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towards apex. Antenne grey,in front whitsh, basal joint white, beneath black..
Thorax white, sides bronzy. Abdomen dark fuscous, beneath ochreous-
whitish. Legs blackish ringed with white, tarsi white, posterior pair spotted
with grey. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; ochreous-bronze ; a broad
shining white dorsal streak from base, its upper edge from + to beyond
tornus forming three strong rounded-triangular black-edged prominences,
reaching 4% across wing, the concavities between these almost reaching dorsum ;
a waite black-edged dot on costa at ?; a fine white black-edged oblique
transverse streak before apex: cilia white, towards tornus grey, beneath apex
with a bar of dark orey suffusion, above apex with three dark fuscous
strigule, before first of these bronzy. Hindwings rather dark grey; cilia
grey.
Khasi Hills, in November ; Pusa, Bengal, bred in April from larve mining
leaves of Blumea lacera (Lefroy) ; four specimens.
Acrocercops isodelta, n. sp.
¢. 8 mm. Head white, face fuscous-tinged. Palpi white, second joint
with upper edge and an apical band blackish, terminal joint with blackish
submedian ring, Antenne grey, in front whitish, basal joint white, beneath
blackish, Thorax white, sides bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen grey, beneath white.
Legs white, banded with dark fuscous and blackish. Forewings narrowly
elongate-lanceolate, bronzy-fuscous ; a moderately broad ochreous-white dorsal
streak from base, between j and { forming three broad triangular black-edged
blotches whose tips almost or quite coalesce with white black-edged dots on
costa, the angular indentations between these almost reaching dorsum ; a fine
white black-edged oblique transverse streak before apex: cilia whitish, beneath
tornus greyish, beneath apex with a bronzy bar, above apex with three dark
fuscous striguli, before first of these bronzy. Hindwings rather dark grey ;
cilia grey.
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January (Pole) ; one specimen.
Acrocercops lyrica n. sp.
é- 8mm. Head shining white. Palpi white, second joint with two dark
grey bands, apex of terminal joint dark grey. Antenne grey. Thorax white,
sides bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal tuft white, beneath white with
lateral See of oblique grey stripes. Legs white, banded with dark arpy Fore-
wings very narrowly lanceolate, gradually narrowed from near base ; bronzy
fuscous, becoming bronzy-ochreous on dorsal half ; a silvery-white sips along
dorsum from base to tornus, its apex rather dilated into an irregular spot 3m
silvery white elongate patch along termen from above tornus almost to apex,
its anterior extremity emitting a projection which extends 3 across wing ; above
this patch beneath costa is a sinuate black longitudinal line terminating in a
transverse black apical mark: cilia white, towards tornus greyish, above apex
with a black median line, beneath apex with a blackish bar. Hindwings rather
dark grey ; cilia grey.
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March (Pole); one specimen.
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$2D Journ,, Bom, Nat, Hist, Soc., Vol, XVILI., No.-4.. [Nov, 15, 1908.
Acrocercops gemontella, Stt.
(Gracilaria gemoniella, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond, i (3rd sers.), 297, pl. x, 6.)
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March and April (Pole); N. Coorg. 3,500 feet, in Octo-
ber (Newcome). None of my specimens show the anterior prominence of the
dorsal streak mentioned by Stainton, but otherwise they agree precisely, and I
am unable to regard them as distinct.
Acrocercops argyraspts, n. Sp.
&. 8mm. Head white. Palpi white, lined with blackish. Antenne
_____whitish-grey. Thorax shining white, sides ochreous-bronze. (Abdomen broken.)
Legs white, banded with dark fuscous. Forewings very narrowly elongate-
lanceolate; ochreous-bronze ; a moderate silvery-white stripe along dorsum from
base to tornus, a bright silvery-white apical blotch occupying more than } of
wing, narrowed towards costa, anterior edge rounded and edged with dark fus-
cous suffusion, enclosing a subtransverse black apical mark : cilia white, at apex
with a blackish median line, towards tornus grey. Hindwings dark grey ;
cilia grey.
Khasi Hills, in March ; two specimens.
Acrocercops galeopa, n. sp.
Q. 10—11 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi whitish, apex of second
joint sometimes with a grey dot. Antenne whitish, faintly dotted with grey..
Thorax whitish, sides pale ochreous. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, beneath
ochreous-whitish, Legs whitish, indistinctly banded with grey. Forewings:
very narrowly elongate, moderately pointed, apex slenderly produced, acute
ochreous-whitish, towards base more ochreous-tinged; a moderate undefined
pale ochreous spot on costa before middle, and another on dorsum beyond
middle, almost connected into an oblique fascia ; apical third of wing almost
wholly occupied by an ochreous-brown patch composed of several confluent
spots, sometimes with an undefined transverse bar of dark fuscous irroration at
3; cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings grey; cilia pale greyish-ochreous.
Khasi Hills, from July to September ; three specimens.
Acrocercops ochronephela, n. sp.
&. 9—10 mm. Head shining whitish-ochreous, face more whitish. Palpi
whitish. Antenne whitish, spotted with grey. Thorax ochreous. Abdomen
grey, beneath whitish. Legs white, banded with dark fuscous. Forewings very
narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; yellow-ochreous, deeper and sometimes brownish-
tinged posteriorly ; two slender cloudy undefined whitish-ochreous transverse
fascie at about % and +: cilia pale ochreous, above apex ochreous-whitish Hind-
wings rather dark grey ; cilia grey.
Khasi Hills, in December and March ; three specimens.
Acrocercops sauropis, n. Sp.
&. 9mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi white, terminal joint sometimes
spotted with grey. Antenne greyish. Thorax light greyish-bronze. Abdomen
greyish, beneath white with lateral series of oblique fuscous stripes. Legs
white, spotted with grey and blackish. Forewings very narrowly elongate,
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gradually narrowed, apex rounded-pointed ; light red-brownish, somewhat
mixed with shining grey, a fine oblique white stria from ? of costa to tornus,
edged posteriorly in middle by several black scales ; a white dot on costa near
apex, partially blackish edged; a small round black apical spot : cilia grey, round
apex brownish, beneath apex witha blackish hook, above apex with a white
spot. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey.
Khasi Hills, in October ; two specimens.
Acrocercops telearcha, n. sp.
__$ Q. 11-14mm. Head shining ochreous-white. Palpi white, second joint
with blackish-grey apical band, terminal joint with anterior edge blackish towards
apex. Antenne dark grey. Thorax ochreous-white, sides dark bronzy-fuscous.
Abdomen rather dark grey, beneath obliquely banded with white. Legs dark
grey, ringed with white. Forewings very narrowly elongate, short-pointed, apex
obtuse ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; a yellow-whitish streak along dorsum from base
to tornus, upper edge twice sinuate upwards, and enlarged into a round spot at
apex ; an elongate-oval whitish spot beneath costa at 2 ; from six to eight fine
oblique white strigule from posterior half of costa, variable in number and
length, last transverse and cutting off a small black apical spot ; two white dots
on termen, lower larger: cilia grey, round apex dark fuscous, white at base
above apex and on a bar beneath apex. Hindwings rather dark grey; cilia grey.
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January, June, and October (Pole) ; three specimens. ©
Acrocercops mantica, n.- sp.
@. 10mm. Head yellow-whitish, sides of crown yellowish, face white with
a blackish median bar. Palpi white, second joint dark grey except towards base,
with tuft of projecting scales beneath. Antenne white, pale greyish above,
Thorax white, with yellow-ochreous spot on. shoulders and small black pos-
terior spot. (Abdomen broken.) legs white, banded with ochreous-yellowish
and ringed with dark grey. Forewings. very narrowly elongate-lanceolate,
acute ; bright deep ochreous-yellow; costal edge blackish; base of dorsum white ;
three white discal blotches, first moderate, subtriangular, blackish-edged, before
4, second elongate, extending from } to $, sometimes connected with first, third
very elongate, extending from just beyond second to costa near apex ; a slender
inwardly oblique blackish streak from middle of costa to junction of first two
blotches, preceded by a white costal dot; a fine white very oblique strigula
from 3 of costa running into third blotch near apex, space between this and.
third blotch black, extended as a blackish streak between second and third
blotches ; a short white strigula along costa running into apex of third blotch,
space between this and preceding strigula black ; a white apical mark: cilia
whitish-ochreous, towards tornus greyish, basal third yellow-ochreous, at apex
with two blackish hooks, Hindwings and cilia grey,
Khasi Hills, in November ; two specimens,
Acrocercops cornicina, n, sp,
9. 9mm. Head shining whitish-ochreous, face beneath a dark grey bar
whitish. Palpi white, second joint blackish towards apex, beneath with a short
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tuft of projecting scales, Antenne greyish, beneath white. Thorax pale ochre-
ous. Abdomen dark grey, beneath whitish becoming ochreous-tinged poste-
riorly, with laterial series of oblique dark grey stripes meeting beneath. Legs
yellow-whitish, ringed with blackish, Forewings very narrowly elongate,
parallel-sided, moderately pointed ; bronzy-ochreous ; marking silvery white,
strongly edged with black ; a rather broad fascia, followed by a second more
oblique fascia united with it dorsally ; a moderate inwardly oblique fascia
from middle of costa, not reaching dorsum, posteriorly produced along costa
__.as.a short fine twice interrupted line ; a rather broad very oblique fascia from
dorsum before tornus to about + of costa, bifurcate on costal half, furcation
filled with black ; white apical and preapical costal dots: cilia whitish, basal
third yellow-ochreous, above apex ochreous-whitish, with a black apical
hook, towards tornus greyish, Hindwings and cilia grey,
Khasi Hills, in March ; one specimen.
Acrocercops macroplaea, 0, sp.
&. 11 mm, Head metallic-shining whitish-ochreous, face more whitish,
lower part mixed with grey, Palpi white, second joint black except towards
base, beneath with tuft of long projecting mixed black and whitish scales,
Antenne whitish, dotted with grey, Thorax ochreous-whitish, mixed with
dark fuscous, (Abdomen broken,) Legs whitish, banded with yellowish and
ringed with blackish, Forewings very narrowly elongate, gradually pointed
acute ; brownish, towards costa anteriorly suffused with rather dark fuscous
elsewhere towards costa yellowish-tinged ; costal edge dark fuscous ; an
irregular narrow ochreous-white blackish-edged inwardly oblique fascia at
4, narrowest towards costa ; an elongate white black-edged spot along costa
before middle, and a smaller similar one beyond middle ; an elongate ochre-
ous-whitish black-edged spot on fold at 3; an irregular elongate ochreous-
whitish, black-edged mark in middle of disc, connected with anterior extremity
of first costal spot ;a rather thick whitish-ochreous black-edged streak rising
from dorsum before tornus, then bent and continued to apex, becoming white
posteriorly ; a fine whitish line running from second costal spot beneath costa
into this streak near apex: cilia greyish, round apex ochreous-whitish, to-
wards base ochreous-yellowish, beneath apex with two blackish hooks, Hind-
wings and cilia grey.
Khasi Hills, in November ; one specimen.
Acrocercops melanoplecta, n, sp.
3. 9—10 mm, Head yellow-whitish, Palpi white, second joint with
upper edge blackish, and beneath with rather long projecting scales towards
apex mixed with blackish, Antenne whitish spotted with grey. Thorax pale
whitish-yellowish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous tinged with grey, beneath white
with lateral series of oblique grey lines, Legs white, banded with pale ochre-
ous and indistinctly ringed with blackish, apex of anterior and middle tibize
banded with black. Forewings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate, apex long-
pointed, acute ; yellowish-white, with scattered yellow-ochreous scales and
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transverse strigule ; an elongate black spot along costa about 4; a very
oblique triangular yellow-ochreous spot from costa about %, sometimes marked
with a black dot ; an elongate yellow-ochreous spot along apical portion of
costa, marked anteriorly with a black dot: cilia yellow-whitish, at apex with
two or three dark grey hooks. Hindwings and cilia grey or pale grey.
Khasi Hills, in October and March ; seven specimens,
Acrocercops plocamis, n. sp.
@- 10 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, face white. Palpi dark fuscous
_second joint white at base and apex, with tuft of projecting scales beneath,
terminal joint white with two dark fuscous bands. Antenne dark fuscous,
slenderly ringed with whitish. Thorax bronzy-ochreous, sprinkled with dark
fuscous. (Abdomen broken.) Legs blackish, banded with white. Forewings
very narrowly elongate, moderately pointed, acute ; whitish-ochreous mostly
suffused with ochreous-brewnish ; an undefined streak of black suffusion along
costa ; four narrow white transverse streaks edged with dark fuscous, first and
second at ¢ and 4, slightly curved, direct, third median, obliquely curved,
fourth at $, similar ; beyond third is an outwardly oblique white dark-edged
strigula from costa, and an oblique white mark below middle ; on anterior half
of wing are two or three dark fuscous strie parallel with and intermediate
between the white streaks; a curved transverse silvery metallic dark-edged
line before appex: cilia whitish, with blackish subbasal and median lines round
apex, beneath tornus greyish. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey.
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in April (Pole) ; one specimen.
Acrocercops convoluta, n. sp.
OQ. 9+10mm. Head whitish-ochreous mixed with grey, face white,
Palpi ochreous-fuscous, second joint white at apex, with tuft of loose project-
ing scales beneath, terminal joint white with two dark fuscous rings. Antenne
ochreous-whitish suffusedly ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous-
whitish irrorated with ochreous and dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, beneath
white, with lateral series of oblique dark fuscous streaks. Legs dark ochreous-
fuscous ringed with white, bristles of posterior tibiz very short. Forewings
very narrowly elongate, parallel-sided, short-pointed, apex obtuse ; whitish-
ochreous, with numerous strong dark fuscous transverse striw, angulated above
middle, at first slightly, more acutely posteriorly ; the coalescence of these
tends to form a dark fuscous fascia before middle, and two pairs of oblique
dark fuscous costal and dorsal spots posteriorly ; alternating with these are
vblique white costal and dorsal strigulz, variable and irregular, sometimes meet-
ing, last dorsal long and curved; a curved oblique silvery transverse stria
towards apex, beyond which is a white dot on costa; apex longitudinally
brownish-ochreous, suffused with dark fuscous anteriorly ; cilia grey, round
apex grey-whitish with a black subbasal line and dark grey median line,
Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey.
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in January, February, May, September, and October
(Pole) ; eight specimens.
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Acrocercops strophala, n. sp.
Q. 10—11mm. Head whitish, crown mixed with light grey. Palpi fascons
mixed with blackish, second joint with tuft of loose projecting scales beneath,
terminal joint white, anterior edge blaek except towards base. Antenne dark
grey. Thorax whitish mixed With dark fuscous, Abdomen grey-whitish,
beneath white with lateral series of oblique dark fuscous streaks. Legs dark grey
ringed with whitish. Forewings very narrowly elongate, parallel sided, short-
pointed, apex obtuse ; dark fuscous sprinkled with whitish, with four pairs or
triplets of white transverse lines separated by black lines, first to somewhat
sinuate-angulated, third more angulated, fourth anteapival, evefily curved; apical
spot dark fuscous, ¢ostal and terminal edges finely white: cilia light fascous,
tound apex whitish-suffused with dark fus¢ous subbasa] shade and median line,
beneath apex With black basal line. HindWwings grey ; cilia light fuscoas.
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February (Pole): Khasi Hills, in October; three spe
cimens. Much like convoluta, but distinguished by different marking of terminal
joint of palpi, and evenly curved anteapical white (not silvery) double lines.
Acrocercops patricia, Hi. sp.
&Q. 13mm. Head ochreows-whitish. Palpi bronzy mixed with dark
fuscous, second joint with apex white, beneath with tuft of long projecting scales,
terminal joint white with two oblique dark fuscous rings. Antenne whitish
suffusedly spotted with grey. Thorax whitish mixed with grey and dark
fuscous. Abdermen grey, beneath white with lateral series of oblique dari
fuscous stripes. Isegs blackish, ringed with White. Forewings very narrowly
elongate, parallel-sided, short-pointed, apex obtuse s ochreous-bronze, mixed with
dark grey, especially towards margins ; dorsal half suffused with whitish from
base to 3; some undefined whitish strie from costa about 3; three oblique
black spots on posterior half of costa, separated by two angulated trafisverse
fasciee of three white striz each, separated by dark fascous lines, some of which
are black on costa ; beyond last black spot an angulated pair of white trans-
verse strie separated by a violet blackish lime ; apical area dark bronzy, with a
small conspicuous white triangular spot on costa before apex: cilia grey, mixed
with whitish, round apex with blacixish subbasa! shade and median line. Hind-
wings blackish grey 5 cilia grey.
Khasi Hills, in October ; twospecimens, Separable from the two preceding
by the white costal anteapical spot.
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Coriseium orientale, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond, iii (n, ser.) 301,
Khasi Hills, in March. Resognisable by the two violet posterior stris.
Acrocercops ustulatella, Stt,
(Gracilaria ustelatella, Stt., Trans. Ent,Soc. Lond., vy. (n. ser.), 121; Concpo-
sorpha isochorda, Meyt., Journ, Bomb, N. H. Soc,, XVII, 746.)
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ing on second joint, and two rings on terminal joint of dark fuscous itroration,
Antenne white, faintly ringed with pale fuscous. Legs white, banded with pale
‘ochreous, first joint of anterior and middle tarsi with black apical band, middle
tibie dilated with long spatulate scales, Forewings very narrowly elongate-
lanceolate ; white; five moderate slightly oblique pale ochreous-yellowish
fasciw, sometimes fuscous-sprinkled, first basal, indistinct, third before middle,
broadest ; between the fascite are two or three yellowish strigule ; a black trans-
__verse spot in disc at $, and another from costa close beyond it ; some fine black-
sh irroration beyond these : cilia pale ochreous, towards tornus greyish-tinged,
outer half paler and sprinkled with fuscous irroration. Hindwings rather dark
grey ; cilia pale grey.
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March, June, and September (Pole) ; three specimens,
Macarostola leutochorda , n, sp.
@. 9 mm. Head white, Palpi white, second joint smooth-scaled, with upper
edge dark grey, terminal joint longer than second, with anterior edge blackish.
Antenne dark fuscous, beneath white. Thorax dark bronzy grey, posterior
extremity white, Abdomen grey, beneath ochreous-whitish, Legs white,
panded with grey and blackish. Forewings very narrowly elongate parallel.
sided, moderately pointed ; dark bronzy-grey ; an evenly broad snow-white
atreak along dorsum from base almost to apex, its upper edge narrowly incised
about middle of termen, its extremity dilated into a triangular projection, edged
above by a short black anteriorly white margined costal mark close before apex
of wing ; three fine longitudinal white lines from about % to opposite incision
of dorsal streak, uppermost costal, second curved up to costa anteriorly,
lowest obsolescent anteriorly: cilia grey, white at base round apex and ona
small spot below apex, at apex with a blackish hook, Hindwings rather dark
Btey ; cilia grey.
N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in June (Newcome) ; one specimen,
Macarostola capnias, n. sp.
&@. 6mm, Head and thorax shining grey. Palpi whitish, second joint
with black apical band, terminal joint shorter than second, blackish with
white supramedian band, Antenne dark grey, Abdomen rather dark grey,
beneath whitish, Legs whitish, lined and banded with blackish. Forewings
narrowly élongate-lanceolate, acute; rather dark ashy-grey, with a slight
purplish tinge ; apical area suffused with ochreous; a fine oblique transverse
whitish line at 4; two pairs of whitish strigule on costa towards apex, last
margining a small round black apical spot: cilia grey, beneath apex with
a patch of ochreous suffusion, round apex with two blackish lines.
rather dark grey ; cilia grey.
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March (Pole) ; two specimens,
Macarostola perisphena, Meyr.
(Gracilaria perisphena, Meyr., Journ. Bomb, N. H. Soc., XVI iGhaa)
Ihave this also from Diyatalawa, Ceylon, and the Nilgiri Hills, in May
and August.
Hindwings
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827 Journ:, Bom, Nat. Hist, Soc,, Vol. XVIII., No.4 [Nov. 15, 1908,
Macarostola paradisia, n. sp.
&. 11 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, back of crown and sides of fac#
crimson-pink. Palpi smooth-scaled, crimson-pink, terminal joint longer than
second, whitish. Antenns whitish-ochreous. Thorax whitish, anteriorly crim-
son-pink. Abdomen light grey, beneath white with lateral series of oblique
grey lines edged posteriorly with ochreous-yellowish. Legs white, partially
suffused with yellowish, and ringed with blackishsgrey, Forewings very
narrowly elongate, parallel-sided, short pointed, apex obtuse ; light crimson;
base narrowly pale yellowish ; a moderate subquadrate yellow spot on dorsum
towards base ; two elongate yellow spots on dorsum before and beyond middle
of wing, touching above so as to enclose a small crimson spot on dorsum; a
pale yellowish streak from costa at 4, at first transverse, angulated in disc and
continued longitudinally to 4; an oblique pale yellowish streak from costa
before middle, reaching nearly half across wing ; a longitudinal pale yellowish
mark in disc at 3; an elongate yellow spot along termen beyond tornus; a
transverse black maik neat apex, edged anteriorly towards costa with yellow
suffusion: cilia grey, round apex yellowish, base on upper part of termen
crinison, Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey,
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in October (Pole) ; ote specimen,
Macarostola hieranthes, Meyr,
(Coriscium hieranthes, Meyr,, Journ. Bomb. N, H. Soc., XVII, 745.)
