12 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOrrnRA. 



grey. Ant-ennnl ciliafcioiis of c? 1. Abdomen pale grcyish- 

 oclireous, beneath ocbreous-wbitish. ForeAvings lanceolate; lis>ht 

 ochreous-grey ; veins more or less indistinctly lined with white, 

 on lower margin of cell forming a rather strong white streak 

 divided by a very fine line along fold, its lower portion interrupted 

 before middle of wing : cilia pale greyish-ochreons, round apex 

 suffused with white. Hind wings with 4 and 5 stalked ; light 

 grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



S. India, Gooty (Camplell) ; three specimens. 



Scythris spissata, n. sp. 

 J . 11 mm. Head dark fnsoous mixed with whitish, fr.cc 

 whitish. Pal^H dark grey, tip whitish. Anfennal ciliations very 

 short. Thorax dark fuscous, patagia sprinkled with whitish. 

 Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish-ochreous, ventral surface suffused 

 with whitish. Forewings lanceolate, dark violet-fuscous ; markings 

 white, suffused, irregular ; a small spot on base of dorsum : a 

 curved transverse series of four subconfluent spots at | ; opposite 

 marginal spots in middle; undefined longitudinal markings occupy- 

 ing most of disc posteriorly, and confluent with a small spot on 

 cosfca towards apex, and two or three round termen and tornus : 

 cilia grey, basal half suffused with dark violet-fuscous and spotted 

 with white suffusion. Hindwings with 4 and 5 separate ; pale 

 grey ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



N. CooEG, Dibidi, 3500 feet, in February (Neivcome) ; one 

 specimen. 

 ^ Scythris tihicina, n. sp. 



^ 2 . 12-13 mm. Head ochreous-grey more or less mixed with 

 white. Palpi grey, suffused with white internally and at apex of 

 second joint. Antennal ciliations of cJ 1. Thorax ochreous-grey 

 partially mixed with whitish. Abdomen light grey, anal tuft palo 

 ochreous, ventral surface whitish. Forewings lanceolate ; light 

 grey; a double finely separated or united median whitish streak 

 from base, upper portion extending to about middle, lower to -,1-, 

 both more or less enlarged into suffused spots posteriorly ; an irre- 

 gular elongate undefined spot of whitish suffusion in disc at | ; 

 each of these whitish markings followed bj" a few indistinct dai'k 

 fuscous scales, representing the stigmata: cilia grey, base mixed 

 with whitish. Hindwings with 4 and 5 separate; grey; cilia 

 grey. 



Peku, Chosica, 2800 feet, in July {Parish) ; seventeen sj)ecimens. 



■^ Scythris dividua, n. sp. 



^ 2 . 12-15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax dark bronzy-grey, 

 somewhat sprinkled with whitish. Antennal ciliations of ^ 1. 

 Abdomen dark grey, in S sprinkled with whitish beneath, in 5 

 suffused with ochreous- whitish beneath and towards apex above. 

 Forewings lanceolate ; dark bronzy-grey, irregularly strewn with 



