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DESCRIPTIONS OF INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY 

 E. MeYRICK, B.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



VII. 



[Continued from page 4(50 of this Volume.) 



Efiblemid^e. 



Eucosma trophiodes, n. sp. 



£ 9- 16-23 mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous, variably mixed 

 with grey. Palpi moderately long, porrected, second joint strongly dilated with 

 projecting scales above and beneath, terminal joint short. Abdomen in $ 

 ochreous-whitish, base of segments blackish, with an expansible genital tuft of 

 whitish -ochreous and black hairs, in $ greyish. Posterior tibise slightly rough- 

 scaled. Forewings elongate, rather dilated posteriorly, costa gently arched, 

 apex obtuse, termen sinuate, somewhat oblique ; in $ whitish-ochreous, some- 

 times suffused with brownish-ochreous, costa spotted with dull green, with a 

 longer very oblique mark from middle, with a basal fuscous patch whose edge 

 runs from § of costa to | of dorsum, suffused with pale ochreous towards costa 

 and mixed with green towards dorsum, and sometimes with a black mark in 

 disc beyond middle : in 9 ochreous-brown mostly suffused with grey and green 

 towards costal and basal areas, and sprinkled with black, usually with a spot of 

 whitish-ochreous suffusion towards termen in middle, apex sometimes suffused 

 with whitish : three black dots near termen below middle, and sometimes other 

 scattered small black dots above these ; cilia ochreous, sometimes partially 

 spotted with dark fuscous. Hindwings in $ with a dorsal fold filled with 

 dense rough whitish-ochreous floccnlent scales and hairs ; grey, darker posterior- 

 ly : cilia whitish or pale grey, with darker subbasal line. 



Maskeliya, Madulsima, Diyatalawa, Hakgala, Patipola, Newera Eliya, Ceylon 

 (Pole, Green, Fletcher) ; Nilgiris (Andrewes) ; Coorg (Newcome) ; Khasis ; 

 from March to May, and August to November ; twenty-five specimens. 



Tortricid.t.. 



Capua melissa, n. sp. 



$ 9- 14-17 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen light yellowish-ochre- 

 ous. abdomen dorsally suffused with grey. Forewings elongate, rather dilated 

 posteriorly, costa anteriorly moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, 

 somewhat oblique, costal fold in $ moderate, reaching from base to near 

 middle : whitish-ochreous or pale yellowish-ochreous, with scattered deeper 

 ochreous strigulae, which are greyish near termen ; basal patch hardly indicated, 

 outer edge angulated below middle ; central fascia yellow-brown, moderate on 

 upper half, narrower and posteriorly suffused on lower half ; costal patch 

 yellow-brown, flattened-triangular, its apex connected by a more or less marked 

 striga with termen below middle : cilia light ochreous-yeliowish. Hindwings 

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