In this species the second joint of palpi is shortly tufted beneath, as is implied
by the reference to the genus corisciwm, which I have now suppressed,
Macarostola thriambica, Meyr.,
(Gracilaria thriambica, Meyr., Journ. Bomb, N, H. Soc., XVII, 745.)
Second joint of palpi smooth-scaled.
Macarostola coccinea, Wals,
(Gracilaria coccinea, Wals,, Swinh, Cat. Het,, it, 576.)
I do not possess this, but it is probably referable here,
Macarostola callischema, 0. sp.
a. 9 mm. Head yellow-whitish, sides of face crimson. Palpi smooth-
scaled, crimson, terminal joint longer than second, whitish. Antenne ochreous-
whitish. Thorax crimson, posteriorly pale yellowish. Abdomen pale grey,
towards apex yellow-whitish, beneath white, with lateral series of oblique grey
lines edged posteriorly with whitish-yelluwish. Legs whitish ringed with black-
ish grey, anterior femora ctimson-tinged. Forewings very narrowly elongate,
parallel-sided, short-pointed ; crimson-red ; markings pale whitish-yellowish,
becoming yellow towards dorsum ; three rather oblique rounded-triangular
dorsal spots reaching more than half across wing, apex of third produced poste-
riorly as a longitudinal streak in disc ; between first and second is a subdorsal
dot; an elongate anteriorly dilated spot beneath costa before middle
and a sinuate streak beneath central portion of costa, anteriorly resting
on costa and almost meeting preceding spot ; minute costal dots at 3,3, and
beyond 3; @ narrow oblique anteapical fascia, rather dilated towards
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with grey. Thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders brownish-tinged, Abdomen
whitish-ochreous, more or less suffused with grey above. Legs ochreous-
whitish, anterior and middle femora and tibie infuscated and spotted with dark
grey, posterior pair more or lessirrorated with fuscous. Forewings very narrowly
elongate, rather shortepointed, apex obtuse ; dorsum with three strong raised
scale-projections ; light violet-brown, sometimes partially irrorated with darker
brown ; dorsal scale-projections mixed with blackish ; base of dorsum narrowly
pale yellowish ; a slender oblique pale yellowish streak from costa at 2,
nearly reaching dorsum, edged anteriorly with yellow-brown suffusion; a
triangular patch extending over central fifth of costa outlined first with a pale
yellowish streak partially edged externally on posterior margin with blackish
and then with yellow-brown suffusion, reaching ? across wing ; a pale yellow-
ish dot in disc at 2; a pale yellowish streak from ¢ of costa to tornus, some-
times interrupted into three small spots; a small blackish dot towards apex,
above and below which are pale yellowish dots on margin: cilia whitish-
ochreous, with two or three rows of blackish-grey points, beneath tornus grey.
Hindwings and cilia grey.
Khasi Hills, in October and November ; ten specimens.
Gracilaria auricilla, Stt.
(Gracilaria auricilla, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., v. (n. ser.), 120.)
I have not obtained this species.
APPENDIX.
The species described (very inadequately) by Nietner under the name of
Gracilaria coffeifoliella does not seem to belong to the Gracilaria group at all,
but I have not succeeded in identifying it. The larvais said to be common
as a leaf-miner on coffee ; perhaps some collector could search specially for it,
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{From the JouRNAL oF THE Bombay Narurat History Society,
August 15, 1909.]
DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA,
BY
H). Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.8.
IX.
(Continued from page 832 of Volume XVIII.)
CosMOPTERYGIDA,
I have now broken up the family Hlachistide as formerly constituted, and
the family Cosmopterygide includes those genera with long sickle-shaped palpi
and veins 7 and 8 of the forewings stalked, 7 terminating in costa, such as
Cosmopteryx, Stagmatophora, and Limnecia; in my last paper I termed this
restricted group Llachistide, but now find that Elachista is referable elsewhere.
Zaratha Walk.
A genus of a few tropical species, having the antennz much longer than
forewings.
Zaratha prosarista, n. sp.
¢@. 16-i8mm. Head grey with indigo-blue reflections, face bluish-silvery-
white. Palpi whitish, anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antenne
dark fuscous, becoming yellowish on sides and whitish beneath, Thorax dark
grey, shoulders suffused with ochreous, beneath pearly white. Abdomen
bronzy-ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous, beneath white, anal
tuft ochreous, on sides white. Forewings linear, acute ; dark fuscous, slightly
purplish-tinged ; a white streak along costa from base to 4, sufiused with
yellowish towards base, leaving extreme costal edge dark fuscous towards base ;
lower edge of this streak at 4 with a projection followed by an indentation
and almost confluent with a suffused yellow-whitish spot on dorsum rather
beyond it ; a slender yellowish streak along fold throughout ; a silvery-blue-
metallic line above this throughout, extended along termen to apex, where it
meets a silvery-blue-metallic subcostal line from 2% to apex ; an ochreous-
yellow streak along lower margin of costal streak from indentation onwards
extended between the two blue lines to near apex: cilia rather dark fuscous
tinged with purplish, on apical third of costa white more or less wholly suffused
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41D Journ., Bom, Nat, Hist, Soc., Vol, XIX., No. 2. [August 15, 190%,
with ochreous-yellow, Hindwings dark fuscous ; an irregular elongate hyaline
basal patch, divided into three spots by dark fuscous margins of cell; cilia
dark fuscous.
Khasis, from October to March ; nine specimens,
Zuaratha dicellias, n. sp.
Q. 20-21 mm. Head prismatic bronzy-fuscous, sides of crown light ochre-
oussyellow. Palpi ochreous-yellowish, anterior edge of terminal joint dark
fuscous. Antenne fuscous, beneath yellowish, Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous.
with an ochreous-yellowish stripe on each side of back, beneath pearly white.
Abdomen rather dark fuscous, beneath whitish-irrorated, and with broad
whitish segmental bands, Forewings linear, acute; dark fuscous, slightly
purplish-tinged ; a light ochreous-yellowish streak along fold from base to
middle, thence sinuate upwards, becoming thicker and proceeding close beneath
costa toapex, from its lower edge beyond middle sending an equally thick
branch to middle of termen, slenderly connected with upper braneh on termen;
between the two branches is a fine silvery-blue-metallic line: cilia dark fuscous
tinged with purplish, on costa yellowish at base. Hindwings dark fuscous,
obscurely subhyaline towards base in and beneath cell ; cilia dark fuscous.
Khasis, in August ; two specimens,
Cosmopteryx, Hb.
The species of this genus, notwithstanding their distinct and beautiful colour.
ing, are very closely allied together, and require careful observation to perceive
their distinctive characters, Twenty species are here recorded and to assist
determination a tabulation of these is given ; but it must be remembered that
other closely allied forms doubtless exist; the only other Indian species
described is asiatica Stt.,which Ihave not included as I do not yet possess e
specimen, though I have examined the type and consider it distinct from alk
these ; the two other species doubtfully referred by Stainton to Cosmopteryx.do
not belong to the genus.
1, Forewings with orange subcostal streak from base... anadoxa.
. without such streak ne an ug 2
2. Forewings with golden-metallic costal streak to-
wards apex ... rs aus Bala ... panopla.
at without such streak ies or ie 3
3. Median line reaching band eae ave sea a: 4
FS not . ae nee oe RE i 6
4. Subdorsal line reaching base ... R. * a 5
* not a yon =e oo ... haméfera.
5. Forewings with costal edge white towards base +» ingeniosa.
4 5 not 7 tae oon §6Grlifiea.
6. Forewings ochreous-bronzy me ... betifica.
y. dark fuscous or blackish ... rhe be 7
7. Transverse band yellow vis eae Gna idk 8
orange tee se HAE ies 10
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8. Median line very nearly reaching base see = d
- not nearly reaching base see we. manipularis.
9. Abdomen orange * we ase eee we =aculeata.
$ bronzy-grey ... sis wee owe .-. spéculata.
10. Apical joint of antenne blackish ... -... ah i
; 5 white aoe 12
f1. Apical white line nearly complete... uae wes = mimetis.
a » reduced to a very short dash ... erethista.
12. Posterior metallic fascia entire aoe one ... holophracta.
pug us Lay) a i interrupted .. “a8 mae 13
13. Median white line reaching base... bss ise 14
$; Fe not reaching base one eee 15
14. Subcostal and median lines confluent posteriorly ... veriilaris.
7 u separate ona ... licnura.
15. Postmedian band bright orange sae eae 16
ky " dull fuscous-orange aa .. cyclopea.
16. Median white line long aoe igs aes ww» paltophanes.
a mi very short 50 ove eae 17
17. Costal edge shortly white before band fee ... basilisca.
” not i ase 500 Hor 18
18. Forewings with short metallic anteapical dash ... 19
53 without such dash ase $30 ... artemidora.
19. Forewings with white apical dot in cilia... -. catharacma,.
3 without such dot aaa sp vee velonacma.
Cosmopteryx anadoxa, n. sp.
Q. 10mm, Head bronzy-fuscous, with fine whitish lines above eyes, face
paler. Palpi whitish lined with blackish. Antenne blackish lined with white
‘on basal half, apical six joints white except partially beneath, then about
eight joints white with black tips. Thorax bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen rather
dark fuscous, sides coppery-golden towards base. Posterior tibie blackish, with
white median and apical rings and a silvery-metallic ring between them.
Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, widest near base, apex very slenderly
long-produced, caudate ; bronzy-fuscous ; a rather broad orange streak immedi-
ately beneath costa from base to 4, its base golden-metallic ; a violet-golden-
metallic streak from costa at +, curving round apex of orange streak and ex-
tended obliquely across wing to beyond fold but not reaching dorsum ; costal
area between this and next fascia blackish as far as fold ; a violet-golden-met-
allic vertical fascia in middle, edged with blackish posteriorly, and a slightiy
oblique violet-golden-metallic fascia beyond %, strongly blackish-edged anteriorly,
space between these suffused with dull orange towards costa ; from middle of
last fascia an orange-yellowish sinuate line extends to apex: cilia dark fuscous
with a white costal spot on posterior fascia, Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous.
Nilgiris, 3,500 feet, in May (Andrewes) ; one specimen.
Cosmopteryx panopla, n, sp.
ATS Journ,, Bom, Nat, Hist, Soc., Vol, XIX., No.2, [August 15, 1909,
gd. 9mm. Head dark shining bronze, face lighter, with pale golden-metallic
lines above eyes. Palpi dark fuscous, terminal joint suffused with whitish
except towards base. Antenne dark fuscous, with two or three scattered
whitish rings towards apex (one antenna has some broad whitish suffusion
below middle, perhaps an abnormality, as the other does not show it). Thorax
dark shining bronze (defaced). Abdomen dark fuscous, on sides bright brassy-
metallic, Posterior tibie blackish, with silvery-white median, subapical, and
apical rings. Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex narrowly long-pro-
duced, caudate ; blackish ; two broad partially confluent golden-metallic longi-
tudinal streaks occupying nearly all basal area, upper extending to near 3,
lower to 2; a vertical violet-golden-metallic fascia slightly before middle,
near beyond which is a subtriangular orange patch on costa; an erect trans-
verse violet-golden-metallic spot on dorsum at %, whence proceeds a golden-
metallic sinuate line to apex; a goiden-metallic costal streak extending from
close beyond orange patch half way to apex: cilia bronzy-blackish, Hindwings
and cilia dark fuscous.
Hakgala, Ceylon, in April (Green) ; one specimen.
Cosmopteryx cyclopea, n. sp.
g.- 8mm. Head dark shining bronze, crown with three fine white lines,
face light bronze. Palpi white lined with black. Antenne blackish, dotted
and towards base lined with white, four apical joints white, then five blackish,
one white, one blackish, one white. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous, with three
fine silyery-white lines. Abdomen rather dark bronzy-fuscous, apex whitish-
ochreous. Posterior tibie blackish, with silvery-white median and apical rings,
and a silvery-metallic ring between these. Forewings very narrowly lJanceo-
late, somewhat wider near base, apex slenderly long-produced, caudate ;
blackish ; dorsal edge silvery-white towards base; three fine silvery lines
before 4, subcostal longest but not nearly reaching base, median intermediate
in length, subdorsal very short, posterior extremities of all three equidistant
from base ; a broad dull fuscous-orange postmedian band, suffused with darker
fuscous on costa and dorsum, anteriorly margined by a vertical violet-golden-
metallic fascia, and posteriorly by two vertical-transverse violet-golden-metallic
spots edged anteriorly by a few black scales, lower wholly anterior and not
meeting upper if produced, the fuscous-orange colour projecting beneath but
not beyond upper ; a fine silvery-metallic dash midway between this and apex,
and a short shining white line in apical cilia marked also on under surface :
cilia otherwise dark fuscous, with a white costal spot on posterior margin of
band. Hindwings and cilia dark grey.
N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in February (Newcome); one specimen, This is the
species which seems to approach nearest to asiatica Stt., from which however
it is separated by the peculiar fuscous-orange band, and the metallic anteapical
line not running into the apex ; the arrangement of the metallic lines in the
basal area is also characteristic.
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Cosmopteryx erethista, n. sp.
& @. 8-9 mm. Head dark shining bronze, with a white line above each
eye, face bronzy-whitish. Palpi whitish lined with blackish. Antenne
blackish, towards base lined with whitish, fourth and tenth joints whitish.
Thorax dark shining bronze, with three fine white lines. Abdomen dark
fuscsou. Posterior tibie black with white median and apical rings. Forewings
very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly long-produced, caudate ; blackish ;
dorsal edge white towards base; a transverse series of three very short
silvery-white dashes about 3, subcostal rather oblique and somewhat anterior
to the other two; a broad orange postmedian transverse band irregularly
sprinkled or mixed with blackish, edged by two strong violet-golden-moetallic
fasciz, anterior vertical, blackish-edged posteriorly, posterior slightly oblique,
blackish-edged anteriorly ; a very short white dash midway between band
and apex ; a small white spot in apical cilia, marked also on undersurface :
cilia blackish, with a white costal spot on posterior fascia. Hindwings and
cilia dark fuscous.
Khasis, in November ; two specimens. Characterised by the absence of the
usual white apical band of antennz, black admixture of the orange band, entire
posterior metallic fascia, and very short basal streaks.
Cosmopteryx holophracta, n. sp.
& 2. 10-11 mm. Head dark bronze, with a white line above each eye,
face silvery. Palpi white lined with blackish. Antenne black, dotted and lined
with white, three apical joints white, then five black, one white, one black,
one white, Thorax dark bronze, with three fine white lines. Abdomen dark
fuscous. Posterior tibie black with white median and apical rings, and a
silvery ring between these, Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly
long-produced, caudate ; blackish ; dorsal edge silvery-white towards base ;
a short fine silvery subcostal dash about 1; a very fine silvery-white median
line from base to about 3; ashort fine silvery-white dash beneath posterior
portion of this ; a broad orange postmedian transverse band, edged anteriorly
by a vertical violet-golden-metallic fascia black-edged posteriorly, and poste-
riorly by a rather oblique violet-golden-metallic fascia black-edged anteriorly ;
a pale violet-golden-metallic streak extending from before middle of apical
area to apex ; a small white spot in apical cilia, marked also on undersurface :
cilia blackish-grey, with a costal white spot on posterior fascia. Hindwings
and cilia dark fuscous.
Khasis, in May and August ; two specimens. Distinguished from all the
orange-banded species of the region by the combination of white arex of
antenne and entire posterior fascia.
Cosmopteryx licnura, n, sp.
é &. 9-11 mm, Head dark bronze, with a white line above each eye, face
silvery. Palpi white lined with blackish. Antennz black, dotted and lined
with white, three apical joints white, then five black, one white, one black,
two white. Thorax dark bronze, with three fine white lines. Abdomen dark
fuscous,in @ with very large whitish-ochreous anal valves,as long as thorax.
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Posterior tibize black with white median and apical rings, and a silvery ring
between these, Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly long-
produced, caudate ; blackish ; dorsal edge silyery-white towards base ; three
fine white lines on basal area, subcostal from base to 3, rather oblique, median
from base to 4, subdorsal rather shorter than half median, ending equally
with it ; a broad orange postmedian transverse band, margined anteriorly by a
vertical violet-golden-metallic fascia followed above middle by a black dot, and
posteriorly by an oblique violet-golden-metallic fascia preceded by a few black
scales and interrupted above middle bya short linear orange projection ; a very
short white dash midway between band and apex ; a white dash in apical cilia,
marked also on undersurface: cilia dark fuscous, with a white costal spot
on posterior fascia, Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous.
Khasis, from May to September; ten specimens. Differs from all others by
the exceptionally enlarged anal valves of @, which are not conspicuous in any
other species ; distinguished also from all the nearly allied species by the
combination of median line reaching base, and apical line reduced to a short
white dash,
Cosmopteryx artemidora, n. sp.
&- 8—9 mm. Head dark shining bronze, crown with three fine violet-white
lines, face silvery. Palpi white lined with black. Antenne blackish, lined
with white, four apical joints white, then five black, one white, one black, two
white. Thorax dark shining bronze, with three fine violet-white lines. Ab-
domen bronzy-fuscous, dorsally tinged with orange, apex whitish-ochreous.
Posterior tibie blackish, with white median and apical rings, anda silvery ring
between these. Forewings narrowly lanceolate, apex narrowly long-produced,
caudate ; blackish ; dorsal edge white towards base; a short fine oblique
white subcostal line before }, and very short fine white median and subdorsal
dashes beneath its posterior extremity ; a broad orange transverse postmedian
band, margined anteriorly by an almost vertical violet-golden-metallic fascia
followed above middle by a black dot, and posteriorly by two violet-golden-
metallic slightly oblique spots, edged anteriorly with a few black scales, lower
considerably anterior but placed so that it would touch upper if produced,
orange colour projecting between but not beyond these; a short snow-white
line in apical cilia, marked also on undersurface: cilia dark fuscous, with a
white costal spot on posterior edge of band. Hindwings and cilia dark
fuscous.
N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in October and November (Newcome) ; two specimens,
Distinguished by the entire absence of the apical line, except in cilia.
Cosmopleryx catharacma, Nn. sp.
2@. 78mm. Head dark shining bronze, crown with three fine white
lines, face pale bronzy. Palpi white lined with black, Antenna blackish,
dotted and towards base lined with white, four apical joints white, then five
blackish, one white, one blackish, one white. Thorax dark shining bronze,
with three fine white lines, Abdomen bronzy-fuscous, dorsally suffused with
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August 15, 1909.] Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera, AG —
orange. Posterior tibix black with white median and apical rings, and a silvery
wrongly divided metallic ring between these, Forewings very narrowly lanceo-
late, apex narrowly long-produced, caudate ; dark bronzy-fuscous ; dorsal edge
silvery-white near base ; a transverse series of three very short silvery-white
dashes before +, subcostal oblique ; a broad orange transverse postmedian band,
margined anteriorly by a vertical violet-golden-metallic fascia, and posteriorly
by two violet-golden-metallic transverse spots edged anteriorly with afew black
scales, lower spot wholly anterior to upper, so that if produced it would cross
wing without touching it, between these an irregular projection of the orange
between band and apex : cilia dark fuscous, with a snow-white dot at apex,
marked also on undersurface, and a white costal spot on posterior margin of
band, Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia rather dark fuscous.
Peradeniya, Ceylon, from December to March (Green); nine specimens,
colour extends round lower spot to dorsum; a short silvery-metallic dash midway _
Specially characterized by the snow-white dot in apical cilia, instead of the
spot or line shown by allied species.
Cosmopteryx belonacma, 0. sp.
g. 9—10 mm. Head dark shining bronze, crown with three fine white
lines, face lighter bronze. Palpi white, lined with black. Antenne blackish,
dotted and towards base lined with white, four apical joints white, then five
blackish, one white, one blackish, one white. Thorax dark shining bronze,
with three fine white lines. Abdomen bronzy-fuscous, dorsally partially
suffused with orange, Posterior tibie black with white median and apical
rings, and a silvery-metallic ring between these. Forewings narrowly lanceo-
late, widest near base, apex narrowly long-produced ; blackish ; dorsal edge
white near base ; a transverse series of three short white dashes not reaching 1,
subcostal rather oblique, longest, subdorsal shortest ; a broad orange transverse
postmedian band, margined anteriorly by a vertical violet-golden-metallic fascia
and posteriorly by two violet-golden-metallic vertical-transyerse spots edged
anteriorly with black, lower spot wholly anterior to upper and not meeting it
if produced ; between these a short acute-triangular orange projection not
reaching beyond upper spot ; a short pale violet-golden-metallic dash midway
between this and apex, and ancther at apex, with a white dash in apical cilia;
cilia dark fuscous, with a costal white spot on posterior edge of band. Hind-
wings dark fuscous ; cilia rather dark fuscous,
Khasis, from March to May ; three specimens. Larger than catharacma
with the subcostal line longer, the orange colour not surrounding lower metallic
spot, a metallic dash in apex, and a_ white dash in cilia instead of
the dot, |
Cosmopteryx basilisca, n. sp.
