INDIAN MTCRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 607 



anteriorly, towards costa doubled and enclosing a fine blackish strigula, towards 

 dorsum thickened and becoming silvery-metallic, followed by a subdorsal black 

 dot ; wing beyond this suffused with pale ochreous-yellow, most strongly in 

 disc ; two indistinct whitish costal strigulae separated by a blackish dot beyond 

 | : cilia pale brownish-ochreous. Hindwings fuscous, with a transparent 

 patch towards base ; cilia light fuscous, becoming pale yellowish on costa 

 towards apex. 



One specimen, Pundalu-oya, Ceylon, in February (Green). 

 Pyro tierces magica n. sp. 



ft. 9-12 mm. Head shining metallic bronzy-grey. Palpi yellow, anterior 

 edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous, with broad 

 white subapical band, basal joint yellow in front. Thorax deep shining coppery- 

 bronze. Abdomen bronzy-grey. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, long-pointed ; 

 deep shining brassy-bronze, basal fourth and apical § bright deep coppery- 

 purple ; fine transverse bluish-white lines at \ and beyond middle, second 

 interrupted in disc ; cilia dark fuscous, base suffused with coppery-purple. 

 Hindwings dark grey, lighter towards base ; cilia purplish grey. 

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

 Pyroderces spodochtha n. sp. 



$9. 9-10 mm. Head and thorax ochreous, suffusedly mixed with 

 ferruginous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, suffused with deeper ochreous, terminal 

 joint with dark fuscous subapical ring. Antennae ochreous-whitish, ringed with 

 dark fuscous or blackish, towards apex with three blackish bands with whitish 

 interspaces. Abdomen pale ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, long- 

 pointed ; reddish-ochreous or ferruginous, partially irrorated with fuscous ; 

 markings whitish-ochreous, densely irrorated with blackish or dark fuscous, 

 more or less raised in disc ; a somewhat oblique fascia about $ ; an upcurved 

 streak from dorsum beyond middle obliquely outwards to | of costa, continued 

 along costa to near apex : a terminal streak from tornus to apex, usually 

 interrupted in middle : cilia grey, round apex becoming light ochreous, at apex 

 ferruginous, with short dark grey line before tips beneath apex. Hindwings 

 linear, grey, darker posteriorly ; cilia light grey, ochreous-tinged. 



Sixteen specimens, Kandy, Ceylon, in December and February (Green). Bred 

 freely fro.n larvae feeding in resinous masses of a lac Coccid, Tachardia ulbizzice 

 (Green). 



Pyroderces scwosema n. sp. 



ft. 9 mm. Head ochreons-white, crown dark bronze. Palpi ochreous- 

 white, dark fuscous towards base, terminal joint dark fuscous except on basal 

 fourth Antennae ochreoup-white. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen 

 grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; dark fuscous, 

 slightly purplish-tinged ; a white vertical fascia at \, narrowed towards costa; 

 a rounded-triangular white spot on costa beyond middle, and another on tornus ; 

 cilia rather dark fuscous, lighter and greyer towards tornus. hindwings grey, 

 on undersurface pale yellow-ochreous on basal half ; cilia grey. 



