INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 419 



Cosmopteryx manipularis, n. sp. 



^9- 10 mm. Head dark fuscous, crown with three fine white lines, face 

 whitish. Palpi white lined with blackish. Antennte blackish lined with white, 

 three apical joints white, then five blackish, one white, one blackish, one white, 

 three white with fine apical blackish rings, several white. Thorax dark fus- 

 cous, with three fine white lines. Abdomen orange, sides and segmental 

 margins fuscous, two apical segments fuscous, margins whitish. Posterior 

 tibiai blackish with white median and apical rings, and a silvery ring near apex. 

 Forewmgs very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly long- produced, caudate ; dark- 

 fuscous ; dorsal edge white towards base ; a fine white somewhat oblique 

 subcostal line from base to :[ ; a fine white median line not nearly reaching 

 base or band ; a fine white subdorsal line from beneath apex of subcostal to 

 rather near band ; costal edge white for a short distance before band ; a broad 

 ochreous-yellow transverse band beyond middle, anterior edge marked with 

 two pale golden-metallic spots, upper followed by a black dot, lower larger and 

 somewhat posterior, posterior edge marked with two pale golden-metallic 

 spots preceded by some dark fuscous scales, lower larger, hardly anterior, from 

 between these a sinuate yellow streak becoming white on posterior half extends 

 along termen to apex : cilia fuscous, on costa whitish towards posterior edge 

 of band. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia fuscous. 



Maskeliya, Ceylon, in May (de Mowbray) ; N. Coorg, 3,500 feet, in October 

 and November (Newcome) : three specimens. This and the two next species 

 have the band yellow, not orange, margined on each side with two golden- 

 metallic spots ; C. manipularis is the smallest of the three, and is distin- 

 guished by the median line not nearly reaching base. 



Cosmopteryx aculeata, n. sp. 



,^9. 12-13 mm. Head rather dark bronzy-fuscous, crown with three fine 

 white lines, face bronzy-whitish. Palpi white lined with dark fuscous. 

 Antennae blackish lined with white, four apical joints white, then five blackish, 

 one white, one blackish, two white. Thorax rather dark bronzy-fuscous, with 

 three fine white lines. Abdomen light orange, sides and segmental margins 

 pale shining fuscous, last two segments pale fuscous with whitish margins. 

 Posterior tibije dark fuscous with white median, anteapical, and apical rings. 

 Forewings very narrowly lanceolate, apex slenderly long-produced, caudate : 

 rather dark bronzy-fuscous ; dorsal edge white towards base ; a fine white 

 somewhat oblique subcostal line from base to g : a fine white median line from 

 very near base to near band ; a fine white subdorsal line from beneath apex of 

 subcostal to very near baitd ; costal edge white for a short space before band ; a 

 I'Poad yellow transverse band beyond middle, narrowed downwards, anterior edge 

 marked with two pale golden-metallic spots, upper followed by a black dot, lower 

 posterior, posterior edge marked with two pale golden-metallic spots preceded 

 l>y a few black scales, lower larger and slightly anterior, oblique, from between 

 these a sinuate white line, yellow at base, extends along termen to apex : cilia 

 fuscous, on costa whitish on edge of band. Hindwings dark trrey cilia fuscous 