@. 8mm. Head dark shining bronze, crown with three fine white lines,
face lighter bronze, Palpi white lined with black. Antenne blackish, dotted
and towards base lined with white, four apical joints white, then five blackish,
one white, one blackish, two white. Thorax dark bronze, with three fine white
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lines, Abdomen bronzy-fuscous, dorsally tinged with orange, apex whitish,
Posterior tibiz blackish, with white median and apical and silvery subapical
rings. Forewings narrowly lanceolate, apex narrowly long-produced ; dark
fuscous ; dorsal edge white towards base ; a transverse series of three short
white dashes before }, subcostal rather oblique, subdorsal shortest ; costal edge
white for a short space before band ; a broad orange transverse postmedian band
margined anteriorly by a vertical violet-golden-metallic fascia, and posteriorly
by two yiolet-golden-metallic vertical-transverse spots, lower spot wholly ante-
rior to upper ; between these a short fine orange line runs to termen, and from
_ olose beyond this a fine silvery-white line to apex: cilia dark fuscous, with
a white costal spot on posterior margin of band. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia
rather dark fuscous.
Puttalam, Ceylon, in November (Pole) ; one specimen. Amongst the orange
banded species with lower metallic spot wholly anterior to. upper it is charac-
terised by the arrangement of the white basal streaks, the white costal edge
before band, and the almost entire white apical line.
Cosmopteryx pabtophanes, 0. sp,
@. 1lmm. Head dark bronzy-fuscous, crown with three fine white lines,
face pale bronzy. Palpi white lined with black. Antenne blackish, towards
base lined with white, four apical joints white, then five blackish, one white
one blackish, one white, Thorax dark fuscous, with three fine silvery-white lines,
(Abdomen broken.) Posterior tibie blackish, with white median and apical
rings, and a silvery-metallic ring between these, Forewings narrowly lan-
ceolate, apex slenderly long-produced, caudate ; blackish-fuscous ; dorsal edge
silvery-white towards base ; a silvery subcostal somewhat oblique line from
base to beyond :; a silvery median line from near base to beyond 3 ; a silvery
subdorsal line extending rather beyond median but not nearly reaching base ;
a broad orange postmedian transverse band, anteriorly edged by a slightly
oblique pale golden-metallic fascia followed by a few black scales and above
middle by a large black dot, and posteriorly by two pale golden-metallic
spots edged with black anteriorly, lower larger and somewhat anterior, between
these a rather long and broad orange projection extends to termen, and is
continued as a white streak along termen to apex: cilia rather dark fuscous, on
costa with a whitish spot on posterior edge of band. Hindwings dark fuscous ;
cilia rather dark fuscous.
Khasis,in August; one specimen. Differs from the similar group by the
long median line, which however does not reach base,
Cosmopteryx mimetis, Meyr.
(Cosmopteryx mimetis, Meyr., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1897, 339.)
SQ. 8-10 mm. Antennz with one or two apical joints blackish, then two
white, four or five blackish, one white, one blackish, one white, Abdomen dark
bronzy-fuscous, sometimes orange-tinged. Forewings dark fuscous ; a white
oblique subcostal line from base to +, and short white median and subdorsal
lines, widely remote from base and band; costal edge shortly white before
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band ; a broad postmedian orange band narrowed downwards, margined by pale
golden-metallic fasciz, first followed by a black dot above middle, second edged
anteriorly with some blackish scales and interrupted above middle by an orange
projection, whence proceeds a more or less slightiy interrupted white line to
apex, sometimes partially marked with yellow. Hindwings dark fuscous.
Maskeliya and Puttalam, Ceylon, in October, and from January to April
(Pole, Green); Nilgiris (Andrewes); also from Kuching, Borneo (Hewitt);
described from Eastern Australia, and I have specimens from New Guirea.
I have briefly redescribed this species for convenience of comparison ; it is at
once known from its nearest allies by the dark apical joint of antenne, A_
similar Australian species, C, macrula, Meyr,, which also has the dark tip, has
longer while median and subdorsal lines, and orange abdomen,
Cosmopteryx vewillaris, n. sp,
&- 10 mm. Head dark fuscous, crown with three fine white lines, face
bronzy-whitish, Palpi white lined with black. Antenne dark fuscous, towards
base lined with white, four apical segments white, then five dark, one white, one
dark, two white. Thorax dark fuscous, with three fine white lines. Abdomen
dark grey, dorsally mixed with orange-ochreous suffusion. Posterior tibix
blackish with white median, anteapical and apical rings. Forewings very
narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly long-produced, caudate ; blackish ; dorsal
edge white towards base ; an oblique white subcostal line from near base, and
a silvery-white median line from base, confluent posteriorly and nearly
reaching { ; a white subdorsal line from near base to sliglitly beyond them ;
costal edge white fora short space before band; a broad orange transverse
band somewhat beyond middle, narrowed downwards, anteriorly margined by
a slightly, oblique pale golden-metallic fascia followed by a black dot above
middle, and posteriorly by two golden-metallic spots edged anteriorly with two
or three black scales, lower rather anterior; between these isa short narrow
orange projection, whence a sinuate white line extends to apex: cilia dark
fuscous, with a white costal spot on posterior edge of band. Hindwings, dark
fuscous ; cilia rather dark. fuscous.
Khasis, in October ; one specimen. Specially distinguished by the peculiar
disposition of the anterior lines.
Cosmopteryx latifica, n. sp.
6. 7-10 mm. Head bronzy, crown with three fine white lines, face
shining whitish, Palpi whitish lined with blackish, Antenne blackish, towards
base lined with whitish, three apical joints white, then five blackish, then one
or two white. Thorax bronzy with three fine white lines. Abdomen ochreous,
in $ infuscated, apex whitish. Posterior tibiz: white, above greyish-ochreons
exceptat middle and apex. Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex very
slenderly long-produced, caudate ; ochreous-bronzy ; costal edge white from
near base to 4 ; dorsal edge white towards base ; a fine white subcostal slightly
oblique line from base to 4; a fine white median line from base to near
band ; a short fine white subdorsal dash beneath posterior extremity of this ;
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moderate orange transverse band slightly beyond middle, anterior edge
marked with two round golden-metallic spots, upper followed by a large black
dot, lower slightly posterior, band posteriorly margined by two golden-metallic
spots preceded by a few black scales, upper small, lower large, hardly anterior,
between these a suffused elongate orange-yellow projection extends to termen
and is continued asa white line along termen to apex: eilia bronzy-whitish,
on costa white, Hindwings grey ; cilia bronzy-whitish.
Diyatalawa, Ceylon (Fletcher) ; Nilgiris, 3,509 feet (Andrewes); from July
to September, seven specimens. Distinct by the ochreous-bronzy ground
colour, white costal edge and cilia, and_ white suffusion of tibie.
~ Cosmopteryx manipubaris, n. sp.
&@. 10mm. Head dark fuscous, crown with three fine white lines, face
whitish. Palpi white lined with blackish, Antenne blackish lined with white,
three apical joints white, then five blackish, one white, one blackish, one white,
three white with fine apical blackish rings, several white, Thorax dark fus-
cous, with three fine white lines, Abdomen orange, sides and segmental
margins fuscous, two apical segments fuscous, margins whitish. Posterior
tibiz blackish with white median and apical rings, and a silvery ring near apex.
Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly long- produced, caudate ; dark
fuscous ; dorsal edge white towards base; a fine white somewhat oblique
subcostal line from base to +; a fine white median line not nearly reaching
base or band ; a fine white subdorsal line from beneath apex of subcostal to
rather near band ; costal edge white for a short distance before band ; a broad
ochreous-yellow transverse band beyond middle, anterior edge marked with
two pale golden-metallic spots, upper followed by a black dot, lower larger and
somewhat posterior, posterior edge marked with two pale golden-metallic
spots preceded by some dark fuscous scales, lower larger, hardly anterior, from
between these a sinuate yellow streak becoming white on posterior half extends
along termen to apex: cilia fuscous, on costa whitish towards posterior edge
of band. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia fuscous. ,
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in May (de Mowbray) ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in October
and November (Newcome); three specimens. This and the two next species
have the band yellow, not orange, margined on each side with two golden-
metallic spots; C. manipularis is the smallest of the three, and is distin-
guished by the median line not nearly reaching base.
Cosmopteryx aculeata,n, sp.
&@@. 12-13 mm. Head rather dark bronzy-fuscous, crown with three fine
white lines, face bronzy-whitish. Palpi white lined with dark fuscous,
Antenne blackish lined with white, four apical joints white, then five blackish,
one white, one blackish, two white. Thorax rather dark bronzy-fuscous, with
three fine white lines. Abdomen light orange, sides and segmental margins
pale shining fuscous, last two segments pale fuscous with whitish margins.
Posterior tibiz dark fuscous with white median, anteapical, and apical rings.
Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly long-produced, caudate ;
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rather dark bronzy-fuscous ; dorsal edge white towards base; a fine white
sumewhat oblique subeostal line from base to } ; a fine white median line from
wery near base to near band ; a fine white subdorsal line from beneath apex of
subcostal to very near band ; costal edge white for a short space before band ; a
broad yellow transverse band beyond middle, narrowed downwards, anterior edge
marked with two pale golden-metallic spots, upper followed by a black dot, lower
posterior, posterior edge marked with two pale golden-metallic spots preceded
by a few black scales, lewer larger and slightly anterior, oblique, from between
these a sinuate white line, yellow at base, extends along termen to apex: cilia
fuscous, on costa whitish on edge of band. Hindwings dark grey cilia fuscous, _
Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole); Khasis ; Fort Stedman, Burma (Manders) ; from.
July to November, and in March; eight specimens, C. pallifasciella, Snell, bred
- from sugarcane in Java, should be nearly allied to this (it is unknown to me),
but apparently considerably smaller, with the median line not so long, the
metallic anterior margin of band practically entire, and the lower of the two
posterior spots slightly beyond the upper (according to the figure).
Cosmopteryx spiculata, n. sp.
&.11mm. Head rather dark bronzy-fuscous, with a fine white line on each
side of crown, face bronzy-whitish. Palpi white lined with blackish, Antennz
blackish lined with white, three apical joints white, then three blackish, one
black, one white, one black. Thorax rather dark bronzy-fuscous, with three
very fine white lines, Abdomen pale bronzy-grey, scutellum and sides silvery-
shining, apex whitish. Posterior tibie dark fuscous with white median,
anteapical, and apical rings. Forewings very narrewly lanceolate, apex slenderly
long-produced, caudate ; rather dark bronzy-fuscous ; dorsal edge white to-
wards base ; a very fine white somewhat oblique subcostal line from base to + ;
a very fine white median line from very near base to 4; a very fine white sub-
dorsal line from beyond apex of subcostal to rather near band ; costal edge
white for some distance before band ; a broad yellow transverse band beyond
middle narrowed downwards, anterior edge marked with two pale golden-
metallic spots, upper followed by a black dot, lower posterior, posterior edge
marked with two pale golden-metallic spots preceded by a few blackish scales,
lower larger and slightly anterior, oblique, from between these a sinuate yellow
line becoming white on posterior half extends along termen to apex: cilia
whitish-fuscous tinged with ochreous, on costa whitish on edge of band.
Hindwings grey ; cilia pale bronzy-grey.
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in July ( Pole ); one specimen. Very like aculeata, but
distinguished by the differently coloured abdomen, the extreme fineness of the
antemedian lines ( finer than in any other species), which are also shorter
posteriorly, the yellower apical streak, and lighter grey hindwings.
Cosmopteryx hamifera, 0. sp.
3-8mm. Head rather dark bronzy-fuscous, with a fine white line above
each eye, face whitish. Palpi whitish lined with dark fuscous. Antenne dark
fuscous lined with white towards base, three apical joints white, then two dark
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fuscous, one white. Thorax rather dark bronzy-fuscous, patagia whitish except
shoulders. Abdomen pale ochreous suffused with fuscous, apex whitish.
Posterior tibiz dark, fuscous, with white median, anteapical, and apical rings.
Forewings narrowly lanceolate, apex long-produced, caudate; rather dark
fuscous ; costal edge white from near base to 3; a fine white subcostal line
from base to 1; a white median line from base to band ; a white subdorsal
‘line from } to band, where it joins apex of median ; a broad light yellow trans-
verse band extending from middle of wing to 4, anterior edge marked with two
rounded pale golden-metallic spots, upper followed by a well-marked biack dot,
apex : cilia pale whitish-bronzy, on costa white. Hindwings grey; cilia pale
“whitish-bronzy.
Ceylon (probably low country) ; one specimen,
Cosmopteryx artifica, n. sp.
g. 8 mm. Head dark bronzy-fuscous, with a fine white line above each
‘eye, face bronzy-whitish. Palpiwhite lined with blackish, Antenne whitish
lined with dark fuscous towards base, four apical jomts whitish, then five dark
fuscous, one white, one dark. Thorax blackish, patagia each with two white
lines. Abdomen ochreous-orange dorsally, sides and last two segments fuscous-
whitish. Posterior tibie dark fuseous, with white median, anteapical, and
apical rings. Forewings narrowly lanceolate, apex very slenderly long-pro-
-duced, caudate ; blackish-fuscous ; costal edge white from base to band ; a fine
white slightly oblique subcostal line from base to near 3 ; ‘fine white lines above
and below fold from base to band; a broad light ochreous-yellow transverse
band extending from before middle to }, anterior edge marked with two pale
‘golden-metalkic almost confluent spots followed by black dots, lower rather
‘posterior, the band divided into two by a transverse undefined pale golden-
metallic fascia beyond its middle ; a white sinuate line along termen from band
to apex : cilia pale whitish-bronzy., on costa becoming white anteriorly. Hind-
wings pale bronzy-grey, more whitish towards base ; cilia pale whitish-bronzy.
Diyatalawa, Ceylon, in August (Fletcher) ; one specimen.
Cosmopteryx ingeniosa, 1. Sp.
& Q. 12-13 mm. Head dark shming bronze, with a fine white line above
‘each eye, face whitish. Palpi white lined with dark fuscous. Antenne whitish
towards base lined with dark fuscous, 'three apical joints white, then five
dark fuscous, one white, five white with dark fuscous apical rings. Thorax
dark brown, patagia white except shoulders. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, dor-
sally orange except on segmental margins. Posterior tibie dark fuscous, with
white median, anteapical, and apical rings, Forewings narrowly lanceolate,
apex very slenderly long-produced, caudate; rather dark bronzy-fuscous ;
sostal edge white throughout ; a fine white line out of this near base, continued
-bliquely beneath costa to near band; white median and subdorsal lines
unning from base to band, between these a yery fine pale yellowish line of
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equal length ; a broad yellow transverse band slightly beyond middle, anterior
edge marked with two round golden-metallic spots, upper followed by a black
dot, lower slightly posterior, band edged posteriorly by a golden-metallic
transverse line, interrupted in middle, beyond which however a triangular
yellow projection extends and is continued as a strong white sinuate line to
apex: cilia whitish-ochreous tinged with fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia
whitish-ochreous tinged with fuscous.
Khasis, in September ; four specimens.
Persicoptila chiasta, n. sp.
&.16mm. Head whitish with a fuscous mark on each side of crown, face
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white. Palpi white, extreme apex of second joint grey, terminal joint with
two fine indistinct grey rings. Antenne ochreous-whitish, beneath dotted with
dark fuscous. Thorax light fuscous, with margins of patagia and a dorsal line
white. Abdomen light ochreous-yellowish, towards apex white, on sides
marked with blackish, beneath white. Posterior legs white banded with pale
greyish-ochreous, tibizw with very large expanded brush of light crimson-
rosy scales mixed with dark fuscous. Forewings very narrowly lanceolate,
widest near base and gradually narrowed to acute apex ; fuscous suffused with
dull crimson ; a narrow very oblique white facia beyond middle, and a trans-
verse rather inwards-oblique white line near apex, space between these pale
brownish faintly tinged with crimson, in disc at 3 with two or \three dark fus-
cous scales surrounded by indistinct white suffusion ; apical area darker fus-
cous, with a white apical dot ; cilia pale brownish, with some scattered black
points near base, at apex with a dark fuscous median line followed by a
whitish spot. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia pale ochreous.
Ohiya, Ceylon, 6,000 feet, in August (Fletcher) ; one specimen,
ETHMIADAE.
I accept the suggestion of Mr, A. Busck that this is a good and distinct
family, separable from its nearest allies by the origin of vein 5 of hindwings,
which is associated in direction with 6 and 7 instead of with 3 and 4. The
two following genera are certainly referable to it, they differ from Echmia
in haying 7 and 8 of forewings separate, but agree in all essential characters.
Aetherastis, n. g,
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli small; tongue developed. Antenne
8, basal joint large, with strong pecten of dense scales, Labial palpi mode-
rate, ascending, slender, second joint loosely scaled, terminal joint shorter
than second, pointed, Maxillery palpi very short, loosely scaled, appressed
to tongue. Posterior tibise clothed with long rough hairs. Forewings with
2 from §,3 and 4 long-stalked, 5 approximated, 7 to costa, 10 from near
end of cell, 11 absent, Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 4 ; 3 and: 4 stalked,
5-7 somewhat approximated towards base.
Allied to Comoeritis, from which it differs by the stalking of 3 and 4 of
forewings, and absence of vein 11,
Aetherastis wranias, n. sp.
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Q, 28mm. Head, palpi, and antenn ochreous white. Thorax ochreous
white, with four black spots arranged in a diamond on back, and two others
on patagia. Abdomen whitish ochreous, Forewings elongate, moderate,
costa moderately arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ;
white closely speckled with black and suffused with bright pale blue except
along costal edge and at base; black basal dots on costa and in middle ;
two small round black spots near base, viz., median and subdorsal, and three
others near beyond these, viz., subcostal, median, and subdorsal: cilia blue
white, basal third light ochreous yellow. Hindwings pale grey tinged with
whitish ; ; cilia as in forewings. __ ,
SPotadouta ‘Ceylon, in March (Green) ; one specimen, A curious inseet
of exceptional colouring,
Comocritis thespias, n. sp.
&.34 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white. Antenne whitish-ochreous.
Abdomen pale grey, anal tuft whitish, Forewings elongate, costa moder-
ately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; pale greyish ochreous ;
a white basal fascia, leaving a small spot of ground colour on base of costa ;
a synall white dorsal spot close beyond fascia; a thick white streak along
costa from fascia to 2; an oblong yellow-ochreous patch extending through
Jower part of disc almost from basal fascia, terminated by a crescentic white
mark in disc at 2, and a quadrate white tornal spot connected with it, ground
colour above. and below this patch suffused with black irroration; an
irregular white streak from 4 + of costa to middle of termen, with a projection
inwards from near oN extremity, space between this and preceding
white markings suffused with black and irrorated with white ; apical area
yellow-ochreous tinged with fuscous: cilia white. Hindwings dark grey ;
cilia grey, at apex with a white patch,
Kandy, Ceylon, in October (Green); one specimen. Very similar to
C. olympia, but easily distinguished by the ochreous apex of forewings,
absence of black lines on veins in ochreous discal patch, and other details,
PLUTELLIDAE.
Phycodes taowopa, 0, sp.
@. 20 mm. Head dark fuscous, face brilliant deep prismatic green-
blue. Palpi white, towards apex black. Antenne dark purple fuscous.
Thorax dark bronzy fuscous, beneath pearly white. Abdomen dark fuscous,
beneath with broad pearl white bands attennated laterally. Forewings elon-
gate, rather narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse,
termen hardly rounded, somewhat oblique; 6 and 7 stalked; dark bronzy
fuscous ; basal area slightly sprinkled with whitish ;a blackish fuscous trans-
verse ime at 2 terminating in a semi-circular aes blotch, edged anteriorly
by a streak of white irroration, and posteriorly by a broad fascia of white
irroration, indistinctly double and narrowed towards costa; a small white
mark on costa at 3, whence an undefined streak of whitish irroration pro-
ceeds outwards beneath costa and again inwards to disc at % and thence to
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dorsum before tornus : cilia dark fuscous, with a few whitish specks. Hind-
wings blackish fuscous ; an ochreous yellow streak beneath vein 1b. from
base to beyond middle ; an elongate ochreous yellow blotch in disc above
middle, extending from + to 3 ; cilia pale yellowish with a blackish basal line,
at apex suffused with dark fuscous.
Khasis, in October ; one specimen. This distinct species differs from the
rest of the genus in the stalking of veins 6 and 7 of forewings, but is so
obviously allied in all other characters that it is unnecessary to separate it
generically ; moreover in one example of P. chionardis these two veins are
connected in middle in one wing, showing variability in this direction.
