INDIAN MICR0-LEP1D0PTERA. 633 



angle ; whitish-ochreous, costal edge yellowish -tinged ; a black dot beneath 

 costa near base, and base of costa more or less suffused with dark fuscous ; 

 discal stigmata black, first followed by a minute black dot obliquely above it, 

 second transversely double, upper tending to form a short inwardly oblique 

 mark ■ plical stigma indicated by a few blackish scales on fold midway between 

 discal; a patch of fuscous suffusion on costa in middle, and another before apex; 

 sometimes indications of a fascia of fuscous irroration from central costal 

 patch to tornus ; a terminal series of undefined dark fuscous dots ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish, basal half yellowish- tinged. Hindvvings and cilia ochreous- 

 whitish , cilia yellower- tinged. 



Palui Hills, 6,000 feet (Campbell) ; four specimens. 



Odites eriopa, n. sp. 



ft $ . 16 — 18 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen whitish-ochreous, thorax in 

 9 fuscous-tingsd. Palpi oshreous-whitish, lower f of second joint dark fus- 

 cous, extrema base and apex of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae in ft 

 whitish-ochreous, in 9 fuscous, ciliations in ft 3. Forewings elongate, moder- 

 ate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen hardly sinuate, rather oblique ; 2 

 from £ ; whitish-ochreous, in ft sprinkled with fuscous, in 9 suffused with a 

 pale pinkish -fuscous tinge and irrorated with dark fuscous ; costal edge suffused 

 with ochreous-yellowish ; discal stigmata rather large, round, black : cilia pale 

 yellowish, sometimes with an indistinct fuscous line. Hindwings ochreous- 

 whitish, in ft slightly greyish on margins, in 9 tinged with light grey 

 throughout ; cilia whitish-yellowish, in 9 greyish-tinged. 



Khasis, in July and August ; six specimens. 



Odites centrias, Meyr. 



Described from Burma, but common in India and Ceylon ; the description 

 may be enlarged in the following particulars : ft 9 , 14 — 19 mm. ; forewings 

 often almost whitish, veins usually more or less distinctly lined with fuscous, 

 most strongly in palest specimens ; characteristic black dot on origin of veins 4 

 and 5 always conspicuous. Occurs in Khasis, Nilgirh, Coorg, Bombay ; Hapu- 

 tale, Maskeliya, Diyatalawa, and Madulsima, Ceylon ; from April to December. 



Odites gomphias, n. sp. 



ft 9« 15 — 23 mm. Head and palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint of palpi 

 more or less infuscated except towards apex, terminal joint posteriorly clothed 

 in ft throughout, in 9 towards middle with loose expansible hairscales. An- 

 tennae and abdomen whitish-ochreous, antennal ciliations in ft 5. Forewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, little 

 oblique ; 2 from angle; ochreous-whitish ; an oblique black interrupted line in 

 disc marking end of cell ; undefined streaks of ochreous or fuscous suffusion 

 round upper and posterior margins of cell, beneath costa posteriorly, from dis- 

 cal mark to middle of termen (sometimes double), and an oblique streak from 

 dorsum towards base ; a blackish mark on costal edge before apex, and one on 

 middle of termen : cilia pale whitish-ochreous, more or less marked with fuscous 

 opposite black marginal marks. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



