INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 615 



pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; pale greyish-ochreous, costal edge yel- 

 lowish-tinged ; a round blackish spot towards dorsum before \, and one in disc 

 slightly before middle ; a blackish bar from middle of dorsum, reaching nearly 

 half across wing, sometimes incomplete ; a fuscous fascia from costa before apex 

 narrowed downwards and not reaching tornus ; a series of black dots along 

 posterior half of costa and termen : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings light 

 fuscous ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 



Three specimens, Kandy, Ceylon, in March (Green). 



Struthisca thranitis n. sp. 



$ 15 mm., 9 25 mm. Head pale ochreous-yellowish. Palpi short, pale 

 ochreous, mixed with dark fuscous except towards apex. Antennae pale ochre- 

 ous, in 9 mixed with fuscous, pectinations in $ 3. Thorax fuscous, patagia in 

 £ whitish-ochreous. Abdomen pale ochreous, suffused with fuscous on sides 

 and posteriorly, anal tuft pale ochreous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly di- 

 lated, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather 

 strongly oblique ; in $ whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, in $ 

 whitish-fuscous coarsely strigulated with dark fuscous ; base of costa dark 

 fuscous ; a straight dark fuscous fascia from beneath cdsta before middle to 

 middle of dorsum ; a roundish spot of dark fuscous suffusion in disk beyond § ; 

 in $ two or three dark fuscous strigulae towards apex : cilia in £ whitish- 

 ochreous, in 9 whitish -fuscous. Hindwings and cilia light fuscous. 



Two specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March (Pole). 



Struthisca siderarcha n. sp. 



£, 15 — 17 mm , 9 22 mm. Head fuscous, crown mixed with pale ochreous. 

 Palpi moderate, pale ochreous mixed with dark fuscous. Antennae pale ochreous, 

 in 9 mixed with fuscous, pectinations in $ 6, fuscous. Thorax purplish- 

 bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings moderately broad, more elon- 

 gate in 9 , costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; 

 in $ purplish-bronzy-fuscous, in 9 metallic bluish-leaden-fuscous, in both 

 sexes coarsely strigulated with dark fuscous ; a moderate dark fuscous fascia 

 from | of costa to middle of dorsum ; a dark fuscous bar from costa at f, 

 reaching half across wing : cilia purplish-fuscous. Hindwings bronzy-fuscous, 

 darker posteriorly : cilia purplish-fuscous. 



Four specimens, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in February (Pole). 



Melasina Boisd. 



Characters extended as follows : Forewings sometimes with 8 and 9 stalked, or 

 9 and 10 stalked, or 9 and 10 out of 8, or all veins separate. These differences 

 are probably usually available for specific discrimination, but are not always 

 constant even specifically, and the species exhibiting them, which agree well 

 together in other structural characters and superficially, must properly be 

 included in the same genus. 



Melasina tetraspila n. sp. 



$, 23 — 26 mm. Head light ochreous-yellowish, Palpi short, fuscous. An- 

 tennae pale ochreous mixed with fuscous, pectinations 3. Thorax ochreous- 