Phycodes chionardis, n. sp.
&@Q. 17-18mm, Head dark shining bronzy fuscous with violet reflections,
sollar and posterbital scales white. Palpi white, terminal joint minute,
“black. Antenne dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, scales finely edged
with whitish. Abdomen blackish, segmental margins white, beneath much
more broadly. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched,
apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, somewhat oblique; dark purplish
fuscous, finely irrorated with white; the coalescence of this irroration
seems to form three undefined transverse lines before middle separated by
dark lines, and there is a rather large undefined dark costal spot beyond
these: cilia deep coppery-purplish. Hindwings blackish fuscous; a narrow
white median streak from rather near base to middle, hairs of 1b white ; cilia
white, witha blackish fuscous basal line, round apex tinged with coppery-
purplish.
Polgahawela and Rambukkana, Ceylon, in May and June (Alston) ; one
specimen,
| Phycodes chalcocrossa, n. sp.
9. 20 mm, Head bright brassy-metallic, back of crown and a line
between antennw dark fuscous, collar whitish. Palpi white, terminal joint
very short, black. Antenne blackish. Thorax fuscous, all scales margined
and some centred with whitish. Abdomen fuscous, segmental margins
white, beneath much more broadly. Forewings elongate, posteriorly
dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded,
somewhat oblique; dark purplish fuscous, on basal area with all scales
edged and some streaked with whitish, elsewhere very densely irrorated
with whitish, on median area forming fine transverse strise ; a slender dark
fuscous transverse fascia at 2, only minutely speckled with whitish ; two
very small dark fuscous spots on costa beyond this, and several more or
less marked minute dark strigule before and between these markings:
cilia bright coppery-bronze, above apex whitish. Hindwings blackish-fuscous ;
a cloudy median streak of whitish suffusion extending from near base to
middle ; hairs of 1b whitish ; cilia fuscous with a dark fuscous basalline, outer
half white except round apex.
Arabia ; three specimens received from Standinger and Bang-Haas, by
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whom the: species has been distributed erroneously as, minor- Moore, and
recorded as such in Standinger’s European Catalogue ; it is quite distinct from.
minor by the larger size, bright coppery cilia, white streak in hindwings, bright
brassy head, and other characters ; hence I thought it best to stop the con-
fusion by describing it here, as it may very possibly be found to oceur in.
India also.
Phycodes cymineuta, n. sp.
@.15 mm, Head and thorax blackish finely irrorated with. whitish, face
metallic blue-greenish, Palpi white, terminal joint short, black. Antenne
blackish. Abdomen;dark grey, beneath. white. Foresvings elongate, posteriorly
“dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, somewhat
oblique; dark purplish-fuscous, finely irrorated with white specks, which on
anterior half are combined into fine white transverse strize; the absence of
these stri# produces a slender dark transverse fascia at 7, four undefined dark
dots on costa before this and, one beyond it; terminal area with .purplish-
coppery reflections: cilia fuscous, slightly coppery-tinged, with a few whitish
speoks near base. Hindwings blackish-fuscous, somewhat lighter towards
base ; cilia white with a blackish basal line, at apex with a fuscous patch.
Haputale, Ceylon, in June (Alston) ; one specimen.
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Imma loxopis, n. sp.
@. 30mm, Head orange, crown dark fuscous except on margins. Palpi
orange, upper 2 of second joint anteriorly dark fuscous, terminal joint minute.
Antenne dark fuscous, Thorax dark fuscous, a line on each side of back and
margins of patagia orange. Abdomen orange, base of segments broadly
blackish. Forewings elongate, moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently
arched, apex rounded, termen: rounded, little oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked ; dark
purplish-fuscous ; a narrow irregular orange basal fascia enclosing two small
dark fuscous spots; from this fascia rise seven longitudinal yellow-whitish lines
on veins and dorsum, reaching mostly to about middle ; an oblique transverse
rather narrow ochreous-white blotch in disc beyond middle: cilia dark fuscous,
Hindwings dark fuscous ; a slight orange median, dash near base ; an orange
subdorsal streak from near base to.beyond middle ; cilia dark fuscous, with a
white apical patch.
Khasis, in July ; one specimen, Allied to calestis, Meyr., from China.
Iridostoma, n, g.
Head with appressed scales ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antenne 3
basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved second joint
somewhat loosely scaled, terminal joint transversely compressed, acute, as long
as second. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Middle tibis with tufts of long pro-
jecting bristles above in middle and at apex, posterior tibize with appressed
scales slightly roughened above, basal joint of tarsi rough-scaled above. Fore-
wings with 10 furcate,2 from 4,3 from before angle, 4 from angle, 7 to apex,
11 from middle. Hindwings over 1, ovate, cilia 4; 3 and 4 approximated at
base, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 slightly approximated towards. base,
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Allied to hilarographa, of which it appears to be a development.
Iridostoma ichthyopa, n, sp.
@. 12mm. Head dark fuscous, sides of crown and a central line pale
yellowish, face grey, becoming whitish beneath. Palpi violet-whitish becoming
blue-grey towards apex of second joint, terminal joint dark grey with whitish
lateral lines. Antenne dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, shoulders suffused
with yellowish, margins of patagia leaden-grey. Abdomen dark fuscous, Fore-
wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen
somewhat sinuate, rather oblique ; dark fuscous ; a narrow ochreous-orange
streak along fold from base to 2, and a violet dark-edged streak above it
extending to middle, margined above by an ochreous-yellow streak, four
echreous-yellow streaks from dorsum terminating in posterior portion of this
violet streak, first incurved ; two oblique violet streaks from costa at 4 and 3}
curved at extremities so as to meet in middle of disc, enclosing an ochreous-
yellow dot above the loop ; two violet lines rising together from a white dot on
costa at 2 and running to dorsum posteriorly, first nearly straight, second
strongly curved outwards in disc so as to enclose a space in which are two
longitudinal ochreous-yellow marks ; a rather curved violet line from a white
dot on costa at 4 to dorsum before tornus ; a narrow fulyous-yellow fascia
round apex ard along termen to tornus, enclosing a series of seven black dots,
ef which the uppermost is large and subtriangular, the second blue-centred :
cilia violet, tips coppery on lower part of termen, Hindwings dark fuscous,
cilia whitish-grey, with a dark fuscous basal line, tips pale violet.
Peradeniya, Ceylon, in April (Green) ; one specimen.
Hilarographa hermatodes, 0. sp.
Q. 17mm, Head golden-yellowish. Palpi yellowish, second joint with a
fuscous median band. Antenne fuscous, Thorax bronzy-fuscous, patagia
orange-red edged with leaden-grey. Abdomen pale ochreous mixed with
fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex
rounded-obtuse, termen hardly oblique, rather deeply sinuate beneath apex ;
7 and 8 separate ; very deep reddish-orange ; markings dark leaden, costal edge
between them yellow ; supramedian, plical, subdorsal, and dorsal streaks from
base, all except dorsal terminated in an incurved transverse streak from
dorsum befere middle, not reaching beyond uppermost, dorsal extended fur-
ther, base yellowish between them ; six streaks from costa, first three rather
broad, first from near base, first two abruptly angulated round apex of supra-
median streak and continued as incurved lines to near dorsum where they
unite, third receiving above middle five similar paralleled Jines from dorsum, the
first of which is dilated on fold and contains two dots of ground colour, fourth
and fifth costal streaks approximated and continued as a single sinuate blackish
line to tornus, sixth light blue and recurved to a yellow dot on costa close
before apex, inside this loop is a yellow wedgeshaped costal mark; four
blackish dots near termen on lower ‘half ; a violet-blue mark along termen
below middle, its terminal edge finely pale yellow: cilia shining leaden-grey,
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with a blackish basal line, and a whitish spot on subapical sinuation, Hind-
wings reddish-fulvous suffused with fuscous, with a broad dark fuscous
terminal and dorsal band, leaving terminal edge fulvous round apex and upper
half of termen ; a suffused elongate patch of orange-yellowish in middle of
dise ; cilia orange-yellowish, with a blackish basal line, round apex infuscated,
Kandy, Ceylon, in May (Green, Alston) ; two specimens.
Hilarographa merinthias, n, sp.
&- 18-20mm, Head orange. Palpi light orange, towards base violet-
whitish anteriorly. Antenns dark fuscous, strongly ciliated. Thorax orange-
_fulyous more or less suffused with fuscous, longitudinally striped with leaden-
grey. Abdomen leaden-grey mixed with dark fuscous. Forewings elongate,
posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, little
oblique, distinctly sinuate beneath apex; 7 and 8 separate ; orange-fulvous ;
bluish-leaden costal, median, subdorsal, and dorsal streaks from base, costal soon
leaving costa, all four terminated in a rather oblique blackish streak from 4 of
dorsum reaching 3 across wing ; five oblique leaden-bluish streaks edged with
blackish lines and rising from whitish dots on costa between } and apex,
reaching about 4 across wing, second shorter, third very short, but dark margins
of both as long as the rest ; dorsal area from transverse streak at 4 to tornus
crossed by about eight rather oblique curved variably confluent and anastomos-
ing blackish streaks reaching almost to costal streaks ; a small leaden-metallic
spot on termen below middle, with large black dots above and below it ; a spot
of orange-yellow suffusion at apex: cilia rather dark fuscous, with blackish-
leaden basal line. Hindwings blackish-fuseous ; an elongate-triangular orange-
yellow patch in middle of disc, sometimes suffused with ground colour and
indistinct,
Khasis ; two specimens.
Hilarographa mechanica, n. sp.
g. 18 mm. Head dark bronzy, side tufts and postorbital scales golden-
yellowish. Palpi whitish, with strong violet-blue reflections, Antenne
dark fusceus, strongly ciliated. Thorax dark violet-fuscous, with
orange yellow lateral stripes, Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate,
‘posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen litile oblique,
hardly perceptibly sinuate; 7and 8 separate; orange-fulyous, deeper and
brighter towards costa and termen ; costal edge dotted with whitish between
the dark streaks ; six pairs of oblique blackish streaks from costa, reaching 4
across wing, last five enclosing light grey-blue streaks, sixth less oblique and
whitish towards costa, anterior margin of fourth extended as a blackish line,
right-angled in middle, to tornus; whole dorsal area from base to this line
crossed by twelve curved oblique dark fuscous lines extending almost to costal
streaks, and united above so as to form two or three longitudinal lines, fifth
and eleventh of the alternating lines of ground colour blue-whitish ; lower half
of angulated black line edged by five small indistinct fuscous spots suffused
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August 15,1909.] Deseriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera, 426
lowest large; apical margin suffused with yellow; a leaden-blue mark on
termen beneath apex, almost connected with tips of fifth and sixth costal
streaks, and a leaden-blue line along lower part of termen, its upper extremity
bent away and fellowed by some black scales ; cilia violet-fuscous, with a
dark fuscous basal line, round apex and at tornus with patches of whitish
suffusion, and a whitish spot on subapical mark. Hindwings dark fuscous,
with an elongate-triangular ochreous-yellow spot in middle of disc; cilia whitish
with dark fuscous basal line.
Khasis, in July ; one specimen,
___Hilarographa calathisca, n. sp, __ :
eo 10 mm. Head dark bronze, behind eyes light orange-ochreous. Palpi
whitish, with strong violet reflections, Antenne dark fuscous. Thorax dark
fuscous, lateral margins light ochreous. Abdomen dark fuscous, Forewings
elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen
rather obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 separate ; orange-fulvous ; six pairs of
oblique blackish streaks from costa crossing 2 of wing, enclosing light violet-
blue streaks rising from small yellow spots, fourth pair without blue streak
and with its posterior member reduced to a costal spot, sixth bent to termen
beneath apex, enclosed apical spot suffused with yellow ; dorsal $ from base
to near tornus crossed by six oblique blackish streaks, first broad, next two
slender, fourth and fifth thick and largely confluent, sixth running into an erect
light violet-blue streak from dorsum before tornus, reaching half across wing ;
a shorter transverse light violet-blue streak from termen above tornus, its lower
extremity preceded and upper followed by small black spots: cilia bronzy-grey,
partially tinged with coppery-orange, with a blackish basal line, about apex and
on a subapical spot whitish-grey, Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia grey
with dark fuscous basal line.
Khasis, in May ; one specimen.
Hilarographa citharistis, n. sp,
&@. 13-15 mm. Head ochreous-brown. Palpi whitish, with strong violet
reflections. Antenne dark fuscous,in @ simple. Thorax and abdomen dark
fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex
rounded-obtuse, termen rather obliquely rounded, sinuate beneath apex ; 7 and
8 separate ; orange fulvous ; markings light blue strongly edged with black on
costal edge whitish and more strongly black-margined; four acutely
angulated transverse streaks on anterior half, first two subconfluent, third and
fourth connected on angle ; three streaks from costa on posterior half, third
longer and curved to near apex, from beneath first two a band of irregular
variable suffused and anastomosing black marks runs to dorsum beyond middle ;
two transverse streaks from dorsum before tornus, first reaching half across
wing, second shorter ; a curved series of four large black dots or small spots
beyond these ; an upward streak from termen below middle, followed bya
large black dot; a short longitudinal subapical mark, white on termen: cilia
dark fuscous. with a blackish basal line, above apex with a white patch on.
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which the blackish line is subbasal, on subapical and submedian streaks with
whitish spots. Hindwings dark fuscous, sometimes lighter and bronzy-tinged
in middle of disc ; extreme apex tinged with fulvous ; cilia light fuscous, with
dark fuscous basal line,
Khasis, from July to September ; eleven specimens. Thesimple @ antennz
are exceptional.
Hilarographa druidica, n. sp.
SO. 13-15 mm. Head dark fuscous, orbital margins yellow. Palpi
fuscous, towards base anteriorly violet-whitish, Antenne dark fuscous, in ¢
strongly ciliated. Thorax dark fuscous, with a yellow stripe on each side of
back, and a short yellow lateral mark on patagia. Abdomen dark fuscous,
7 Forewings elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen
rather oblique, sinuate beneath apex; 7 and 8 separate ; orange-fulvous ; a
blackish basal patch, its outer edge sharply angulated above middle, and
margined on upper portion by a violet black edged streak becoming yellow
on costa, on lower portion by broad yellow streak attenuated at apex and
atrongly black-edged posteriorly ; within this patch are a curved yellow streak
from base of costa to disc and thence to near posterior edge above angle and a
short yellow mark from costa near base ; two oblique violet black-edged streaks
starting from white marks on costa before and beyond middle, and connected
by three irregularly anastomosing black streaks with dorsum beyond middle ;
a violet black-edged streak rising froma white dot on costa at {, and curved
round to meet an oblique white mark from costa near apex ; a violet-golden-
metallic transverse streak from dorsum before tornus reaching half across wing
and another along lower half of termen, former nearly followed by a fine black |
line, latter preceded by four small black spots and surmounted by another ; a |
white terminal dot beneath apex ; cilia dark coppery-metallic, above apex white |
with a black basal line, and with a white spot on subapical dot. Hindwings
blackish-grey, sometimes paler and slightly bronzy-tinged in middle of disc ;
cilia pale grey, with a blackish basal line,
Khasis, in May and from August to October; seven specimens, Nearly
allied to H. africana, Wals from Central Africa.
Glyphipteryx asterias, Meyr,
(Anticrates asterias, Meyr. Journal Bombay N. H. Soc., XVIIT, 154.)
Having obtained additional material, I find this to be a true Gilyphipteryx
haying the typical palpi (which were in bad condition in the type), with four
oblique white rings ; it is however a very distinct form of the genus,
Glyphipleryx pyrogastra, n. Sp. |
& @. 15-16 mm. Head, sntennx, and thorax purple-blackish, face grey, |
Palpi black lined with white, terminal joint much longer than second. Abdo-
men fiery orange towards base purple-blackish. Forewing elongate, narrow
at base, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen rather
strongly oblique, sinuate-indented beneath apex; 7 and 8 separate ; purple-
blackish ; six blue-leaden metallic lines rising from white costal strigule, first
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(From the JouRNAL oF THE Bompay Natourat History Sociery,.
November 15, 1909.]
DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICGRO-LEPIDOPTERA,.
BY
i, MEyRiCK, B.A, F.R.S., F.Z.8.
x.
KUCOSMIDA.
Hpibactra, n. g.
Antenne in @ mirutely ciliated, Palpi moderately long, porrected, second
joint dilated with rough scales above and beneath, terminal joint moderately
long, slender, Thorax smooth, Forewings with 7 and 8 stalked, Hindwings
with 3 and 4 separate, approximated at base, 5 closely approximated to 4 at
base, 6 and 7 stalked.
Closely allied to Bactra, especially to the first two species described hereafter
from which it only differs essentially by the stalking of veins 7 and 8 of
forewings,
Epibactra arenosa, B. sp.
&@. 17-22 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous, palpi
sometimes partially tinged or sprinkled with fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather
narrow, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed,
termen sinuate, little oblique ; whitish-ochreous, partially tinged or mixed with
brownish-ochreous, and with more or less pronounced traces of scattered stri-
gule of fine blackish-fuscous irroration ; costa marked throughout with short
oblique strigule of fine blackish-irroration ; some undefined brownish-ochreous
suffusion towards costa on posterior half, sometimes mixed with fuscous, and
an undefined similar spot in disc at 2; cilia pale ochreous, tips infuscated on
termen. Hindwings fuscous-whitish ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with an indistinet
fuscous line near base,
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583 Journ,, Bom. Nat. Hist, Soc., Vol. XLX., No. 3, [November 15, 1909.
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in June and October (Pole) ; three specimens.
Bactra, Stph,
The species of this genus present considerable difficulties, being similar and
variable, and close study is necessary to discriminate them. Ten are described
here, but I do not find that any Indian specimens can be referred to the
European lanceolana, Hb., or the African siccella, Walk, The form of wing and
length of palpi are the most reliable characters, and must be carefully observed,
but although the markings are usually vague and inconstant, they do notwith-
standing present a distinct type in each species, In addition to those described
I possess others of which the material is insufficient for description ; and I
shall be glad if collectors will pay attention to these obscure insects, and when
possible collect good series of them from the same locality, to show the range
of variation ; any particulars of habit would also be useful, Possibly all may
feed on species of rush (Juncus).
Bactra federata, 0, sp.
&. 20-22 mm, Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous. Palpi 4,
“whitish- ochreous, second joint suffused with fuscous except towards margins,
Forewings elongate, hardly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex round-
pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique ; whitish-ochreous with scattered fus-
cous and blackish scales tending to form undefined strigule ; costa marked
throughout with short oblique ochreous strigule irrorated with blackish ; an
irregular spot of deep ochreous suffusion in disc at 3, anda small blackish
spot in disc beyond 3 connected by a whitish streak, whose apex is bent up
above second spot ; an elongate-triangular patch of ochreous-brown suffusion,
more or less irrorated with dark fuscous, extending along costa from before
middle to about 4 ; a fine black terminal line not reaching apex or tornus : cilia
whitish-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia whitish.
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in April and August (de Mowbray, Pole); two specimens.
Resembles a strongly marked specimen of Epibactra arenosa, but distinguish-
ed by structure, and more oblique termen of forewings.
Bactra sociata, 0. sp.
& 17-18 mm,, Q 21-23 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous,
Palpiin & 3,in Q 33, whitish-ochreous, second joint tinged with fuscous except
towards margins. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex
round-pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique ; whitish-ochreous, with indica-
tions of scattered fuscous strigule ; costa marked throughout with short oblique
deep ochreous strigule irrorated with blackish ; outer edge of basal patch
indicated by an indistinct deep ochreous obtusely angulated striga ; a white
longitudinal streak in disc (obsolete in 9) from this striga to beyond 3, its
extremity somewhat bent upwards between two dots of dark fuscous irroration ;
an elongate-triangular patch of deep ochieous suffusion finely sprinkled with
dark fuscous extending along costa from before middle to about ¢ ; an ochreous
striga marked with four or five cloudy dots of blackish irroration near before
lower part of termen ; a fine ochreous terminal line irrorated with black not
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November 15, 1909.] Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. 5847
reaching apex or tornus ; cilia pale ochreous, on termen infuscated towards
tips. Hindwings pale whitish-fuscous ; cilia whitish-ochreous.
Maskeliya and Kelawewa, Ceylon, in May, July, September, and January
(Pole, Alston) ; four specimens. Very like the preceding, but with shorter
palpi, narrower forewings with costa less arched, discal streak terminated be-
tween two dots instead of above a spot, the striga before termen, and hind-
wings tinged with fuscous. These two species are quite distinct in appearance
from all those which follow.
Bactra metriacma, 0. sp.
