INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 629 



Khasis, from June to September ; fifteen specimens. Allied to elephautias, 

 but larger, and readily distinguishable by the contraction of the second blotch 

 towards dorsum. 



Htrmogenes melanncona, n. sp. 



£. 13-17 mm. Head ochreous-yellowish, sometimes centrally fuscous- 

 tinged. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint with basal | yellowish- fuscous and 

 a subapical ring dark fuscous. Antenna? ochreous-yellowish ringed with 

 fuscous. Thorax light violet-fuscous. Abdomen grey, apex whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, somewhat dilated posteriorly, costa slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, somewhat oblique ; 7 and 9 

 usually stalked (in seven specimens out of eight), 7 to costa ; light violet- 

 fuscous, costa suffused with pale ochreous except towards apex ; a variable 

 transverse or subtriangular blackish blotch on dorsum before middle, edged 

 with whitish-yellow, reaching nearly ^ across wing ; second discal stigma black- 

 moderate, edged wUh whitish-ochreous ; a transverse streak of blackish suffu- 

 sion from ^ of costa to before tornus, becoming obsolete dorsally, curved in- 

 wards on upper half ; an interrupted blackish terminal line : cilia pale ochreous. 

 sometimes with a fuscous shade. Hindwings pale grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous, 

 on dorsum greyish-tinged. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, from August to January (Pole, de Mowbray) : eight 

 specimens. 



Hermoyenes baralhrias, n. sp. 



$ Q . 13-17 mm. Head and thorax dark purplish-fuscous, with a ferrugi- 

 nous streak above eyes, face pale ochreous. Palpi pale yellowish, second joint 

 with basal J and a subapical ring dark fuscous, base of terminal joint dark 

 fuscous. Antennas and abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched towards extremities, apex 

 obtuse, termen almost straight, somewhat oblique ; 7 to costa ; dark purplish- 

 fuscous ; extreme costal edge pale yellowish in £ except towards extremities : 

 markings blackish, with slight ferruginous tinge, obscurely edged with 

 ochreous-whitish ; a variable transverse or subtriangular blotch from dorsum 

 before middle, reaching | across wing ; second discal stigma rather large ; a 

 rather narrow straight subterminal fascia, anterior edge curved inwards on 

 upper half, posterior edge not pale-margined ; a blackish terminal line : cilia 

 purplish-fuscous, basal third darker, tips ochreous-whitish. Hindwings and 

 cilia dark grey. 



Patipola, Newera Eliya and Maskeliya, Ceylon, in November and from March 

 to May (Alston, Pole) ; eight specimens. 



jHermogenes tlicremna, n. sp. 



<J 9- 16-19 mm. Head and thorax brown, face whitish-ochreous. 



Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint with lower § and an indistinct 



subapical ring brownish, terminal joint with base and anterior edge dark 



fuscous. Antennas dark fuscous. Abdomen in $ whitish-ochreous, in 



9 fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched 



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