INDIAN MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 603 



Four specimens, Peradeniya and Yatiyantota, Ceylon, in March, September, 

 and November (Green). 



Nephantis n. g. 



Head with appressed scales, sidetufts small, slightly raised. Antennae £, in $ 

 filiform, simple, basal joint elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, 

 recurved, second joint clothed beneath and on inner side with long, rough ex- 

 panded hairs, terminal joint as long as second, slender, acute. Anterior tibite 

 and tarsi short, posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs above. Forewings with 2 

 from | of cell, 3,4, 5 approximated, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to about apex. Hind- 

 wings, 1, elongate-ovate, cilia £; 3 and 4 stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 short- 

 stalked. 



Allied to Xylorycta, but distinguished by the rough hairs of palpi. The apex 

 of forewings is so rounded that the termination of vein 7 might be described as 

 indefinite. 



Nephantis serinopa n. sp. 



£ $. 20-28. mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous, Palpi ochre- 

 ous-whitish, hairs internally marked with fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely round- 

 ed ; pale greyish-ochreous, with some fine scattered blackish scales ; extreme 

 costal edge whitish ; first discal stigma raised, dark fuscous, plical and second 

 discal indistinct, indicated by two or three dark fuscous scales, plical obliquely 

 before first discal ; in $ a bare whitish-ochreous patch towards dorsum near 

 base ; cilia whitish, towards base mixed with pale fuscous. Hindwings 

 whitish ochreous tinged with fuscous ; cilia, whitish, towards base fuscous- 

 tinged. 



Five specimens, Batticaloa, Ceylon, in April (Green). Larva conceals itself 

 beneath galleries of web and excreta on undersurface of leaves of cocoanut 

 palm ; in bad attacks the palm fronds are completely skeletonized ; a serious 



pest (Green). 



CEcophorid^;. 



Eulechria autogramma n. sp. 



£. 17 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi moderate, ochreous-yellow, 

 second joint blackish except towards apex. Antennas grey, ciliations H. 

 Thorax dark purplish-fuscous, posterior extremity ochreous-yellowish. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely 

 rounded ; ochreous-yellow, with some scattered dark fuscous scales ; markings 

 dark purplish-fuscous ; a basal fascia, widest on costa ; stigmata moderate, plical 

 slightly beyond first discal ; a suffused elongate spot on costa towards middle ; 

 a triangular spot on dorsum towards middle, its apex almost confluent with 

 plical stigma ; a thick suffused curved subterminal line from | of costa to 

 tornus ; cilia ochreous-yellow, dark fuscous on costal extremity of subterminal 

 line. Hindwings grey, veins dark fuscous ; cilia pale ochreous, with two 

 fuscous shades disappearing towards apex. 



One specimen, Maskeliya, Ceylon (Pole). 



