INDIAN MICR0-LEP1D0PTERA. 817 



Acrocercops nitidula, Sfct. 



{Gracilaria nitidula, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond,, i. (3rd Ser.), 299, pi. x, 9.) 



I do not possess this species. 



Acroeerco)>s terminalice, Stt. 



(Gracilaria terminalice, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., i. (3rd Ser.), 298, pi. x, 8.) 



Apparently allied to caihedrcea, but I do not possess it. I note here that 

 Gracilaria falcatella, Stt., Trans. Ent. Soc. V. (n. ser.), 121, does not belong to 

 this group at all, but to the Elachistidce, 



Acrocercops cathedrcea, n. sp. 



<£. 8 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, second joint with dark 

 fuscous apical band. Antennae grey, towards base white. Abdomen grey 

 beneath white with dark fuscous rings. Legs white, banded with dark fuscous. 

 Forewings very narrow, elongate-lanceolate ; light ochreous-brown ; five white 

 fasciae finely edged with black, first moderate, basal, enclosing a small spot of 

 ground colour on costa, second rather broad, narrower on costa, outer edge 

 angulated near dorsum, third beyond middle, moderate, oblique, abruptly 

 dilated below middle so that posterior edge forms a quadrate dorsal expansion, 

 fourth slender, oblique, more or less narrowly interrupted in middle, fifth 

 anteapical, moderately broad, oblique, rather irregular : cilia pale greyish 

 white on basal half at apex and on lower extremity of fifth fascia, with two 

 incomplete black lines. Hindwings rather dark grey ; cilia light grey. 



Khasi Hills, in September and October ; three specimens. 



Acrocercops ortholocJia, n. sp. 



$ . 8-9 mm. Head and thorax shining white. Palpi white, second joint 

 with grey apical band. Antenna? pale greyish, becoming white towards base. 

 Abdomen pale grey, beneath white with grey rings. Legs white ringed with 

 grey. Forewings very narrow, slightly widest near base, short-pointed ; rather 

 light yellowish- brown ; four shining white fascia? edged with black, slightly 

 narrowed towards costa, first narrow, basal, other three moderately broad, 

 fourth at f , not black-edged posteriorly, apical area black on costal half, in- 

 cluding a white anteapical strigula from costa and a white apical dot : cilia pale 

 greyish-ochreous, round apex whitish with a black basal line, Hindwings light 

 grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



Khasi Hills, in October ; two specimens. 



Acrocercops triplaca, n, sp. 



£. 12 mm. Head shining white. Palpi white, upper edge of second joint 

 dark fuscous. Antenna? white, suffusedly spotted with grey. Thorax brown. 

 Abdomen grey, beneath white ringed with dark fuscous. Legs white, banded 

 with dark fuscoua. Forewings very narrowly elongate, short-pointed, obtuse ; 

 rather dark brown ; three shining white fascia?, first towards base, broad, broadest 

 on dorsum, second median, moderate, dilated towards dorsum, third towads apex, 

 rather narrow, anteriorly rather convex, preceded by blackish suffusion ; beyond 

 this is a blackish longitudinal spot, terminated by a white apical dot : cilia 

 brownish, with some whitish suffusion on lower extremity of third fascia, and 

 a postmedian dark fuscous shade round apex. Hindwings and cilia "rev. 



