10 EXOTIC MICKOLEriDOPTEKA, 



SCYTPTRID.E. 



Scythris soluta, n. sp. 



c? . 14-15 mm. Head liglit ochreous-yellowiah. Palpi pale 

 ochreous. Antennal ciliations |. Thorax pale ochreous, anterior 

 half dark purplish-fuscous. Abdomen grey, ventral surface and 

 anal tuft pale yellow-ochreous. Forewings lanceolate; uniform 

 light ochreous : cilia concolorous. llindwings w ith 4 and 5 con- 

 nate ; rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



N. CooRG, Dibidi, 3500 feet, in June and December {Newcome) ; 

 two specimens, 



Scythris subsignata, n. sp. 



S . 11-12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale grej'ish-ochrcous. 

 Antennal ciliations 1|. Abdomen grey, ventral surface and anal 

 tuft pale ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate : light greyish- 

 ochrcous ; an indistinct outAvardly oblique streak of grey suffusion 

 from near dorsum in middle crossing fold, preceded and followed 

 by some indistinct whitish-ochreous suffusion along fold, sometimes 

 continued to base ; a very indistinct small greyish spot towards 

 termen at | of wing : cilia pale greyish-oehreous, greyisli towards 

 tornus and on an apical bar. Hindwings with 4 and 5 separate ; 

 dark grey ; cilia grey. 



S. Indta, Gooty [Camphell) ; two specimens. Three $ specimens 

 from Putalara, Ceylon, in October (Pole) are almost certainly the 

 other sex of the same species ; they are lighter-coloured, the 

 whitish-ochreous marking of forewings generally more pronounced, 

 hindwings lighter grey, abdomen lighter and suffused with ochreous- 

 whitish posteriorly and beneath. 



Scythris achyropa, n. sp. 



5 . 13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax grey-whitish. Forewings 

 lanceolate ; pale grey, suffused with white towards fold, and on 

 posterior half of costal edge and terminal edge ; a very oblique 

 streak of rather dark grey suffusion from middle of dorsum to disc ; 

 a cloudy dark grey dot in disc at ^, preceded by some white suf- 

 fusion : cilia pale greyish, round apex suffused with \\ hitisli, with 

 a greyish apical bar. Hindwings with 4 and 5 separate ; light 

 grey, whitish-tinged towards base ; cilia grey-whitish. 



S. India, Coimbatore, in January (^Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Scythris glyphidota, n. sp. 



cJ . 1 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-white. An- 

 tennal ciliations |. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings lan- 

 ceolate ; ochreous-whitish ; small light greyisli-ochreous spots on 

 costa at f and | ; a blackish subtriaugular spot on dorsum about 

 middle of wing ; a cloudy dark fuscous dot in disc at f j cilia light 