@@. 16-19mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi 3-32, ochre-
ous-whitish, with broad oblique band of fuscous suffusion. Abdomen grey,
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly hardly dilated, costa gently
arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen slightly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ;
light brownish-ochreous, posteriorly ferruginous-tinged, more or less irregularly
sprinkled with dark fuscous ; costa marked throughout with short strigule of
_blackish irroration, alternating with indistinct longer oblique whitish strigule _
mixed with leaden-grey sa rather ill-defined white longitudinal streak above
middle from base to apex, cut posteriorly by two or three dark veins, edged
above by a suffused streak of black irroration towards base, and beneath by a
short blackish streak in disc towards middle, terminated by a white projecting
tooth from lower edge on transverse vein, and by a line of black irroration
between this and apex ; beyond cell some dark lines on veins, and more or less
whitish suffusion between veins posteriorly ; dorsum dotted or marked with
blackish : cilia light brownish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, with rows
of whitish points. Hindwings grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal line,
Maskeliya, Ceylon, from August to November (Green, Pole); seven speci-
mens. At first sight much like phenacistis, but paler and more ochreous, and
readily distinguished by the longer palpi, more pointed forewings, and
more oblique termen.
Bactra copidotis, n. sp.
&Q. 16-20 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous tinged with brownish,
Palpi 23, whitish-ochreous, more or less infuscated towards middle, base white
beneath. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow,
especially in Q, hardly dilated, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen
sinuate, oblique; ferruginous-ochreous ; costa with numerous indistinct
ochreous-whitish oblique strigule, alternating with short strigule of blackish
irroration ; a very undefied streak of ochreous-whitish suffusion above middle
from base to apex, cut by two or three dark veins posteriorly edged beneath
throughout with broad more or less marked suffusion of dark fuscous
irroration ; veins posteriorly beneath this more or less suffused with
dark fuscous ; dorsum dotted with dark fuscous : cilia ferruginous-ochreous
suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous, and sprinkled with whitish, above apex
and on costa white. Hindwings in @ grey, in Q whitish-grey ; cilia
grey-whitish with two grey lines,
HBS Journ, Bom. Nat, Hist. Soe,, Vol. XEX,, No.3, [November 15,1909.
‘Gampola, Puttalam, and Maskeliya, Ceylon, in October, November and Feb-
ruary (Pole, Green) ; Palni Hills, 6,000 feet (Campbell) ; five specimens. This
species has the termen of forewings more distinctly sinuate than any other
described, but only moderately oblique,
Bactra leucogama, n. sp.
-& Q. 13-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous ; palpi 2. Abdo-
men ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, hardly dilated, costa
gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique ; whitish-ochreous,
mixed with silvery-metallic suffusion, which tends to form irregular transverse
strige ; costa marked with short deep ochreous strigule irrorated with blaek-
ish, and about seven longer deep ochreous strigule ; deep ochreous markings
as follows, véz.,a spot on suffusion in disc towards base, a transverse spot in
disc at 4, an irregular or interrupted fascia on -dorsal 4 beyond middle, com-
bined in-middle with an irregular sinuate streak running to apex, an oblique
triangular pretornal spot, and a slender streak along termen ; dorsum with
minute dots of blackish irroration : cilia whitish-ochreous mixed with deeper
ochreous. Hindwings in @ pale grey, in Q whitish ; cilia whitish in @ with
faint grey subbasal line.
Puttalam, Ceylon, in February and August (Pole) ; four specimens. Recog-
nisable by the pale ochreous colouring, distinct deeper ochreous markings,
termen of forewings not sinuate, and white hindwings of Q (in.@ paler grey
than usual) ; but I have another apparently distinct undescribed species, in
which the Q has.also white hindwings.
_Bactra honesta, n. sp.
& Q. 14-16 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi 2, whitish, with broad
median fuscous band. Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen greyish, Forewings
elongate, hardly dilated posteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably
pointed, termen rather sinuate, oblique ; pale ochreous, more or less tinged
with ferruginous-brownish, especially towards disc beyond middle, with a few
scattered dark fuscous scales ; costa marked with long oblique ochreous-whitish
strigule more or less tinged with leaden-grey, alternating with very slight short
strigule of black irroration ; between 4 and apex the whitish strigule are
often continued across wing as well-marked angulated striz, leaving an angu-
lated basal patch and narrow irregular central facia of ground colour ; gener-
ally a more or less marked broad streak of blackish irroration in dise from base
to end of cell, sometimes well-defined above and continued to near apex ; often
a subcrescentic downwards-curved dark spot in disc at 3 ; space beyond cell
variably mixed with whitish suffusion and irrorated with dark fuscous, with
two distinct black interneural lines between veins 6-8, and indications of others,
especially often two short black marks between veins 3-5 : cilia pale brownish-
ochreous with rows of whitish points, sometimes somewhat sprinkled with
dark fuscous, at apex with a more or less marked dark ochreous-brown spot
marked with black, Hindwings grey, paler towards base; cilia ochreous-
whitish, with an indistinct grey subbasal line.
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Khasis, from June to September ; twenty specimens. Variable, but always
without definite white longitudinal streak, though the dark suffusion marking
its lower margin is often strongly expressed ; forewings more pointed than
usual, as in Metriacma, but termen less oblique than in that species, and palpi
much shorter.
Bactra phenacistis, 0. sp.
&Q. 14-19 mm, Head whitish-ochreous, faintly brownish-tinged. Palpi
21, whitish-ochreous, with a more or less wide oblique median bar of dark fus-
cous suffusion,, Thorax pale ochreous, sometimes brownish-tinged, with some
dots of dark fuscous irroration. Abdomen whitish fuscous. Forewings elongate
rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse,
termen faintly sinuate, oblique ; pale ochreous, more or less tinged or suffused
with ferruginous-brown, sometimes mixed or suffusedly strigulated with
whitish on dorsal half ; costa with about eight pairs of rather long oblique
silvery-whitish strigule more or less mixed with leaden-grey, alternating with
indistinct strigulz of blackish irroration ; a longitudinal whitish streak above
middle from base to apex, cut obliquely by one or two dark veins posteriorly,
and margined beneath by much blackish suffusion especially on veins,
often with a distinct white projection downwards on transverse vein ; veins
from cell posteriorly marked by lines of blackish suffusion ; dorsum dotted with
black and white ; cilia grey somewhat mixed with ochreous-brownish, with rows
of white and blackish points. Hindwings grey, rather darker towards apex ;
cilia whitish-grey, with two grey lines,
Maskeliya, Ceylon, from November to May (Pole, de Mowbray, Alston) ;
seven specimens.
Bactra truculenta, n, sp.
.@. 15-17 mm, Head and thorax pale greyish-ochreous, somewhat mixed
with fuscous on sides. Palpi 2, grey-whitish mixed with fuscous, Forewings
elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex
obtuse, termen straight, oblique; whitish-ochreous suffusedly strigulated
throughout with fuscous ; costa obliquely strigulated throughout with dark
fuscous ; some irregular dark fuscous suffusion beneath middle of disc from
about + to }; a white discal dot at 3, preceded and followed by irregular longi-
tudinal black marks ; veins beyond cell marked by fine dark fuscous lines ; two
small blackish interneutral marks above tornus ; a small subtriangular subapical
patch of dark fuscous suffusion, edged above with ochreous-white suffusion ;
some black irroration along termen: cilia pale fuscous with rows of whitish
points, indistinctly spotted with dark fuscous irroration, Hindwings grey ; cilia
whitish grey, with grey subbasal line,
N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in March (Newcome) ; two specimens.
Bactra minima, 0, sp.
@. 8-I mm. Head and thorax pale whitish-ochreous, slightly tinged with
brownish. Palpi 13, ochreous-whitish, with median band of blackish irroration,
abdomen pale greyish-ochreous, Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly
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slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight,
oblique ; whitish ochreous slightly tinged with brownish, with scattered indis-
tinct dark fuscous strigule ; costa strigulated with blackish; undefined darker
spots below middle at 4 and 2 indicated by ochreous-fuscous suffusion or dark
fuscous irroration; dorsum and termen dotted with blackish irroration :
cilia pale whitish-ochreous, towards apex sprinkled with blackish. Hindwings
rather light grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish, with faint grey subbasal line,
Barberyn Island, Ceylon, in February (Fletcher); two specimens. Easily
known by the unusually small size and short palpi.
Bactra tornastis, D, sp.
&@. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous, sometimes tinged
with brownish. Palpi 2, whitish-ochreous, with broad median band of
fuscous suffusion, Abdomen pale grey, Forewings elongate, posteriorly
somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen in @ gently
rounded, in Q nearly straight, oblique ; whitish-ochreous, more or less gener-
__ally suffused with ferruginous-brownish, and sprinkled with dark fuscous ;
costal edge dark fuscous, marked throughout with rather long oblique ochreous-
whitish strigule more or less suffused with leaden-grey ; an ochreous-whitish
streak above middle from base to apex usually very incompletely defined, and
cut posteriorly by dark lines on veins, margined beneath by a very broad
dark fuscous suffused streak extending from base to 3, witha white dot on
transverse vein cutting upper edge of this suffusion, and a wedgeshaped mark
of dark fuscous suffusion at apex ; veins beyond cell marked with streaks of
dark fuscous suffusion ; dorsum dotted with dark fuscous suffusion: cilia
fuscous, with rows of whitish and dark fuscous points. Hindwings light
grey ; cilia whitish,
Nawalapita, Ceylon, in January (Pole) ; Gooty (Campbell) ; Coorg, 3,500 feet,
in October (Newcome) ; four specimens, The only species which has the
termen of forewings rounded in @ , in all the rest it is straight or sinuate.
Polychrosis, Rag.
This is the genus hitherto passing as Chrosis, Gn. It differs from PBacira by
the crested thorax, from Proschistis by 6 and 7 of hindwings being connate or
stalked, from Argyroploce by the separation of 3 and 4 of hindwings, I have
described one species, ephippias, and now give four more.
Polychrosis cerata, n. sp.
@@. 10-12 mm. Head and thorax pale yellow-ochreous, Palpi with long
rough spreading scales, pale ochreous, more or less sprinkled with dark fuscous
towards base. Abdomen ratherdark grey, Forewings elongate, rather narrow,
posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen little
rounded, somewhat oblique ; dark fuscous, with purplish-leaden reflections,
with the base of all scales fuscous-whitish, forming fine transverse striz ; costa
with about six oblique blackish fuscous strigulase, and sometimes mixed with
yellowish between these ; base sometimes mixed with ochreous-yellowish ; large
oblique irregular ochreous-yellow blotches from dorsum about } and beyond
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, sii Pred Hindsvisign star dats ‘Fasetras,, ta PD weld Aone die
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* i ghiniareticd Moret Hic Peo ntehosie by B sail? ae Whandbvdnnis Veodagy Bek hat
fovckaae ae fursous, marked ea ca ee
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Abie Parona wutumod webs le extoieliig’ tetin wwe’ tol Gy wekthe wi atta aut, ti) ;
diek’ funcous eufusion ; doniim dotted) with’ dusk tasoods Relbidene, “oily
Fepngevies, with POWs -of whittel cite eras foncgts pee Beant pie i
geoy Lopliaywhivinh, Mis ie
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bewordd baat. Abevanitha reltihe dele gr oy, Bespin alge loge tothe pare
poatetiorly tightly dilated, ‘titi ygon thy, ibid pala in ifn, Keene oar AiR
rouhdnd, aomowhat ottiqte AME Piste jn:: seth prwplinhelesitin, * veces
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587
November 15,1909.] Deseriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. 58
middle, reaching half across wing , sometimes united with smaller less developed
or nearly obsolete blotches from costa to form angulated fascie ; an angulated
bluish-leaden striga from 4+ of costa to tornus, its margins sometimes more or
less marked with ferruginous-yellowish : cilia fuscous mixed with dark fuscous
and sprinkled with fuscous-whitish with a dark fuscous subbasal line. Hind-
wings fuscous ; cilia light fuscous, with a dark fuscous subbasal line,
Diyatalawa, Ceylon (Fletcher) ; Khasis, in August ; nine specimens,
Polychrosis fallax, n, sp,
&@@. 15-17mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, second joint
with three small dark fuscous spots externally on upper margin, and one on
lower margin near apex. Thorax pale brownish-ochreous, irregularly spotted
with dark fuscous irroration, Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, pos-
teriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, little
oblique ; pale brownish-ochreous, with scattered strigule of ochreous and
blackish irroration ; basal patch mixed with ochreous and blackish, ill-defined,
edge irregular ; spre between this and central fascia with one or two irregular
~ more or less marked leaden metallic strige ; central fascia broad throughout,
little oblique deep brownish-ochreous or ferruginous-ochreous mixed with
leaden-metallic and blackish, more strongly marked with blackish on upper
half, appearing to form a blackish costal blotch attached anteriorly to a
downwards-curved longitudinal mark in dise ; an ochreous streak sprinkled with
blackish extending from posterior margin of central fascia near costa to middle
of termen, space above and below this marked with irregular leaden-metallic
strige ; costa posteriorly with three small blackish spots whence arise short
brownish strigule meeting beneath apex: cilia brownish-ochreous mixed with
leaden-grey and blackish with a subbasal blackish line, at tornus with a whitish-
ochreous patch. Hindwings rather dark fuscous, in ¢ with dorsum clothed
with expansible tuft of whitish ochreous hairs ; cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous
subbasal lme, in ¢ becoming whitish-ochreous towards dorsum,
Khasis, from July to September ; twelve specimens.
Polychrosis anceps, 0. sp.
&¢- 12-14 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed witb fuscous.
Palpi pale ochreous, indistinctly spotted with fuscous. Abdomen fuscous.
Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse,
termen faintly sinuate, hardly oblique ; pale brownish-ochreous, mixed with
leaden grey, which tends to form irregular transverse strie ; small blackish
spots along costa; basal patch irregularly mixed with brownish and black,
outer edge irregular ; central fascia brownish, hardly oblique, very undefined
towards costa broad and suffusedly mixed with blackish, in middle of dise
with a longitudinal down-curved black mark, posterior edge excavated above
and below this ; an erect elongate-triangular brownish pretornal spot edged by
undefined blackish striz continued upmwards as a single stria 3 across wing ; a
brownish streak mixed with black from near extremity of this to termen below
middle ; a small biownish apical spot : cilia fuscous, with blackish subbasal line,
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beneath. tornus somewhat mixed with whitish-ochreous. Hindwings rather °
dark fuscous, darker posteriorly ; cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal
line.
Puttalam, Ceylon, in April-(Pole) ; two specimens.
Polychrosis gabina, 0. sp.
6 Y. 14-15 mm, Head. brown, Palpi.brown, paler and ferruginous-tinged
towards apex ef second joint above. Thorax brown, more or less marked with
blackish and sometimes spotted with white, crest suffused with ferruginous. -
Abdomen dark fuscous, Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently
arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, vertical, rounded beneath ; bronzy-
brownish, irregularly marked with black ; costa black, with pairs of whitish
strigule ; anterior half of wing crossed by several irregular leaden-metallic
striz, sometimes partially edged with whitish ; two oblique leaden-metallic
streaks from costa beyond middle more or less united with two very irregular
thick partially white-edged leaden-metallic streaks from about tornus, forming
margins of ocellus ; cilia metallic leaden-grey, with dark fuscous basal line.
Hind-wings dark fuscous, more blackish posteriorly ; an elongate suffused
hyaline patch from base beneath and along lower part of cell; in @ whole
dorsal area formed into a large separate lobe by a deep incision extending .
beneath cell nearly to base ; cilia grey-whitish, with dark fuscous basal line.
Khasis, from November to March ; nine specimens. Veins 3 and 4 of
hindwings are more widely remote in ¢ than in 9, owing to wing-modification.
Proschistis, Meyr.
Differs from Polychrosis by veins 6 and 7 of hindwings being approximated
towards base but separate, from Argyroploce by separation of veins 3 and 4 of
hindwings. Founded on a single species ; I now add three more.
Proschistis lucifera, n, sp.
9.23 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous mixed with darker, patagia
mixed with yellowish. Abdomen light fuscous. Forewings elongate, posterior-
ly somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight,
little oblique ; secondary cell moderately broad ; fuscous mixed with blackish
towards dorsum tinged with greenish on veins ; costa suffused with blackish
and marked with nine pairs of ochreous whitish strigule ; basal patch mixed
with whitish, hardly defined except by a blackish-fuscous dorsal spot at 5, and
followed by two pairs of very irregular whitish strix ; two similar pairs beyond
middle, confluent in disc and crossed above middle by a narrow inwards-oblique
pale yellow blotch ; a pair of whitish strix before termen, becoming double
on lower half ; some white dots on termen, edged anteriorly by a waved
blackish line ; cilia fuscous, indistinctly barred with pale yellowish. Hind-
wings fuscous ; cilia light fuscous, sprinkled with whitish towards tips with a
darker subbasal line.
Palni Hills (Campbell) ; one specimen,
Proschistis agitata, 0, sp.
& Y. 19-21 mm. Head and thorax pale reddish-fuscous mixed with dark
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fuscous and whitish. Antennal ciliations in @ short. Palpi brownish suffu-
sedly mixed with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, in @ suffused with whitish
ochreous towards base, Forewings elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated,
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, hardly oblique ;
secondary cell very narrow ; fuscous tinged with reddish, and irregularly
mixed with white, and strigulated with black ; outer edge of basal patch indi-
cated by a small black spot on costa ; central fascia formed by blackish suffu-
sion, narrow, irregular, indistinct, below middle forming a more conspicuous
very uregular elongate blotch ; a rather narrow fascia of blackish suffusion
from costa before apex to dorsum before tornus, marked on veins with brown :
cilia fuscous mixed with dark fuscous, on tornus sprinkled with whitish,
Hindwings fuscous, darker towards apex ; cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous
subbasal line,
Maskeliya and Patipola, Ceylon, in February and October (Alston, de
Mowbray) ; four specimens. The secondary cell of forewings isin P. zalenta,
still narrower than in this species, a point not noticed in my description.
Proschistis invida, n, sp. "ots
6 2. 14-16 mm, Head light fuscous. Palpi fuscous-whitish, suffusedly
spotted with fuscous. Thorax fuscous sprinkled with whitish, and suffusedly
spotted with darker fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings elongate, poste-
riorly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen faintly sinuate,
little oblique ; ochreous-brownish ; costal edge suffused with blackish, and
marked with eight or nine pairs of oblique whitish strigule ; basal patch
mixed with black and leaden-metallic, outer edge rounded ; space between
this and central fascia mostly occupied by two irregular leaden-metallic
strie edged with whitish ; central fascia moderate, mixed with black, posterior
edge irregular, with long subcostal and median projections, excavation filled
with leaden-metallic ; beyond this a thick double partially whitish-edged
leaden-metallic stria, separating into two thick branches to enclose an elongate-
triangular pretornal spot mixed with black ; leaden-metallic lines from last
three pairs of costal strigule converging to a point beneath apex, space between
this and preceding siria longitudinally streaked with black suffusion except
towards costa : cilia rather dark fuscous, finely sprinkled with whitish points.
Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, with darker subbasal line,
Khasis, in September ; four specimens.
Asaphistis, n. g.
Antenne in @ strongly fasciculate-ciliated, Palpi moderate, porrected,
second joint triangularly rough-scaled, terminal joint short. Forewings with
8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with 3 and 4 remote, 3 from well before angle,
5 approximated to 4.at base,6 and 7 approximated towards base. (Thorax
probably crested, but damaged.)
Allied to Proschistis.
Asaphistis preceps, 0. sp.
&@- 15-16 mm. Head and palpi fuscous mixed with black, Thorax pale
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590 Journ., Bom. Nat, Hist. Soc., Vol. XIX, No.3. [November 15, 1909.
whitish-ochreous, anterior margin fuscous mixed with black. Abdomen grey.
Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen
faintly sinuate, little oblique; white ; basal patch dark fuscous mixed with
blackish, somewhat marked with whitish towards dorsum, outer edge irregular,
nearly straight, vertical ; central fascia represented by a small dark fuscous spot
on costa,and a dark fuscous dorsal blotch not reaching half across wing
but connected with basal patch by irregular dark fuscous suffusion ; some
irregular ochreous-fuscous marking in disc beyond middle, and an oval patch of
ochreous-fuscous suffusion above tornus ; a small dark fuscous costal spot be-
fore central fascia and four beyond it, last two absorbed in a triangular dark
fuscous apical blotch which extends along termen to below middle, more or
less dotted with white on termen : cilia fuscous spotted with dark fuscous and
white, at termen with a whitish patch. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey.
Khasis, in September ; two specimens.
Articolla, Meyr. | il. 996
_.....The_ following species agrees well in structure with the one described.
Articolla prospera, 0. sp.
Q@. 17 mm. Head light brownish-cchreous tinged with fuscous. Palpi
dark fuscous, sccond joint with light ferruginous-ochreous median band, apex
of terminal joint pale ochreous. Thorax light brownish-ochreous mixed
with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly
dilated, costa slightly arched, sinuate in middle, costal cilia prominent beyond
sinuation, apex obtuse, termen straight, somewhat oblique ; ferruginous brown
mixed or reticulated with dark fuscous ; costa shortly strigulated with dark
fuscous and ochreous-whitish ; a moderate very oblique leaden striga from
costa at +; an elongate-triangular blackish costal spot beyond middle ; four
leaden strige from costa posteriorly, first running to termen beneath apex
edged beneath with ochreous-whitish, other three short, costa between these
ferruginous, apical edge also leaden ; a group of four roundish partly confluent
whitish-ochreous spots between these markings and tornus, more or less
brownish-tinged except on margins, especially the two lower which are mostly
filled with ochreousebrown suffusion and leaden-grey irroration: cilia pale
brownish-ochreous, with ferruginous basal shade round apex, Hindwings dark
fuscous, bases of scales subhyaline, appearing finely striated ; cilia pale fuscous,
with darker basal shape.
