INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 819 



to reach apex of second dorsal blotch. Latter portion black-edged ; a shining 

 pale violet black-edged dash above disc between second and third blotches, and 

 another between third and fourth ; violet black-edged dots on costa opposite 

 third and fourth blotches ; a silvery-white spot on costa just before apex, edged 

 beneath with black : cilia grey, round apex bronzy-fulvous, at costal termina- 

 tion dark grey preceded by white. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Khasi Hills, in October ; one specimen. A splendid insect ; the maxillary 

 palpi are shorter than usual, the bristles of posterior tibiae longer ; the ridge 

 of raised scales on forewings are a peculiar character. 



Acrocercops tetrar.rena, n. sp. 



9- 9 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint dark grey above and 

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

 grey suffused submedian ring. Antennas grey. Thorax bronzy-brown, with 

 white central stripe. Abdomen grey, beneath white. Legs white, banded with 

 blackish-grey. Forewing very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; bronzy-brown ; 

 four semioval white black-edged dorsal spots, not reaching half across wing, 

 first and fourth smallest, first extended dorsally towards base ; a fine white 

 transverse strigula just before apex, surrounded with dark fuscous suffusion, 

 dilated on costa : cilia fuscous, at apex with a black subbasal line followed by 

 whitish suffusion. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in October (Pole) ; one specimen, 



Acrocercopn cavtellata, n. sp. 



£. 10 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint grey towards apex. 

 Antennas grey, basal joint whitish, beneath dark fuscous. Thorax white, 

 sides bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen grey, beneath white. Legs white, banded with 

 blackish. Forewings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; ochreous-brown, 

 darker and bronzy-tinged on costal half ; three silvery-white black-edged 

 somewhat rounded triangular dorsal blotches, reaching more than half across 

 wing, first about 5, irregularly extended along dorsum almost to base, second 

 beyond middle, third towards apex ; a white mark on apical portion of costa 

 edged anteriorly by an oblique black strigula : cilia light brownish, towards 

 tornus greyer. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia light grey. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February (Pole) ; one specimen. 



Acrocercops tricyma, n. sp. 



g 9 • 7 — 9 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint dark fuscous above 

 towards apex. Antennas 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 § across wing, the concavities between these almost reaching dorsum ; 

 a white black-edged dot on costa at f; a fine white black-edged oblique 

 transverse streak before apex : cilia white, towards tornus grey, beneath apex 



