INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 831 



Antennae grey obscurely ringed with whitish. Abdomen grey, with a dark 

 shining grey lateral stripe, beneath pale yellow. Legs densely scaled, 

 ochreous- white, anterior and middle femora and tibiee blackish, posterior tibiee 

 more or less infuscated above. Forewings very narrowly elongate, moderately 

 pointed, acute ; light ochreous-brown, suffused with yellow-ochreons on 

 margins posteriorly ; three small groups of blackish scales on dorsum ; a broad 

 whitish-yellowish triangular patch extending over central third of costa, and 

 reaching § across wing, edged with a few blackish scales ; some undefined dark- 

 fuscous suffusion towards apex: cilia grey, round apex with basal third yellow- 

 ochreous, rest with several rows of black points. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia 

 grey. 



Trincomali, Puttalam, Ambulangoda, Galle, Hambantota, Peradeniya, and 

 Diyatalawa, Ceylon, from September to November, February to April, and in 

 June (Pole, Fletcher, Green) ; eight specimens. 



Gracilaria oxydelta, n. sp. 



$. 8 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen rather dark violet-fuscous, face pale 

 yellowish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, irregularly irrorated with blackish, terminal 

 joint thickened with scales shortly projecting beneath towards apex. Antenna; 

 dark fuscous ringed with whitish. Anterior and middle legs dark violet- 

 fuscous, tarsi white except at tips, posterior legs ochreous-whitish irrorated with 

 dark fuscous. Forewings very narrowly elongate, short-pointed, dorsum with 

 four rather broad scale-projections ; violet-fuscous irrorated with dark fus- 

 cous ; a clear pale yellow narrow or moderately broad triangular patch, resting 

 on costa before middle, nearly reaching dorsum, edged with a few black scales, 

 its costal margin marked with two minute black dots ; some undefined spots of 

 ochreous-brownish suffusion towards apex: cilia fuscous, round apex brownish 

 with several rows of black points. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in May (Newcome) ; two specimens. 



Gracilaria hemiconis, Meyr. 



{Antiolopha hemiconis, Meyr., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., (1894, 25.) 



I have suppressed the genus Antiolopha, finding the scaling of the palpi an 

 unreliable character in this group. 



Gracilaria metadoxa, n. sp. 



$Q. 10-11 mm. Head yellowish -white, scales of crown projecting over 

 forehead. Palpi yellow -whitish, more or less sprinkled with grey, second joint 

 with scales projecting beneath at apex, terminal joint thickened with scales 

 forming a small subapical projection in front. Antenna? yellow-Whitish ringed 

 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 tibiae infuscated and spotted with dark 

 grey, posterior pair more or less irrorated with fuscous. Forewings very narrowly 

 elongate, rather short-pointed, 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 



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