreous- 
yellow (cilia damaged). 
Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, July; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.h 
