EXOTIC JIICEOLEriDOPTilRA. 



^ Sisyroxena syncentra, n. sp. 



J. 32 mm. Head and thorax pale p:reyifih-oclicous. Abdomen 

 grey. Eorewings tcvv elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, 

 faintly pinnate in middle, apex very ol)tiisely rounded, termen 

 rounded, little obli(iue ; ]);ile brownish-ochreoup, irregularly snf- 

 fused with fuscous towards costa, posterior half of wing sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous specks with some fuscous puffusion, terminal 

 edge suflinsed with fuscous : cilia fuscous. Hindwings pale greyish ; 

 cilia whitish, with faint greyish basal shade. 



Madagascar, Antananarivo; one specimen. 



HELIOZELID^.. 



Antispila aristarcha, n. sj). 

 ^2. 4-5 mm. Head, palpi, and tliorax shining coppery-bronze. 

 Antenna? and abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings lanceolate; dark 

 bronzy-fuscous, basal fourth of wing shining purplish-coppery; 

 markings silvery-metallic ; two triangular transverse spots on costa 

 at I and |, two similar S])ots on dorsum rather before these re- 

 spectively, and small spots on costa and dorsum between the other 

 two : cilia fuscous, basal half shining purple-coppery. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



Kanaka, Karwar, bred in August from larvae mining transparent 

 blotches in leaf of Vitis sp. (many larvae in a leaf) (MaanveTl) ; 

 five specimens. Cocoons sent by Mr. Maxwell are apparently 

 formed of two rather irregular grey discs of leaf-cntide joined at 

 the edo-es, with several projecting spinous filaments at each end, 

 which are probably natural projections of the leaf, about § length 

 of cocoon. 



Antispila argostoma, n. sp. 

 2 . 6 mm. Head shining bronze. Palpi white. Antennae dark 

 fuscous, extreme tip white. Thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark grey. Forewings broad-lanceolate ; dark coppery-bronze 

 sprinkled wnth dark fuscous, basal third suffused with purplish ; 

 rather large pale golden-metallic transverse subtriangular spots on 

 costa at f and |, and two somewhat smaller spots on dorsum 

 slio-htly before these respectively : cilia fuscous, basal half shining 

 coppery edged with a purple line, Hindwings and cilia dark grej-. 



Bengal, Pusa, bred in August from larva mining blotch in leaf 

 of Vitis trifolia (Fkk'Jier) ; cocoon sent is oval, similar in con- 

 struction to preceding, but larger, greyish-oclireou'S, spinous filaments 

 only yL of length of cocoon. 



\1 Antispila trypherantis, n. sp. 



5 . 7 mm. Head shining bronze. Antennae and thorax dark 

 purplish-fuscous. Basal joint of posterior tarsi with stiff rough 

 scales beneath. Forewings rather broad-lanceolate ; 2 free, 3 and 



