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DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEP1DOPTERA. 



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E. MeYKICK, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



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 Epiblemid^e. 



Eucosma attica, n. sp. 



$9. 18-23 mm. Head pale ochreous mixed with dark fuscous, face 

 blackish. Palpi ascending, pale ochreous suffused with grey, ochreous-white 

 towards base beneath, terminal joint very short. Thorax pale ochreous mixed 

 with blackish and ferruginous. Abdomen pale ochreous suffused with grey. 

 Posterior tibiae in $ clothed with dense long projecting hair scales above. 

 Forewings elongate, posteriorly considerably dilated, costa moderately arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen almost straight, nearly vertical ; pale ochreous mixed with 

 ferruginous, and irregularly strewn with leaden-grey dots ; costa with pairs of 

 ochreous-whitish strigulaa separated with black ; basal patch undefined, mixed 

 with blackish, sometimes with strong blackish suffusion extending to central 

 fascia ; central fascia moderate, suffused with blackish, its posterior edge 

 marked with a white discal dot, and followed except on costa by a suffused 

 white fascia mixed with leaden-grey on anterior half ; apical area ferruginous, 

 mixed with blackish anteriorly, with several short leaden-metallic marks from 

 costa, and a striga from costa at f continued along lower half of termen to 

 tornus : cilia leaden-grey, on upper half of termen with basal half ferruginous, 

 sometimes mixed with blackish, towards tornus suffused with ochreous-whitish. 

 Hindwings in $ with dorsal fold enclosing thin pencil of long grey haii'3 ; 

 fuscous, becoming darker posteriorly ; cilia light greyish-ochreous or grey, with 

 dark grey subbasal line. 



Khasi Hills, from June to September ; seven specimens. I find that Platy- 

 peplus, Wals., cannot be properly maintained as a distinct genus ; the develop- 

 ment of brushes of scales on the posterior tibias, especially in the $ but 

 sometimes in both sexes, is found in a proportion of the Indian species of 

 most genera iu this family, and appears to have little value as a test of affinity; 

 I shall therefore treat it as affording specific characters only, and refer all 

 those species described under Platypeplus to Eucosma. 



Eucosma iograpta, n. sp. 



$ $. 13-15 mm. Head and thorax ferruginous-ochreous, thorax sometimes 

 mixed with dark grey. Palpi porrected, ferruginous-ochreous mixed with 

 dark grey, towards base beneath ochreous-whitish. Abdomen dark grey. 

 Posterior legs without tufts. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilattd, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, hardly oblique ; ferrugi- 

 nous-ochreous ; costa obscurely strigulated with blackish and grey-whitish ; a 

 rather oblique rounded-triangular deep ferruginous blotch on dorsum at £, 

 reaching half across wing ; central fascia deep ferruginous, sometimes mixed 

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