INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA, 453 



posteriorly mixed with dark purplish-fuscous suffusion ; a narrow dark 

 blue-leaden-metallic streak from base of costa to disc at 5, thence bent 

 downwards and irregularly thickened to dorsum before tornus ; a dark 

 purplish-fuscous streak along dorsum from near base, containing a leaden- 

 metallic streak, running into this posteriorly ; a triangular suffused dark 

 purplish-fuscous patch in disc beyond §, confluent beneath with these 

 streaks ; termen suffused with deep bronzy-purple : cilia dark purplish-bronze. 

 Hind wings with cell very short, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 bent near origin, 6 and 7 

 stalked, 6 to termen ; blackish-fuscous ; cilia dark grey. 



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



Tingtntera conotoma, n. sp. 



$ $. 14 — 17 mm. Head dark shining purple-bronze. Palpi alike in both 

 sexes, ochreous-yellow. Antennas grey, basal joint simple, yellowish. Thorax 

 orange, large humeral blotches and a posterior spot dark shining leaden-grey. 

 Abdomen in $ ochreous-yellowish, in $ dark grey. Legs orange-yellowish, 

 spotted with grey suffusion, posterior tibise and basal joint of tarsi rough-haired 

 above. Forewings elongate, very narrow, costa gently arched, apex round- 

 pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 2 remote, 3 and 4 connate, 

 7 absent, 8 to costa ; orange ; a small dark purplish-leaden fuscous basal-patch ; 

 two large oval bluish-leaden-metallic spots in disc, first towards costa before 

 middle, second towards dorsum beyond middle ; a dark purplish-leaden-fuscous 

 elongate semi-oval blotch extending along dorsum from near basal patch to 

 middle ; a bronzy patch, anteriorly edged with dark fuscous suffusion, occupy- 

 ing apical f of wing except a narrow streak of ground colour along costa almost 

 to apex, anterior edge acutely indented in middle : cilia bronzy, towards tornus 

 pale greyish-ochreous. Hindwings with 3 and 4 connate, 6 and 7 stalked, 6 to 

 termen ; in $ whitish-ochreous, posteriorly suffused with light grey, with a 

 submedian groove containing an expansible pencil of very long whitish- 

 yellowish hairs ; in $ grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, in $ greyish-tinged. 



Maskeliya, Kandy, Maturatta, Diyatalawa, Ceylon, from January to April, 

 in July and September ; eight specimens (Pole, Green, Fletcher). 



Tingeiitera basanistis, n. sp. 



^9- 14 — 17 mm. Head and thorax light ochreous-yellow, shoulders with 

 a dark leaden-fuscous spot. Palpi yellowish, in $ with second joint dark 

 leaden-metallic-grey except on edges, dilated with projecting scales above and 

 beneath and internally excavated so as to be spoonshaped, terminal joint 

 obsolete. Antennae pale ochreous-yellowish. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, in $ 

 greyish-tmged posteriorly. Legs ochreous-yellowish, posterior tibise smooth, 

 banded with dark fuscous and leaden-metallic. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely 

 rounded ; 2 remote, 3 and 4 approximated from angle 7 absent, 8 to costa ; 

 orange, paler towards costa ; markings dark-metallic-leaden-grey ; a narrow 

 basal spot ; a streak along fold from near base to near middle ; a streak in disc 

 from about \ to § ; a small dorsal spot before middle ; apical third of wing more 