Khasis, in June ; one specimen,
Statherotis, 0. g.
Antenne in ¢ shortly ciliated. Palpi moderate, porrected, second joint
rough-scaled above and beneath, Thorax with posterior crest, Forewings
with 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 5 approximated,
6 and 7 approximated towards base.
Statherotis decorata, n, sp.
&. 18mm, Head pale greyish-ochreous somewbat mixed with blackish.
Palpi whitish-oc’ reous, suffused with fuscous except towards base and apex,
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Thorax whitish-ochreous, anteriorly tinged with brownish and marked with
blackish-grey, Abdomen fuscous, basal third ochreous-yellowish, apex whitish-
ochreous. Posterior tibiae beneath with long projecting ochreous scale, forming
a broad triangular tuft before middle and grey expansible hair-pencil from base
lying on inner side of this. Forewings elongate, moderate, posteriorly dilated,
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, vertical, rounded
beneath ; rather dark brown tinged with reddish, mixed with blackish and
suffusedly striated with ashy-grey ; a large semi-oval ochreous-whitish blotch
extending along costa from 3 to 3 and reaching nearly half across wing, mark-
ed with indistinct pale red-brownish oblique strigule becoming distinct and
blackish on costa, and a light brownish oblique costal spot in middle; and
ashy-grey fascia indistinctly edged with whitish from beyond this blotch in
disc to ? of dorsum, followed by some undefined whitish suffusion towards
termen: cilia pale fuscous sprinkled with whitish, with two dark grey shades.
Hindwings dark fuscous, with bases of scales subhyaline, appearing finely
Striated ; a large patch of rather thinly strewn modified black hairscales with
prismatic green and purple reflections occupying whole of dise from near base
to 3; whole dorsal area beneath this yellow-ochreous, towards dorsum clothed
with long dense scales and with dorsal cilia elongated, on lower surface with
expansible long hairs in a subdorsal groove ; cilia as in forewings, becoming
ochreous round dorsal patch,
Maskeliya, Ceylon, in April (Pole); one specimen. The special colouring
and structures of hindwings will doubtless prove to be confined to the @.
Argyroploce, Hb.
Lagree with Prof, Fernald in adopting this name for the genus previously
termed by me Eucosma, Hb. (that name being rightly applied otherwise),
including also Platypeplus, as previously explained. I find further that the
stalking of veins 3 and 4 of hindwings cannot be properly used to distinguish
Enarmonia generically, since in some of the species hereafter described the
structure is inconstant within the limits of the same species, and I propose
therefore to rely on the thoracic crest to separate the two genera, attributing
all those species with well-developed crest to Argyroploce ; on this view the
four Indian species already referred to Enarmonia must all be transferred to
Argyroploce. On this understanding the number of Indian species already
described which are attributable to Argyroploce is 28, and I now describe 33
more, and have still much additional material,
Argyroploce lasiandra, n. sp.
é. 21mm. Head, palpi, and thorax rather dark fuscous, palpi porrected.
Abdomen light greyish-ochreous, dorsally clothed with dense rough hairs, and
with large expansible anal tuft. Posterior tibis and basal joint of tarsi clothed
with dense long rough greyish-ochreous scales above, Forewings moderate,
posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded,
oblique ; dark grey, strigulated with blackish, tips of scales fuscous-whitish ; cilia
concolorous. Hindwings reduced, narrower than forewings, dorsal area folded
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and clothed with dense long hairs, tornus distorted and tufted with long pro=
jecting scales ; fuscous, somewhat suffused with light brownish-ochreous in and
beneath disc ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous, with suffused fuscous subbasal shade..
Trincomali, Ceylon, in November (Green) ; one specimen.
Argyroploce tonsoria, 0. sp.
&@. 16mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale brownish-ochreous irregularly
sprinkled with dark fuscous, palpi subascending. Abdomen grey, apex rosy-
tinged, Posterior tibiz and basal joint of tarsi densely tufted above with long
expansible whitish hairs. Forewings moderately elongate, rather dilated pos-
teriorly, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, little oblique ;
brownish-ochreous suffused with ochreous-whitish ; basal third irregularly
mixed with yellow-brown and sprinkled with black ; a yellow-brown triangular
patch extending on cosia from middle to near apex, its apex nearly reaching
dorsum beyond middle, much mixed with black posteriorly, costal edge marked
with five pairs of white strigule; a yellow brown streak along upper part
of termen, confluent above with triangular patch, preceded above middle:
by a ‘triangular spot of blackish suffusion: cilia yellow-brown sprinkled
with ochreous-whitish, on upper part of termen indistinctly barred with
blackish. Hindwings rather dark fuscous ; dorsal area somewhat dilated and.
clothed with hairs ; cilia ochreous-whitish tinged with a brownish subbasal
line.
Bentota, Ceylon ; one specimen, bred in January from larva feeding in fruit.
of Barringtonia racemosa (Green ).
Argyroploce oedalea, 0, sp.
&Q. 19-20 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous more or less tinged or
mixed with red-brownish, Palpi ascending, white, more or less tinged or mixed
with red-brownish except towards base, in @ very slightly. Abdomen in
@ dark brown, in Q dark grey, Posterior femora and basal half of tibia in
& with long fine expansible white hairs beneath, Forewings elongate, posteri-
orly, dilated, costa slightly sinuate in middle, rather abruptly arched posteriorly,
apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, hardly oblique, rounded beneath; in &
brownish-ochreous, in Q red-brownish, more or less strewn with scattered black
scales ; costa spotted and strigulated with black ; several black strigule towards
costa before middle ; a cloudy streak of whitish-ochreous suffusion running
beneath posterior part of costa and before upper portion of termen, margining
an undefined posterior discal patch sometimes irregularly mixed with black and
dark leaden, containing a tuft of long raised white and pale brown scales on
transverse vein, more elongated in @ ; several minute black dashes in the
whitish-ochreous streak towards costa posteriorly ; sometimes some short dark
blue-leaden marks beneath costa posteriorly and a line almost on apical edge ;
series of more or less marked black strigulz on and before termen : cilia whitish-
ochreous, with two brownish shades and indications of darker bars. Hindwings
dark grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with dark grey subbasal and light fuscous
subapical shades.
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Kandy and Peradeniya, Ceylon, from July to September (Green) ; three
specimens, Specially characterised by the discal tuft of scales,
Argyroploce diserta, n. sp.
& Q. 24-25 mm, Head red-brownish, mixed with dark fuscous and white,
lower half of face white. Palpi ascending, brownish mixed with dark fuscous,
banded with white. Thorax dark fuscous mixed with white. Abdomen fus-
cous, and tuft of ¢ whitish-ochreous. Posterior tibixw clothed with long rough
white hairs above and beneath, longer in @. Forewings elongate-triangular,
costa rather abruptly bent at %, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, nearly
vertical, rounded beneath ; light reddish-brown, densely mixed and strigulated
throughout with blackish ; dise irregularly mixed with white on basal half ; a
transverse series of three roundish leaden-grey spots irregularly edged and con-
nected with white, extending from near costa at 4 to near tornus ; a blue-leaden
almost marginal interrupted line round apex and termen: cilia leaden-grey,
basal half light brown-reddish, suffusedly barred with blackish. Hindwing
dark fuscous ; cilia whitish-fuscous, with two dark fuscous shades.
Khasis, in September ; two specimens. _
Argyroploce astrosema,0.Sp.
& Q. 20-21 mm. Head and thorax ochreous, upper half of face deep
ferruginous, sides of thoracic crest ferruginous. Palpi ascending, ochreous,
suffused above with deep ferruginous. Abdomen fuscous, apex in @ whitish-
ochreous, in Q ferruginous-ochreous, Posterior tibiz clothed with rough
scales, in @ with expansible ochreous-whitish hair-pencil from base above.
Forewings elongate-triangular, costa strongly and evenly arched, apex obtuse,
termen in ¢ almost straight, in 9 somewhat sinuate, vertical, rounded beneath ;
ochreous, irregularly suffused with ferruginous, with an undefined pale fascia
from 4 of costa to termen above tornus ; basal half, posterior fascia, and centre
of disc between these strewn irregularly with small bright silvery-leaden-
metallic spots or strigule ; a blackish discal dot beyond middle ; an apica] patch
of blackish suffusion, cut by a silvery-blue-metallic streak crossing apex and
continued along upper part of termen ; white marginal dots above and below
apex: cilia light ochreous, on upper half of termen and round apex dark
leaden-grey with blackish subbasal line. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia pale
ochreous tinged with reddish, with fuscous subbasal line.
Khasis, in June ; two specimens,
Argyroploce generosd, n, sp.
&¢. 15-16mm. Head fuscous, face whitish, Palpi ascending, whitish,
Thorax fuscous mixed with white, crest dark brown. Abdomen pale ochreous,
in 2 somewhat infuscated. Posterior tibiz smooth-scaled. Forewings
elongate-triangular, costa moderately and evenly arched, apex obtuse, termen
almost straight, hardly oblique, rounded beneath ; grey ; basal patch suffused
with yellow-brown on upper half, marked with a suffused white streak along
fold, beneath this somewhat mixed with black and suffused with darker grey,
outer edge rather irregular; central fascia rather narrow irregular, yellow-
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brown, cut by a strong black barin middle, and a narrow one beneath this,
posterior edge with abrupt projections above and below upper bar ; apical area
beyond upper half of central fascia and a line connecting it with tornus white,
except an irregular grey streak from costa beyond central fascia to tornus, more
or less broken, into three spots, a small brown costal spot beyond this, three
yellow-brown marks from costa before apex converging to termen beneath
apex and suffused together with grey, and an upwards-oblique mark from
middle of termen marked with three black spots: cilia grey sprinkled with
white, indistinctly barred with yellow brownish, towards tornus suffused with
whitish. Hindwings pale yellow-ochrevous, infuscated in ¢ towards apex, in
@ generally ; cilia pale yellow-ochreous, with a more or less distinct fuscous
shade.
Khasis, in June ; three specimens.
Argyroploce charadrea, n. sp.
SOG. 18-21 mm, Head dark grey, mixed on crown with white and on
forehead with red-brownish. Palpi ascending, reddish-fuscous mixed with
dark fuscous. Thorax white mixed with dark fuscous, crest ferruginous-
brownish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft in @ whitish-ochreous, Posterior tibia
rather densely scaled, in @ with whitish-ochreous hair-peneil from base above.
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched,
apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique; bluish-leaden-grey
mixed and strigulated with black, anterior area from base to before middle
of costa and beyond middle of dorsum much suffused with irregular
whitish except along costa, so that the dark colour appears as a_ coarse
strigulation ; a white patch occupying apical fourth of wing, its edge
extending from 3 of costa to dorsum before tornus, upper half sending
an oblique triangular projection downwards to fold; a small ochreous-
brownish mark on costa before apex, and another at apex sometimes containing
a black dot; a cloudy grey striga before termen, terminating in a small
brownish spot on termen above tornus: cilia grey irrorated with white, with
indications of blackish lines, towards tormus wholly whitish. Hindwings grey -
with a slight bronzy tinge ; cilia whitish-grey, with grey subbasal shade,
Maskeliya and Patipola, Ceylon,in April and May (Alston, Pole); three
specimens,
Argyroploce citharistis, n. sp.
& Q. 11-14 mm. Head brown, sometimes mixed with paler or darker.
Palpi porrected, brownish, mixed in middle with dark fuscous, towards base
whitish. Thorax brown mixed with dark fuscous, with a transverse median,
band of whitish irroration or suftusion, Abdomen fuscous, in Q darker.
Posterior tibize with appressed scales. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated,
costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen aimost straight, rather oblique ; dark
bronzy-fuscous, strigulated with blackish ; anterior half crossed by four pairs
of irregular blue-leaden strie rising from short whitish costal strigule, two
posterior pairs sometimes partially whitish-edged ; costa spotted with blackish-
[14]
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on middle of termen and longitudinal mark before it ; a white subtriangular
spot or linear mark at apex; a black terminal line: cilia dark leaden grey
sometimes mixed with red-brown, with a clear whitish apical patch. Hind-
wings with 3and 4 stalked or connate ; dorsum clothed with long hairs ; dark
fuscous ; cilia whitish-grey, with fuscous basal shade.
Khasis, in June ; two specimens. Allied to the group of orophias.
Argyroploce halantha, n. sp.
a Y. 16-18 mm, Head brown, Palpi ascending, white, with viclet-blue
reflections, base dark fuscous, Thorax dark brown mixed with whitish, crest
pale ferruginous posteriorly. Abdomen dark fuscous, Anterior tarsi thickened
with scales, white ringed with black ; posterior tibiz with appressed scales.
Forewings elongate, posteriorly siightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex
obtuse, termen rather abruptly sinuate, little oblique ; 3 much curved, 3-5
approximated posteriorly ; brown, irregularly spotted and marked with black,
basal, dorsal, and terminal areas more or less mixed with white ; a more or less
well-marked round white spot on costa beyond 4, containing a black costal
ot ; costa posteriorly black strigulated with white, with a very oblique
ee Ne
leaden striga close beneath it from beyond middle ; sides of ocellus marked
by broad undefined bluish-leaden suffusion ; a white longitudinal strigula
beneath apex: cilia light red-brownish, with a blackish-grey subbasal line, at
apex more or less spotted with blackish-grey, Hindwinys dark fuscous, rather
thinly scaled, becoming blackish-fuscous posteriorly ; cilia grey, with dark
fuscous basal line, beneath apex tinged with red-brownish.
Palnis, 6,000 feet (Campbell) ; Khasis ; from August to October, eight
specimens.
Argyroploce tetanota, n. sp,
& Q. 21-23 mm. Head and thorax brownish sprinkled with whitish-
ochreous, forehead darker reddish-brown. Paipi ascending, brownish or
reddish-brown, sometimes sprinkled with dark fuscous. Abdomen rather dark
fuscous, in @ with large median lateral expansible tuft of hairs, (Posterior
tibie in @ broken.) Forewings elongate, rather dilated, costa slightly arched,
apex obtuse, termen somewhat rounded, rather oblique ; dark fuscous more or
less sprinkled with ochreous-whitish, appearing irregularly strigulated ; two
pairs of whitish costal strigule before micdle, three beyond middle, and two
single ones towards apex ; basal half crossed by irregular suffused subconfluent
dark leaden striaw ; five oblique leaden lines from postmediam costal strigulee
uniting near costa to form two broad dark leaden streaks crossing wing to
before and beyond tornus ; some whitish marking on termen beneath apex
and below middle : cilia brownish sprinkled with ochreous-whitish, indistinctly
barred, with dark fuscous subbasal line. Hindwing fuscous, with broad
terminal band of dark fuscous suffusion ; dorsum in 6 forming a pocket filled
with long expansible hairs above ; cilia whitish fuscous, with fuscous subbasal
line,in ¢ beneath with bright violet reflections.
Khasis,in July ; two specimens. Allied to aprobola, Meyr.
[21]
603 Journ,, Bom, Nat. Hist, Soc,, Vol, XIX., No.3, [November 15, 1909.
Argyroploce rupifera, 0. sp,
& 9. 16-17 mm. Head and thorax pale brownish mixed with fuscoas:
thorax with indications of angulated transverse bars. Palpi subascending,
whitish-ochreous, second joint with two blackish spots near upper edge, and a
patch of indigo-blackish suffusion towards apex beneath, Abdomen dark
fuscous, anal tuft of g@ mixed with ochreous-yellowish, Posterior tibix in @
above with a median tuft of expansible ochreous-whitish hairs. Forewings
elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen some-
what sinuate, nearly vertical, rounded bemeath ; fuscous, sometimes much
mixed with leaden, tips of all scales whitish, all markings edged with whitish ;
costal edge dark fuscous strigulated with white ; basal patch indicated by
some irregular brown or dark fuscous marks, edge angulated ; a dark brown
trapezoidal blotch extending on dorsum frem 2 to 4, broadest anteriorly,
reaching nearly half across wing ; a more or less marked semioval brown spot
on costa beyond middle, marked posteriorly with an oblique leaden siriga ;
an irregular sinuate fuscous or dark fuscous streak rising in disc before middle
and running to termen beneath apex ; a triangular patch of leaden striation
above posterior portion of dorsal blotch, and another beyond tornus, indicating
sides of ocellus: cilia brownish irrorated with ochreous-whitish, especially
towards tornus, with a dark fuscous spot above apex, and a patch of dark
fuscous suffusion above middle of termen. Hindwings dark fuscous, lghter
anteriorly, costal area whitish ; cilia grey, beeoming whitish towards tips, with.
dark fuscous subbasal line.
Khasis, from October to December ; twelve: specimens.
Argyroploce callichlora, n. sp.
@. 18mm. Head and thorax yellowish-green, thorax crossed by a bar of
whitish irroration, Palpi subascending, green, towards base whitish.ochreous,
Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft pale ochreous. Posterior tibia somewhat rough-
scaled, Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched,
apex obtuse, termen somewhat sinuate, little oblique ; umform light glossy
bluish-grey, markings rather deep green, partially finely edged with white ;
costal edge white ; basal patch represented by spots on costa at base and
1 and a triangular blotch on dorsum near base ; central fascia slender,
curved, edged with black on costa and posteriorly in disc, anterior edge with
a diamond-shaped projection downwards from above middle, marked above
this with a triangular black spot, before which is a detached spot of green
suffusion ; a slender curved streak from costa beyond middle to beneath
costa at 3, marked with black, edged beneath posteriorly by pale yellowish
suffusion ; a suffused diamond-shaped blotch in disc posteriorly, darker and
edged with black on upper anterior edge, discal space between this and two
preceding markings suffused with white, with a black strigula in centre ; three
semioval spots on costa posteriorly, partly edged with black, last followed
by a small white spot; some white specks on termen: cilia light greenish,
beneath tornus dark grey, at apex”*with outer half blackish. Hindwings
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fuscous, towards apex broadly suffused with darker fuscous, costal area
broadly whitish ; cilia whitish, with dark fuscous subbasal shade.
Khasis, in December ; one specimen,
Argyroploce herbifera, n. 8p.
OY. 21-22 mm, Head and thorax yellowish-green, thorax sometimes
with indistinct whitish bar, sometimes suffused dorsally with feruginous-
yellow (unless these are faded). Palpi subascending, green, base whitish
beneath. Abdomen dark grey, Posterior tibie rough-scaled beneath. Fore-
wings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse,
termen straight, somewhat oblique rounded beneath ; purplish-ashy-grey,
darker towards costa ; markings rather deep yellowish-green ; an oblique basal
fascia, posterior edge marked with black on upper half ;a small black costal
spot beyond this ; an irregular rather oblique transverse streak at 1, much
marked with black on upper 3, space between this and central fascia suffu-
sedly mixed with white and spotted with black ; central fascia narrow, rather
irregular, much suffused with black on upper half, anterior edge with a large
irregular downward projection from above middle ; a large irregular quadri-
lateral blotch touching tornus and termen and reaching 2 across wing, more
or less strigulated and edged with black, upper anterior side margined by
a white V-shaped mark pointing upwards, above which isa suffused green
spot ; three semioval spots on costa posteriorly more or less suffused with
black, separated by pairs of white strigule ; some white and black scales on
termen: cilia dull green, irregularly barred with blackish. Hindwings
fuscous, rather darker in @, suffused with dark fuscous towards apex ; cilia
light fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal line.
Khasis, in October; Maskeliya, Ceylon, in May (de Mowbray); four
specimens.
Argyroploce semiculta, n. sp.
AY. 21-22 mm. Head dull greenish, face dark fuscous. Palpi ascending,
dull greenish, suffused with dark fuscous beneath and towards apex. Thorax
dull green, crest suffused with ferruginous-brown, Abdomen dark grey. Pos-
terior tibizw in @ rough-sculed beneath and towards base above, Forewings
elongate-triangular, costa moderately, in @ bevond middle rather strongly
arched, apex in @ rectangular, in Q obtuse; termen in & subsinuate, rather
oblique, in @ nearly straight, little oblique ; light dull green, indistinctly
strigulated with dark grey irroration ; two large subtriangular dark red-brown
blotches mixed with blackish resting on central and apical thirds of costa,
reaching ?# across wing, subconfluent towards costa. but including a spot of
ground colour more or less marked with white on upper angle of cell ; on costal
edge of these blotches are several pairs of whitish strigule, whence proceed
in distinct oblique purplish streaks: cilia reddish brown mixed with blackish.
