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of these a very oblique blackish Hue towards costa, and five short 

 blackish dashes on lower portion of wing : cilia fuscous, with 

 blackish subbasal line. Hiiidwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; fuscous, 

 thinly scaled at base, becoming dark fuscous posteriorly ; cilia 

 grey-whitish, with fuscous subbasnl shade. 



CooEG, PoUibetta, in October {Fletcher); one specimen. 



Laspeyresia leucostoma Meyr. 

 Larva feeding in rolled leaves of Thea sinensis {Fletcher). 



Laspeyresia daedalota, n. sp. 



5. 11mm. Head and palpi grey -whitish. Thorax dark violet- 

 grey sprinkled with whitish. Porewings moderate, slightly dilated 

 posteriorly, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, 

 slightly oblique ; dark violet-grey sprinkled with whitish ; costa 

 marked with strong white strigulaj; two cloudy whitish transverse 

 strice about g, anguJatcd above middle, conflueut on dorsum with a 

 median dorsal patch of about four confused whitish striga?, reaching 

 about I across wing ; apical third slightly ocbreous-tinged, with 

 oblique blue-leaden strigaj from costal strigulae before and beyond |, 

 first running to anterior angle of ocellus, second to termen beneath 

 apex ; ocellus limited laterally by two thick violet-leaden streaks, 

 and crossed by three small black elongate marks ; a fine black 

 terminal line : cilia leaden-metallic. Hindwiugs with 3 and 4 

 stalked ; dark grey ; cilia grey, with dark grey basal line, tips 

 whitish. 



Bengai, Pusa, bred in July from flowers of Cassia Jistula {Legu- 

 minosce) {Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Laspeyresia inflata, n. sp. 



5 . 15 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous, face 

 suffused with white. Palpi white, mixed on sides with dark 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly rather dilated, costa 

 gently arched, apex obtuse, termen sinuate, vertical ; dark fuscous ; 

 a basal patch of three indistinct grey-whitish stride, and a curved 

 fascia from ^ of costa to middle of dorsum of four confused similar 

 strise ; veins towards costa beyond this marked with obscure grey- 

 whitish lines ; three or four small white strigulse on posterior half 

 of costa ; a cloudy grey-whitish shade near before apical part of 

 costa and termen, marked with two or three short dark fuscous 

 dashes, and sending a slender bar to apex; a whitish terminal line: 

 cilia grey, at apex dark fuscous. Hindwiugs with 3 and 4 stalked; 

 dark fuscous ; cilia whitish-grey, with dark fuscous basal line. 



Philippikes, Mindoro, Butas R., in February (Mounsei/) ; one 

 specimen. 



Laspeyresia gratulata, n. sp. 



$. 14 mm. Head dark brown, face yellow. Palpi yellow, 

 basal half brownish. Thorax yellow, anterior margin dark brown. 



