INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 619 



oblique striguke ; a slender waved streak along termen, on lower half dilated 

 into a triangular spot : cilia pale ochreous-yellow, at apex with two dark fuscous 

 hooks. Hindwings whitish-grey, more ochreous-whitish towards base ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon, in March (Pole). 



Tinea pachyspila n. sp. 



$ 9 . 10-14 mm. Headlight greyish-ochreous. Palpi and antennae light 

 fuscous. Thorax light greyish-ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous. Abdomen 

 greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex 

 round-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; light greyish-ochreous 

 sprinkled with fuscous ; a round fuscous spot in disc near base ; stigmata re- 

 presented by round rather dark fuscous spots, first discal largest, plical beneath 

 and sometimes confluent with first discal, an additional spot beneath and more 

 or less confluent with second discal : cilia pale greyish-ochreous, somewhat 

 mixed with light fuscous towards base, becoming ochreous-whitish towards 

 tips. Hindwings bronzy-grey ; cilia pale bronzy-grey. 



Three specimens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, in March (Green) ; but also stated by 

 Mr. Green to be common in every bungalow throughout the island. Larva 

 case-bearing, feeding on flannel, fur, &c., all the year round (Green) ; case 

 relatively large, fusiform-cylindrical, composed of silk covered with grains of 

 sand and fragments of cinder and brick-dust. 



Nemotois corybantis n. sp. 



$ 9. 13-15 mm. Head in $ dark indigo-grey, in 9 face metallic-grey, 

 crown ochreous-yellowish. Palpi ochreous, hairs dark fuscous. Antennae in A 

 white, towards base dark fuscous and thickened with metallic-blue scales, in 9 

 whitish ringed with dark grey, basal half much thickened, with purple-fuscous 

 scales, uppermost dark fuscous and terminating abruptly. Thorax in g dark 

 purple-bronzy-fuscous, in 9 bronzy-grey margined with orange. Abdomen dark 

 grey. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen rather strongly oblique, slightly rounded ; bright orange ; a shot 

 silvery-metallic longitudinal streak from base above middle ; a rather narrow 

 direct fascia of ground colour, in $ antemedian, in 9 median, enclosed by two 

 bluish-silvery-metallic lines, second finely edged anteriorly with dark fuscous 

 and interrupted by an orange dot above middle ; wing beyond this wholly bright 

 coppery-purple, in 9 mixed with blackish-fuscous : cilia in $ purple-bronzy in 

 9 dark purple-fuscous. Hindwings rather dark purplish-grey, darker and 

 more purple in 9 5 cilia grey. 



Six specimens, Peradeniya and Kandy, Ceylon, in July, August, and Decem- 

 ber (Green). 



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