Hindwings in @ with abrupt rounded prominence in middle of termen, concave
above and below this, upper margin of cell above with a ridge of dense scales,
dark fuscous, in @ paler and thinly scaled towards base and dorsum ; cilia
whitish-fuscous, with dark fuscous subbasal shade.
[23]
|
005 Journ, Bum, Nat. list. Soc., Vol. X7X,, No, 3, [November 15, 1909
1 @, Hakgala, Ceylon, in April (Green); 1 9, Khasis, in November.
Argyroploce gyrotis, 0. Sp.
Q. 15-17 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax fuscous or brown tinged with
ferruginous ; palpi porrected. Abdomen dark grey. Posterior tibize with toler-
ably appressed scales. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently
arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique ; ferruginous
brownish more or less overlaid with purplish-leaden grey, markings dark
ferruginous-brown, partially finely edged with whitish ; an oblique transverse
blotch from dvorsum marking lower half of edge of an angulated basal patch ;
a small triangular dorsal spot beyond this ; central fascia rather narrow, curved,
oblique, posterior edge well-defined, anterior suffused and dilated foto a large
blotch projecting downwards in disc; a rounded blotch before middle of
termen, well-defined above, suffused beneath ; an oblique spot on costa at %,
and two or three oblique strige beyond this : cilia ferruginous-brown, towards
tornus suffused with grey. Hindwings dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly ; cilia
erey irrorated with whitish, with dark grey subbasal shade.
Khasis, in June and July ; nine specimens.
Argyroploce aerarid, 0. Sp.
AQ. 13-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous, sometimes
faintly rosy-tinged, palpi ascending, Abdomen blackish, segmental margins
yellow. Posterior tibie with appressed scales. Forewings elongate, posteriorly
dilated, costa slightly arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen slightly rounded,
somewhat oblique ; varying from olive-greenish or brownish-ochreous to bright
deep ferruginous, sometimes partially sprinkled with black; usually more or less
distinctly ferruginous towards tornus; three cloudy streaks varying from
pale pinkish to orange, viz., costal and median streaks from base to near
middle, and one from near costa before apex to near middle of dorsum ; some
irregular scattered blue-leaden marks specially on a longitudinal supramedian
series ; area between these streaks and beneath median sometimes suffused with
dark red-brown, sometimes partly mixed with black; apical area sometimes
suffused with crimson : cilia varying from ochreous to ferruginous. Hindwings
with 3 and 4 usually short-stalked ; blackish ; an irregular variable orange-
yellow streak in dise from base to middle, slenderly attenuated anteriorly, and
an elongate-triangular spot above its posterior extremity ; cilia whitish, with
blackish basal line.
Khasis, from December to March ; fourteen specimens,
Argyroploce solaris, 0. Sp.
Q. 14-15 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous tinged with rosy, and
mixed with reddish-fuscous and dark fuscous. Palpi ascending, whitish-
ochreous tinged with rosy, with one or two blackish dots. Abdomen blackish,
segmental margins orange, Posterior tibis with appressed scales. Forewings
elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex rounded-obtuse termen,
almost straight, rather oblique ; reddish-fuscous, more or less rosy-tinged,
irregularly mixed with ochreous-whitish and sprinkled with dark fuscous ;
numerous irregularly scattered small dark leaden-grey marks or strigule, some-
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Tenmalai, W. Ghats, Travancore, in November (Annandale) ;
one specimen.
Heltangara macaritis, n. sp.
7 ¢.1314mm. Head and palpi bright deep orange. An-
tennae dark fuscous, base orange. Thorax deep shining coppery-
purple. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, rather narrow,
costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ;
bright deep coppery-purple: cilia concolorous. Hindwings and
cilia dark fuscous.
Goalbathan, E. Bengal, in July (Hodgart); Konkan, Bombay
(Young); two specimens. Nearly allied to H. lampetis, but dis-
tinguished by the dark antennae, and absence of yellow dorsal
patch of forewings.
Onebala agnatella, Walk.
Trivandrum, Travancore, in November (Annandale).
Brachmia gradata, n. sp. (Stir A J
y @.g10mm. Head and thorax ochreous-bronze. Palpi
bronzy-whitish, terminal joint with a dark fuscous line. Abdomen
light fuscous, and tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate,
rather narrow, costa slightly arched, somewhat sinuate in middle,
apex obtuse, termen rather strongly sinuate, oblique; 2 and 3
short-stalked, 8 and g out of 7; dark fuscous; a whitish streak
above middle from 4 to 3, surmounted by an ochreous-yellowish
streak extending to beyond it; three oblique white streaks from
anterior half of costa, first two running into the yellowish streak,
third to beyond its apex ; a white oblique striga from costa close
beyond this; an ochreous-yellow line from apex of discal streak
very obliquely inwards to fold; an undefined irregular streak or
line of pale ochreous suffusion beneath fold ; an oval whitish ring
beneath middle of disc, and a patch of whitish irroration beyond
this ; three short white strigulae from costa posteriorly ; terminal
area ochreous-yellowish, cut by a straight transverse leaden-
metallic line rising from last costal strigula ; adjoining this line is
a small well-marked black spot anteriorly towards dorsum, and
another in middle posteriorly reaching termen beneath apex: cilia
ochreous-whitish, on costa dark fuscous, with a white basal line,
and forming an apical projection, on termen bronzy-shining, with
a metallic-grey basal shade, beneath apex with a dark fuscous
patch beyond this. Hindwings grey; cilia ochreous-grey-whitish,
with a grey subbasal shade.
Kurseong, 5,000 feet, E. Himalayas, in September (Annan-
dale); Khasi Hills, in August and September, common; fifteen
specimens. Belongs to a group of closely allied species, requiring
attention to details; a characteristic point of this species is the
arrangement of the two black spots adjoining the metallic sub-
terminal line.
222 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL. V
Brachmia elephantopa, n. sp.
a” @. 16-21 mm. Head and thorax dark slaty-fuscous, crown
sprinkled, with pale specks. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint
externally dark fuscous, except towards apex, terminal joint some-
what longer than second, towards apex usually with a few dark
fuscous scales. Antennae dark fuscous in o simple. Abdomen
fuscous, anal tuft in # whitish-ochreous. Posterior tibiae fuscous.
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa
slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded; 2 and 3
stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 9 connate with 7; dark slaty-fuscous ;
stigmata cloudy, black, plical beneath first discal, both often more
or less elongate: cilia dark fuscous, tips lighter. Hindwings and
cilia fuscous.
Bhogaon, Purneah district, N. Bengal, in March (Paiva);
Konkan, Bombay (Young); Coorg, 3,500 feet, in September
(Newcome); Nilgiris, 3,500 feet, in March, April, and August
(Andrewes); twenty specimens.
Brachmoa sigillatrix, n. sp.
o 2. 11-I2mm. Head, palpi, and thorax deep ochreous-
yellow, partially tinged with brownish. Antennae grey, ciliations
in # 1. Abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Posterior tibiae whitish-
ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently
arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, oblique; 2 and 3
stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 9 connate with 7; deep ochreous-yellow,
irregularly mixed with light brown suffusion ; stigmata black edged
with white, plical obliquely before first discal: cilia ochreous-
yellow. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish.
Ernakulam, Cochin State, Malabar coast, in November (Annan-
dale); Karwar, Kanara, in August (Maxwell); three specimens.
Brachmia autonoma, Meyt.
_ Ernakulam, Cochin State, Malabar coast, in November (An-
nandale); Bhogaon, Purneah district, N. Bengal, in September and
October (Paiva). I described this originally from the Chagos
Islands, but expressed the anticipation that it would be found in
India.
Trichotaphe planata, n. sp.
tod Q. 18mm. Head and thorax pale greyish-ochreous tinged
with flesh-colour. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint dark
fuscous, except apex, scales roughly expanded above towards apex,
terminal joint longer than second. Abdomen whitish-ochreous.
Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex
round-pointed, termen sinuate, oblique; 9 out of 7; light greyish-
ochreous tinged with flesh-colour; costal edge ochreous-whitish ;
stigmata dark fuscous, discal nearly approximated, plical obliquely
before first discal: cilia ochreous-whitish partially suffused with
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pale brownish, with traces of darker bars. Hindwings with 6 and 7
approximated towards base; grey; cilia light grey.
Dharampur, Simla Hills, 5,000 feet, in May (Annandale); one
specimen.
Nothris malacodes, Meyr.
Trivandrum, Travancore, at light, in November (Annandale).
Y psolophus tanthes, Meyt.
Quilon and Shencottah, Travancore, in November (Annan-
dale).
Y psolophus decusellus, Walk.
Calcutta, in September (Annandale); one example, yellower
than usual.
COSMOPTERYGIDAE.
Cosmopteryx asiatica, Stt.
Museum compound, Calcutta, in July (Annandale).
Cosmopteryx basilisca, Meyr.
Sukna, E. Himalayas, 500 feet, in July (Annandale).
Cosmopteryx hamifera, Meyr.
Sukna, E. Himalayas, 500 feet, in July (Annandale).
Stathmopoda anconias, n. sp.
@ @. 10-Tl mm. Head and thorax dark shining bronze, face
whitish-bronzy. Palpi ochreous-whitish , terminal joint more or less
suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous, segmental
margins purple-grey edged anteriorly with coppery, on sides white.
Tibiae with whorls of long bristles at origin of spurs. Forewings
lanceolate, widest at 4+, thence narrowed to acute apex; dark
-purple-bronze, sometimes with indigo-greenish reflections; base
narrowly blackish; a rather narrow orange-yellow fascia at 1,
strongly edged with black ; an orange-yellow elongate longitudinal
mark in disc about 3, preceded and followed by black suffusion
reaching costa, connected anteriorly with a shorter orange-yellow
mark on termen; asmall white costal spot or mark above posterior
extremity of this, sometimes confluent with it: cilia fuscous.
Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia fuscous.
Puri, Orissa, in October (Annandale); Pusa, Bengal, in De-
cember (Lefroy); Peradeniya, in February (Green) : Trincomali, in
June (Fletcher), Ceylon.
224 Records of the Indian Museun. [Vor. V,
OECOPHORIDAE.
Scythris expolita, n. sp.
a” @.iIIrmm. Head, palpi, antennac and thorax dark fus-
cous-bronze, palpi moderately long, rising above vertex; antennal
ciliations in 7 3. Abdomen rather dark fuscous, beneath with
last four segments and half preceding one suffused with whitish-
ochreous, in « somewhat less strongly. Forewings lanceolate,
acute, neuration normal; shining dark bronzy-fuscous, hardly
perceptibly purplish-tinged towards apex: cilia concolorous, Hind-
wings 4, cilia 3; 5 absent; rather dark fuscous: cilia fuscous.
Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in July (Annandale) ;
Ukhral, Manipur, 6,400 feet, in August (Pettigrew); two speci-
mens.
Endrostis lacteella, Schiff.
Kurseong, EK. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in July (Annandale) ;
Darjiling, 7,000 feet, in August (Paiva).
Borkhausenia pseudospretella, Stt.
Darjiling, 7,000 feet, in August (Paiva).
Periacma (?) mnemonica, n. sp.
Q. 13-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark purplish-
fuscous. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Forewings elongate,
costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather strongly
oblique ; 7 to costa; dark purplish-fuscous; a large pale whitish-
ochreous oblique transverse blotch rather before middle, reaching
costa but not dorsum; a small cloudy ochreous-whitish spot on
costa before 3: cilia dark purplish-fuscous. Hindwings dark
bronzy-fuscous ; cilia bronzy-fuscous.
Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in September (Annan-
dale); Khasi Hills, in August ; two specimens. In the absence of
the ~ the generic position is not fully assured, but is probably
correct.
Cryptolechia stomota, u. sp.
@ @?. II-12 mm. Head pale ochreous or whitish-ochreous,
sometimes somewhat marked with fuscous suffusion. Palpi whitish-
ochreous, second joint with appressed scales, sprinkled with
blackish, terminal joint with blackish median band. Antennae
whitish-ochreous ringed with dark fuscous. Thorax pale ochreous
somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous, shoulders dark fuscous.
Abdomen greyish, anal tuft of o whitish-ochreous. Forewings
elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen
extremely obliquely rounded ; 7 to costa; pale ochreous sprinkled
with dark fuscous; a dark fuscous blotch on base of costa; stig-
mata dark fuscous, plical obliquely before first discal; a semioval
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dark fuscous blotch on costa somewhat beyond middle; a trian-
gular dark fuscous tornal spot, and a dark fuscous apical blotch,
sometimes confluent on termen: cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings
grey; cilia pale grey.
Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in September (Annan-
dale); Khasi Hills, from August to October ; Coorg, 3,500 feet, in
May and September (Newcome); Nilgiris, 3,500 feet, in August
(Andrewes); Matale, Cevlon, in August (Pole); eleven specimens.
ELACHISTIDAE.
Elachista ithygramma, n. sp.
7%. 7-8mm. Head ochreous, sides broadly whitish. Palpi
whitish, second joint with several whorls of pale ochreous whitish-
tipped scales. Thorax ochreous, with two white stripes, lateral
margin of patagia white. Abdomen grey, on sides and beneath
ochreous-whitish. Forewings lanceolate, acute; ochreous, with
four white longitudinal streaks, more or less sprinkled throughout
with grey ; first streak along costa from 4 to apex, second from
base above middle to or near termen beneath apex, third along
fold throughout, fourth along dorsum and termen throughout ; an
indistinct small blackish dot between second and third towards
termen; a few blackish scales at apex: cilia whitish-ochreous,
base ochreous, round apex sprinkled with dark grey points towards
base. Hindwings grey; cilia pale whitish-ochreous tinged with
grey.
Quilon, Travancore coast, in November (Annandale); four
specimens. Apparently allied to LE. thallophora from New Zealand.
Elachista nearcha, n. sp.
¢ 9. 8&gmm. Head, palpi, and thorax white, palpi shorter
and straighter than usual. Abdomen light grey, segmental margins
whitish. Forewings lanceolate, acute; white; plical stigma repre-
sented bv a thick elongate black mark, second discal by a short
fine black dash ; an oblique fascia of brownish irroration crossing
wing before second discal stigma, and a less marked inwardly
oblique fascia from costal extremity of this across plical stigma to
dorsum ; a more or less developed apical patch of brownish irrora-
tion: cilia white, round apex sprinkled with brownish towards
base, and with a median line of dark fuscous points. Hindwings
rather dark grey; cilia pale grey.
Puri, Orissa, in October, at light (Annandale); Calcutta, in
April ; two specimens.
SCHENDY EOTIS, .n. g.
Head smooth ; ocelli present ; tongue developed. Antennae
3, basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpj
moderate, slender, smooth-scaled, slightly curved, porrected,
226 Records of the Indian Museum. (VoL. V,
terminal joint shorter than second, acute. Maxillary palpi obso-
lete. Posterior tibiae smooth-scaled, with whorls of expanded
bristles at origin of spurs. Forewings with 2 from towards angle,
4 absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 9 and 10 from near angle,
II absent. Hindwings 3, lanceolate, cilia 4; transverse vein
absent between 4 and 5, 5 and 6 stalked.
I denuded the undersurface of one pair of wings of the unique
specimen, and satisfactorily ascertained the neuration.
Schendylotis chrysota, 0. sp.
@. 7mm. Head, palpi, and thorax blackish, patagia golden-
metallic. Forewings lanceolate, acute ; bronzy-blackish ; a trian-
gular golden-metallic spot on base of dorsum, not reaching costa ;
volden-metallic fasciae at 4} and 3, furcate on dorsum, white on
costa, with violet reflections in disc: a white discal dot between
these: cilia dark fuscous, with a golden-metallic basal streak on
termen. Hindwings and cilia dark fuscous.
Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in September (Annan-
dale) ; one specimen. /
GLYPHIPTERYGIDAE.
Phycodes minor, Moore.
Rajmahal, Bengal, in July (Annandale).
Simaethis orthogona, Meyr.
Rajmahal, Bengal, in July (Annandale).
Simaethis fabriciana, L.
Simla, 7,000 feet, in May (Annandale).
Brenthia elatella, Walk.
Puri, Orissa, in October (Annandale).
GRACILARIADAE.
Lithocolletis conformts, n. sp.
a7 @.6-7 mm. Head pale ochreous. Thorax bronzy-ochreous
sprinkled with whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings lanceo-
late ; bronzy-orange-ochreous, sometimes tinged with fuscous; a
short fine indistinct whitish median basal dash; two slightly
curved narrow shining white rather inwardly oblique transverse
fasciae at } and 4, anteriorly blackish-edged, slightly approximated
towards costa, second sometimes slightly angulated in disc; a
similar fascia at 3, interrupted in middle; an inwardly oblique
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short silvery-whitish mark from costa before apex, edged with
some blackish scales: cilia greyish or greyish-ochreous, with two
or three rows of blackish points. Hindwings and cilia grey.
Kasauli, Simla Hills, 6,300 feet, in May (Annandale); three
specimens.
E'picephala bromias, n. sp.
@.7mm. Head ochreous-whitish on crown, frontal hairs
dark grey beneath, face white. Palpi white, second and terminal
joints each with extreme apex and a median dot black. Antennae
white ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings
elongate, very narrow, moderately pointed ; dark fuscous ; a light
fuscous streak along dorsum from base to tornus, upper edged
suffused with white, thrice indented, and margined by a black
plical streak ; a whitish streak partially suffused with light fuscous
extending on costa from 4+ to middle and thence running as a
slender line to above tornus, edged anteriorly with blackish
suffusion; an angulated white line from # of costa to tornus,
nearly preceded on upper half by a fuscous line edged anteriorly
with blackish suffusion, its apex angulated backwards above
extremity of preceding line from costa; a short black mark along
termen, edged above with white, apical area above this streaked
with blackish: cilia light fuscous mixed with whitish, round apex
with two or three rows of black points. Hindwings dark grey ;
cilia grey.
Calcutta, in May (Annandale); one specimen.
Epicephala albifrons, Stt.
Calcutta and Purneah district, Bengal; W. Ghats, Travan-
core ; in October and November (Annandale).
Acrocercops convoluta, Meyr.
Parasnath, W. Bengal, 4,300 feet, in April (Annandale) ;
Kurseong. EH. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in September (Annandale).
- Gracilaria octopunctata, Turn.
Darjiling, 7,000 feet, in August (Paiva).
Gracilaria scansoria, 0. sp.
@”. Iomm. Head and thorax lilac-ochreous sprinkled with
dark fuscous. Palpi pale ochreous, suffused with blackish towards
apex of second joint, and on terminal joint, except towards bdse.
Antennae whitish ringed with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, anal
tuft whitish-ochreous. Anterior and middle femora and tibiae
blackish, tarsi white with black dots at apex of joints, posterior
legs whitish. Forewings very narrowly elongate, moderately
228 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL. V,
pointed ; pale brownish-ochreous irrorated with dark fuscous,
slightly lilac-tinged: costa and dorsum shortly strigulated with
blackish irroration: a pale brassy-yellowish spot on costa at 4
reaching half across wing, anterior edge convex, well-defined,
posterior edge suffused: cilia grey, round apex pale ochreous with
several dark fuscous lines. Hindwings rather dark grey: cilia
grey.
Phagu, Simla Hills, 9,000 feet, in May (Annandale); one
specimen.
PLUTELLIDAE.
Epermenta chelyodes, n. sp.
o 2. 811mm. Head, palpi, and thorax white. Abdomen
whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, acute: 7 and 8 stalked ;
white, with scattered blackish scales; two undefined oblique
patches of pale ochreous suffusion from dorsum near base and
before middle, marked with black scales on dorsum; more or less
irregular pale ochreous suffusion towards middle of disc, sometimes
forming a defined patch beyond middle: a small blackish spot on
middle of costa: apical third variably more or less suffused with
blackish irroration, including a roundish pale ochreous patch
anteriorly: cilia grey, on costa and at apex mixed with blackish,
beneath apex and at tornus with whitish base, on dorsum whitish
with three small blackish scale-teeth. Hindwings dark grey; cilia
whitish, on apical half of termen grey, above apex with a dark
grey patch. .
Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in July (Annandale);
Khasi Hills, in September and October; Palni Hills, 6,000 feet
(Campbell): five specimens.
Zelleria petrias, Meyr.
Simla, 7,000 feet, in May (Annandale).
Y ponomeuta temulentus, n. sp.
@”. 12 mm. Head and thorax dark grey suffused with
reddish-brown. Palpi dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather
narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded,
oblique; 7 and 8 stalked; dark grey, strewn throughout with
small undefined suffused black spots, veins partially suffused with
red-brown ; an irregular white patch in disc about +; an irregular
white spot on costa beyond middle; some scattered white scales
in disc ; an irregular transverse white mark from tornus reaching
half across wing; an irregular white terminal streak running
round apex: cilia. red-brown, base sprinkled with white. Hind-
wings dark fuscous ; cilia reddish-fuscous.
Theog, Simla Hills, 8,o0c feet, in May (Annandale); one
specimen.
