6 EXOTIC 5ITCR0LEPID0PTEKA. 



and doubtless correct, but. it does not accord witli Mr. ^Faxwell's 

 account of the original specimens, bred from cocoons " unusuall_v 

 large for the size of the moth " found exposed on leaves of a tree 

 at tirst stated to be a Firtfn, hnt this identification was subsequently 

 withdrawn ; it seems likely that there must have been some error 

 here, and that the moths did not really emerge from these cocoons. 

 I think there is no question as to the identity of the species, which 

 is very distinct from any other known to me at present. 



NEPTICULIDiE. 



Nepticula xystodes, n. sp. 



(5 . 4-5 mm. Head ochrcous-yellow, collar whitish. Antennae 

 and eyecaps whitish. Thorax and abdomen ligb.t grey. Forewings 

 lanceolate, light rather glossy grey ; cilia whitish, tinged with grey 

 on basal half, liindwings pale grey ; cilia grey-whitish. 



Bengal, Pusa, in July and August [Fhtcher) ; two specimens. 



Nepticula isochalca, n. sp. 



cJ . 4 mm. Head ochreous-yellow or pale ocbreous, collar and 

 eyecaps whitish, antennae grey-whitish. Thorax shining bronze. 

 Abdomen dark purplish-fuscous. Forewings lanceolate ; light 

 shining bronze : cilia light grey, basal half wnthin a darker grey 

 line light shining bronze. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Bengal, Pusa, bred in June from Pliyllantlms emblica (EupJior- 

 biacece), cocoou w^hitish {Fletcher) ; two specimens. 



Nepticula liochalca, n. sp. 



5 . 6 mm. Head light ochreous-orange, collar and eyecaps pale 

 ochreous-yellowish. Antennae grey. Thorax and abdomen shining 

 grejish-bronze. F'orewings lanceolate, unicolorous shining greyish- 

 bronze : cilia pale greyish, basal half pale greyish-bronze. Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Bengal, Pusa, bred in July from larvae mining in leaves of 

 Cyperus rotundus {Cyperacece) {Fletcher); one specimen. Follow- 

 ing notes were recorded in the Imperial Entomologist's office : 

 " Larva yellow, transparent, shiny, head brown, somewhat bilobed; 

 the mine is commenced either from the top or middle of the leaf, 

 the larva mines down to some length and then takes a turn and 

 mines up, the second portion being exactly parallel to the first, 

 excreta deposited in a streak all along the mine ; the larvae left the 

 leaves and pupated in fiat oval cocoons of golden-yellow silk ; two 

 examples were bred." These particulars were kindly forwarded 

 to satisfy me that the moth was really known to be reared from a 

 sedge, which is a new and unexpected precedent for the genus, 

 suggesting further possibilities. 



