INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 435 



Glyphiptery.c anlidoxa, n. sp. 



^9- 19-22 rum. Head wliitish-ocbreous more or less irrorated with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi fuscous-whitish. Anteanaj pale greyish-ocbroous dotted with 

 dark fuscous. Thora.^ whitish irrorated with dark fuscous. Abdomen fuscous 

 mixed with dark fuscous, segnental margins whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, 

 termen sinuate-indented beneath apex, rather oblique ; 7 and 8 separate ; pale 

 whitish-ochreous finely irrorated with black ; markings cloudy, whitish ; a 

 sleader irregular fascia before ^, becoming obsolete towards dorsum ; a slightly 

 cuiTed median fascia narrow towards costa, broader and sometimes bifid on 

 doi-sal half ; three converging streaks from costa posteriorly, second often ob- 

 solete, uniting with an oblique discal streak near before them, a streak along 

 lower part of termen, and a small spot on tornus in a general cloudy suffusion : 

 two round black terminal dots about apex, and two others below sinuation , 

 cilia whitish, with a black median line, basal half on tornus speckled with 

 blackish, elsewhere appearing dark fuscous in certain lights, Hindwings dark 

 fuscous ; cilia whitish- fuscous, suffused with fuscous towards base, 



N. Coorg, 3,500 feet (Newcome) ; Madulsima, Ceylon (Vaughan) ; in Decem- 

 ber, and from March to June, six specimens. This is a singular species of 

 novel type. 



Glyphiptenjx orymagdis, n. sp, 



$. 13 mm. Head and Thorax whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint fuscou;- 

 except at apex, with long projecting tuft of scales beneath. Antennce grey. 

 Abdomen light greyish-ochreous, Forewings elongate, rather narrow, widest 

 in middle, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly sinuate 

 extremely oblique ; 7 and 8 separate ; light brownish-ochreous, more infuscated 

 on margins of markings, markings whitish ; about seventeen rather short oblique 

 streaks from costa between \ and apex ; a slender median streak from base to 

 if ; a rather broad dorsal streak from base to tornus, attenuated posteriorly ; 

 posterior half of wing longitudinally streaked with whitish between veins, on 

 costal half very confusedly ; some blackish scales on upper margin of median 

 streak posteriorly, and on lower margin of interneural streak beyond it : cilia 

 whitish, with a dark fuscous median line edged with brownish-ochreous pos- 

 teriorly, and a blackish apical hook. Hindwings narrow, pointed, 3 and 4 

 stalked ; grey ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Patipola, Ceylon, in April (Alston) ; one specimen. Allied to some Austra- 

 lian and New Zealand forms. 



MICROPTERYGID^. 



The interesting species described below is the first member of this 

 primitive family recorded from the Indian region ( for Walker's Micropteryx 

 acutipennis and J/, unicella have no real connection with the family, being 

 normal Tineidui), but since the family is characteristic of Europe and New- 

 Zealand, I have little doubt that it has been overlooked in India, and will be 

 found^to be-'fairly .rep resented. The species are usually small (the one described 