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Arcrolepia nitrodes, n. sp.
@.IImm. Head and thorax brownish mixed with black.
Palpi brownish, suffusedly banded with dark fuscous irroration.
Antennae fuscous ringed with black. Abdomen grey. Forewings
elongate, narrow, costa anteriorly moderately, posteriorly slightly
arched, apex round-pointed, termen almost straight, very oblique ;
light brownish, with a faint violet tinge, irregularly mixed and
striguiated with black; costa marked with longer black strigulae ;
a dorsal patch of three white strigulae before middle; a whitish
line from 3 of costa to tornus, margined anteriorly by a blackish-
fuscous patch on upper half; three white strigulae from costa
between this and apex; a small blackish spot towards termen in
middle: cilia whitish-grey, with two blackish-grey lines. Hind-
wings ovate-lanceolate, pale grey, suffused with dark grey towards
termen and apex; cilia grey.
Parasnath, W. Bengal, 4,300 feet, in April (Annandale); one
specimen, Allied to the European pygmaeana, but I have a Ceylon
species still more like the European form, though certainly
distinct.
Plutella maculipennis, Curt.
Purneah district and Rajmahal (Annandale), Bengal.
TINEIDAE.
Nepticula ovitis, n. sp.
@”. 5mm. Head and eyecaps pale whitish-yellow, antennae
and thorax dark leaden-fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Fore-
wings lanceolate ; blackish; a rather broad little oblique shining
white fascia beyond middle: cilia grey. Hindwings and cilia grey.
Phagu, Simla Hills, 9,000 feet, in May (Annandale); one
specimen, in fine condition.
Ofostega chalcophylla, n. sp.
#72. 7-I0 mm. Head and eyecaps shining whitish, some-
times ochreous-tinged, antennae ochreous-grey. Thorax shining
bronze. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings rather broad-lanceolate ;
shining bronze, with greenish or purplish reflections, variable in
depth of colouring: cilia pale bronzy-ochreous. Hindwings and
cilia grey or dark grey.
Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in September (Annan-
dale); Khasi Hills; six specimens.
CLADARODES, un:
Head smooth, with rough frontal tuft; ocelli present ; tongue
absent. Antennae =, in ~ simple, basal joint dilated into a large
oblong eyecap. Labial palpi moderate, filiform, drooping. Maxil-
lary palpi rather long, several-jointed, filiform. Posterior tibiae
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with series of bristles above. Forewings with 3 absent, 4 absent,
7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings under 4,
linear, cilia 6; 3 absent, 4 absent, 6 absent.
Differs from Lyonetia mainly by the well-developed maxillary
palpi.
Cladarodes peloptera, n. sp.
o7. 7-8 mm. Head pale greyish-ochreous, face ochreous-
whitish. Palpi and antennae whitish. ‘Thorax greyish-ochreous.
Abdomen grey-whitish. Forewings narrowly lanceolate, acute ;
glossy greyish-ochreous, with a purplish tinge: cilia pale greyish-
ochreous. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-grey.
Calcutta, at light, in June (Paiva); N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in
September (Newcome); three specimens.
Opogona chalinota, n. sp.
¢ 2. 7-10 mm. Crown and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous.
fillet, face, and antennae ochreous-white. Palpi ochreous-white,
second joint with a dark fuscous streak externally on upper half
from base to near apex. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings
lanceolate ; dark fuscous-bronze ; a white line crossing wing about
%; a whitish-ochreous apical spot: cilia fuscous, round apex
whitish-ochreous. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey.
Puri, Orissa coast, in October (Annandale); Pusa, Bengal,
bred in March from larvae feeding in dry stems of Polypodium
quercifolum (Lefroy); Colombo, Ceylon, in August (Green); five
specimens.
Opogona percnodes, n. sp.
7 @. 12-15mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark purplish-
fuscous, fillet and face shining pale whitish-ochreous. Palpi
ochreous-whitish, externally dark fuscous. Antennae fuscous,
beneath whitish-ochreous. _Forewings lanceolate, acute; glossy
dark fuscous, with purplish-bronzy reflections: cilia dark fuscous.
Hindwings dark fuscous, faintly purplish-tinged ; cilia dark fuscous.
Kurseong, EK. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, from July to September
(Paiva); Maskeliya, in May (Pole), Diyatalawa, in August
(Fletcher), Ceylon ; eight specimens.
Opogona flavofasctata, Stt.
Calcutta, in June and September (Paiva).
Evreunetis xenica, Meyr.
Calcutta, at light, in August (Annandale).
Monopis sertifera, n. sp.
7 ¢. 12-13mm. Head and thorax yellow, palpi, patagia,
and abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow,
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costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat rounded,
oblique; 9 and 10 short-stalked; dark purplish-fuscous mixed
with blackish, strewn with small leaden-bluish dots; a suffused
round subhyaline spot in middle of disc; an irregular bright
yellow streak along dorsum from base to tornus, edge emarginate
beneath discal spot; a bright yellow blotch beyond discal spot,
almost reaching costa; an irregular bright yellow apical spot
extending along upper half of termen, more or less produced
anteriorly into irregular streaks on lower part of wing; all these
yellow markings are more or less edged with ferruginous suffusion :
cilia bright yellow, on costa dark fuscous, except towards apex.
Hindwings bronzy-grey; cilia whitish-grey.
Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in September (Annan-
dale); Khasi Hills: four specimens.
Monopis dicycla, Meyr.
Bred from larvae destroying woollen cloth, Calcutta, in Sep-
tember (Annandale).
Tinea fuscipunctella, Haw.
Kurseong, 5,000 feet, in July (Annandale); Dharampur, Simla
Hills, 5,000 feet, in May (Annandale).
Tinea pachyspila, Meyr.
Trivandrum, Travancore, in November (Annandale).
Tinea nestorta, n. sp.
@. 17-Igmm. Head and antennae yellowish-white. Palpi
dark fuscous. ‘Thorax rather dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen
pale brassy-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately
arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; pale
greyish-ochreous, more or less tinged and sprinkled with fuscous ;
base suffused with dark fuscous, extending as a narrow streak
along costa to 2; a small undefined spot of dark fuscous suffusion
on end of cell: cilia light ochreous, sometimes tinged with fuscous,
more whitish towards tips. Hindwings grey, with brassy-yellowish
and purplish reflections ; cilia grey-whitish, sometimes infuscated
towards base.
Phagu, Simla Hills, g,ooo feet, in May (Annandale); Dal-
housie, Kashmir, in May; two specimens.
Pylactis mimosae, Stt.
Calcutta, at light, in July (Annandale). I have now ascer-
tained that seminivora, Wals., and ofphionota, Meyr., are both
synonyms of this.
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232 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vou V, 1910.]
raria, mex (1904) == TROPHIMAEA,n.¢.
Head loosely rough-haired; ocelli present; tongue absent.
Antennae 4, in @ moderately ciliated, basal joint clothed with
long dense hairs projecting in front in a broad tuft. Labial palpi
moderate, porrected, clothed with long rough projecting scales
beneath, second joint with several projecting lateral bristles.
Maxillary palpi obsolete. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs.
Forewings with 1b furcate, 2 rather remote from angle, 3 and 4
connate from angle or 4 absent, 7 absent, 9 absent, 11 from or
beyond middle. Hindwings ?, ovate-lanceolate, cilia 14; 2-7
separate, parallel, or 4 and transverse vein between 3 and 6 some-
times absent.
Trophimaea arenatella, Walk.
Kurseong, EF. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in September (Annan-
dale).
Sapheneutis crocotricha, n. sp.
@. 14-17 mm. Head with tolerably appressed scales, ochre-
ous-yellow, face sometimes mixed with fuscous. Palpi short,
loosely scaled, yellowish mixed or suffused with dark fuscous.
Antennal ciliations 2. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Fore-
wings elongate, moderate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse,
termen somewhat rounded, oblique; 8 and 9g stalked; purplish-
fuscous, suffusedly and indistinctly strigulated with darker fuscous,
veins and costa darker-suffused : cilia purplish-fuscous, sometimes
with pale greyish-ochreous basal line. Hindwings rather dark
fuscous, purplish-tinged ; cilia light ochreous-fuscous, basal half
suffused with purplish-fuscous.
Kurseong, EF. Himalayas, 5,000 feet, in July (Annandale);
N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in November (Newcome) ; two specimens.
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FROM INDIA AND BURMA.
By E. Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S.
The following descriptions are from specimens taken by Dr.
N. Annandale, and the types are in the collection of the Indian
Museum.
CERACIDZ.
Cerace, Walk.
I have formerly treated this genus as belonging to the Plutel-
lide, but I now recognise that its neturation is essentially Tortricid
in character, and that the smooth head cannot outweigh this. I
propose, therefore, to constitute the Ceracide as a distinct family,
agreeing with typical Tortricide in neuration and other important
points, but differing from them by the smooth head.
Cerace mesoclasta, sp. nov.
9. 4% mm. Head white, collar purple-blackish edged with
white. Palpi white, with a grey streak along upper edge of second
joint except at apex, terminal joint grey. Antenne dark grey
ringed with white. Thorax dark purple-fuscous, with five white
spots, patagia edged with white. Abdomen blackish, segmental
margins light ochreous-yellow, apex orange. Fore wings elongate,
narrow, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, apex very
obtuse, termen rounded so as to project rather beyond apex ;
dark purple-fuscous, covered with rows of numerous small whitish
spots between veins, towards costa united into transverse strige
which become larger, towards base; in the middle of dise these
spots coalesce into a longitudinal streak ; an elongate orange spot
on termen, extending from vein 2 to 0; cilia dark fuscous (imper-
fect). Hind wings whitish ; a fuscous blotch suffusedly spotted
with dark fuscous occupying apical fourth of wing ; a row of dark
fuscous spots along costa; about three rows of dark fuscous spots
extending over dorsal area of wing from base to apical blotch,
smaller towards base; cilia white, round apical blotch mostly
dark fuscous.
Kurseong, E. Himalayas, at 5,000 feet, in May ; one speci-
men. Nearest C. stipatana, but easily known by the discal white
streak, less extensive orange patch, spotted dorsal area of hind
wings, and blackish-banded abdomen. In the specimen described
veins 6 and 7 are short-stalked in one fore wing by an abnor-
mality, the other wing being quite normal.
396 E. Meyrick : New Micro-lepidoptera. [Vot, Il,
GELECHIAD AS.
Ochmastis, gen. nov.
Head smooth-scaled ; ocelli absent; tongue developed. An-
tenn +, in @ simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial
palpi long, recurved, second joint rather short, with moderate
projecting tuft of rough hairs towards apex beneath, terminal
joint nearly twice as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary
palpi very short, filiform, drooping. Posterior tibizee clothed with
long hairs above. Fore wings with vein 16 furcate, 2 from near +,
3 and 4 approximated from angle, 5 parallel, 6 absent, 7 and 8
stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hind wings 1, elongate-trape-
zoidal, termen scarcely sinuate, cilia over I; 2 widely remote, 3-5
rather approximated at base, 6 and 7 long-stalked.
Belongs to the group of Ypsolophus, in which it is charac-
terised by the neuration.
Ochmastis chionacma, sp. nov.
@”. 16mm. Head and thorax white sprinkled with dark
fuscous. Palpi white, second joint blackish except towards apex,
terminal joint sprinkled with grey ? with three undefined blackish
rings. Antenne blackish ringed with white. Abdomen grey, anal
tuft ochreous-yellowish. Fore wings elongate, narrow, costa gently
arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; white, irre-
gularly sprinkled with dark fuscous ; two small dark fuscous spots
near base above and below middle, upper marked with black; an
irregular quadrate dark fuscous patch on dorsum before middle,
reaching # across wing, enclosing an elongate pale yellow-ochreous
blotch of somewhat raised scales dilated posteriorly and edged
above with a few black scales; three subconfluent dark fuscous
blotches forming an irregular streak from middle of disc to 4 of
costa, crossed by an interrupted thick black streak in disc from
before middle to #, and two or three short black streaks on veins
beyond this; an elongate black mark on costa before middle ;
apical area forming a roundish clear white spot, edged by a margi-
nal black line: cilia white, on costa with three black wedge-
shaped spots, round apex with three dark fuscous bars towards
tornus suffused with fuscous and sprinkled on basal half with dark
fuscous. Hind wings grey, thinly scaled towards base; cilia pale
grey towards base, ochreous-tinged.
Dawna Hills (2—3,000 feet), Lower Burma, in March; one
specimen.
ELACHISTID A.
Stathmopoda placida, sp. nov.
@. 1I0-II mm. Crown whitish-ochreous irrorated with fus-
cous, face pearly white. Palpi whitish-ochreous, in front white.
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Antenne whitish-ochreous, tips dark grey above. Thorax whitish-
ochreous irrorated with blackish, posterior extremity white. Ab-
domen grey, beneath white. Fore wings sublanceolate, broadest
near base, thence narrowed to acute apex; rather dark fuscous,
with slight purplish tinge ; two broad white fascie, first very broad
dorsally, where it covers basal third of wing, much narrowed to-
wards costa at beyond +, margins straight, enclosed basal area of
costa ochreous-whitish irrorated with black ; second fascia at %,
rather narrowed towards costa, anterior edge straight, posterior
convex, oblique : cilia fuscous. Hind wings and cilia grey.
Rangoon, in February ; two specimens. I note here that the
genus Placostola, Meyr., founded on a species allied to the above,
cannot be maintained as distinct from Stathmopoda.
Stathmopoda calypirea, sp. nov.
@. 10 mm. Head shining white. Palpi white, terminal joint
externally with a dark fuscous line. Antenne whitish. Thorax
white, on back with a curved dark fuscous transverse line near
anterior margin. Abdomen yellowish-fuscous, beneath and at
sides white. Fore wings very narrow, widest near base, thence
narrowed to acute apex ; dark fuscous ; a white basal patch occu-
pying + of wing, its outer edge inwardly oblique from costa ;
some undefined whitish suffusion about # and before apex: cilia
fuscous. Hind wings and cilia fuscous.
Dawna Hills (2—3,000 feet), Lower Burma, in March; one
specimen.
Promalactis nebrias, sp. nov.
9. 9 mm. Head glossy ochreous-whitish, sides of crown
sprinkled with grey. Palpi whitish, second joint yellowish-tinged
and transversely striated with dark fuscous, terminal joint with
a longitudinal line of dark fuscous irroration on each side. An-
tenn white ringed with blackish. Thorax light ochreous-yellow-
ish, shoulders black. Abdomen grey. Fore wings lanceolate,
apex acute; light ochreous-yellowish, tinged with deeper yellow
in disc posteriorly ; a fine white line edged with black irroration
beneath from middle of base to } of dorsum ; two fine white acutely
angulated transverse lines at + and 4, edged with black irroration,
each preceded on costa by an oblique wedge-shaped fuscous blotch
irrorated with black, second followed on costa by a larger trian-
gular similar blotch extending to +; from angle of first a fine white
line edged with some black scales proceeds to tornus ; an irregu-
lar streak of blackish irroration along termen from tornus to apex,
marked with small white spots in middle and at apex: cilia pale
yellowish, towards base with some blackish specks. Hind wings
grey ; cilia pale grey.
Dawna Hills (2—3,000 feet), Lower Burma, in March ; one
specimen.
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GRACILARIADAS.
Acrocercops cyclopa, sp. nov.
@” @. 6mm. Headand thorax shining ochreous-white. Palpi
slender, white. Abdomen whitish. Legs white spotted with grey.
Fore wings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate, acute; white; a
slender light fuscous streak along basal third of costa; three light
fuscous oblique fascie, first in middle, slender ; second at 3, some-
what broader ; third very slender, separated by a fine line from a
conspicuous roundish deep black apical spot : cilia whitish-fuscous,
round apex white with two light fuscous shades. Hind wings
grey ; cilia whitish-grey.
Calcutta, in August ; two specimens. Nearest to A. sauropis,
Meyr.
Acrocercops thraustica, sp. nov.
?. gmm. Head loosely haired, white, crown ochreous-tinged.
Palpi white, second joint grey towards base, with short rough
apical tuft beneath. Antenne grey. Thorax white, sides grey.
Abdomen grey, beneath white with lateral series of oblique black-
ish stripes. Legs white, obliquely striped with blackish. Fore
wings very narrowly elongate, short-pointed ; light fuscous ; costa
whitish-suffused on median third; a blackish longitudinal streak
in disc from } to beyond middle, edged above with fuscous-whitish ;
an elongate white dorsal patch from base to beyond 4 of wing,
edged with blackish above, and containing a series of four black-
ish dots; a white sub-dorsal streak from beyond this to beyond
middle, rather oblique upwards, edged with blackish above and
beneath ; beyond apex of this is a blackish patch composed of
three confluent oblique streaks, beneath which is a white dorsal
dash, and followed by a very oblique white streak extending to 2
of disc, where it meets a very oblique black streak from middle of
costa, whitish-edged above ; a white elongate mark above tornus ;
a fine curved whitish line from ? of costa to termen above tornus ;
apical area beyond this ochreous-whitish finely and irregularly
striated with black, with a black apical dot: cilia white, with
basal and posterior black lines, and two black apical hooks, towards
tornus greyish-tinged. Hind wings and cilia grey.
Calcutta, in July, at light ; two specimens.
PLUTELLIDAS.
Aitteva sciodoxa, sp. nov.
9 @. 23-28 mm. Head whitish, collar orange edged with
white. Palpi white, terminal joint dark grey mixed with white.
Antenne grey. Thorax ochreous-orange, with a white spot on
patagia, and two behind middle of back. Abdomen ochreous-
orange. Posterior legs in o# thin, weak, tibiz clothed with long
whitish hairs, tarsi twisted. Fore wings elongate, narrow at base,
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considerably dilated posteriorly, costa towards apex gently arched,
apex rounded-obtuse, termen little oblique, slightly rounded ;
ochreous-orange, slightly violet-tinged ; about 18—24 white spots,
viz., three large transverse ones and two or three small on dorsum,
three more or less large rounded ones and two or three small in
disc, one rather large transverse on termen above tornus, and the
rest small, rounded, scattered along costa and towards apex:
cilia whitish, base ochreous-orange. Hind wings grey, thinly scaled
and sub-hyaline towards base; cilia whitish, base grey.
One specimen at base of Dawna Hills, Lower Burma, in March ;
and I possess three others from the island of Penang, and Labuan,
Borneo,
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Tischeria pltarmica, sp. nov.
72. 4-5 mm. Head, palpi, and antenne light greyish-
ochreous. ‘Thorax greyish-ochreous sprinkled with fuscous. Abdo-
men grey, apex greyish-ochreous. Fore wings lanceolate ; 6 present ;
light greyish-ochreous irrorated with fuscous, with some scattered
dark fuscous scales, on dorsal half more or less yellowish-tinged ;
undefined dorsal spots of dark fuscous irroration at middle, #,
and apex: cilia pale greyish. Hind wings and cilia pale greyish.
Bred in plenty from larve mining small elongate blotches in
leaves of Zizyphus jujuba, at Puri, Orissa, in January. The species
occurred in great profusion, leaves an inch in diameter containing
twenty or more larve, and the moths are described as “* swarming
like a cloud of midges round the tree.’’ ‘The mine, larval habits,
and pupa are similar to those of European species.
Crypsithyris spelea, sp. nov.
7 @. gIo mm. Wholly pale whitish-ochreous except eyes,
which are deep black. Fore wings elongate, narrow, costa gently
arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded. Hind
wings with transverse vein present, 2—7 separate.
Khayon (“‘ Farm’’) Cave, Moulmein, Burma, in March ; three
specimens. This is a very curious and interesting species, appar-
ently a true cave-dweller, found permanently resident ‘‘ in total
darkness ’’ (Annandale), being the only known species of Lepidoptera
adapted to such conditions ; but since the eyes are fully developed
and the power of flight maintained, it would seem probable that the
darkness is not quite absolute, but such that eyes accustomed to it
can still perceive faintly. The absence of light has, however, suf-
ficed to prevent the development of colour, the insects being prac-
tically bleached or colourless. The larvee of four Indian species
of Crypsithyris are known, and all are lichen-feeders, so that prob-
ably this may feed the same way, in portable cases on the rock-
walls, Other Indian caves should be examined for similar species,
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Melasina apracta, sp. nov.
@. 15-18 mm. Head with appressed hairs, pale greyish-
ochreous. Palpi moderate, rather curved, pointed, pale greyish-
ochreous, second joint sometimes infuscated. Antenne pale grey-
ish-ochreous. ‘Thorax pale greyish-ochreous suffused with fuscous
anteriorly. Abdomen pale ochreous, more yellowish posteriorly,
with large anal tuft of long hairs. Fore wings elongate, rather
narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen
extremely obliquely rounded; pale greyish-ochreous, sometimes
yellowish-tinged, suffusedly irrorated throughout with fuscous ;
a cloudy spot of darker fuscous suffusion in disc at #%: cilia
Ochreous-grey-whitish sprinkled with fuscous. Hind wings light
greyish ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous.
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