2 EXOTIC MlCKOLlU'IDOrxKUA. 



Acrocerops clepsinoma, n. sp. 



cJ. 10 ram. Head white somewhat mixed with grey. Palpi 

 loosely scaled, whitish, second joint suffused with grey on apical 

 half, terminal joint with grey median ring. Thorax pale fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey, beneath whitish. Forewings very narrowly 

 elongate-lanceolate ; fuscous ; dorsal edge white on basal third, 

 terminated by a very oblique white mark edged with dark fuscous 

 suffusion ; oblique streaks of dark fuscous suffusion from costa at 

 middle and | reaching half across wing, edged posteriorly by small 

 whitish spots on costa ; a small wedgeshaped whitish spot on costa 

 near apex, edged anteriorly with dark fuscous : cilia light grey, 

 on costa with a whitish patch before apex, on termen with two 

 blackish lines. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



S. India, Ootacamund, 7500 feet, in December {Fletcher) ; one 

 specimen. 



Acrocercops macroclina, n. sp. 



6 $ . 7-8 mm. Head fuscous, crown streaked with darker, 

 sides marked with whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint with very 

 long projecting apical tuft beneath, apical edge whitish and tuft 

 mixed with whitish, terminal joint with dark fuscous subbasal 

 ring. Thorax fuscous mixed wdth whitish, patagia dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grej", beneath whitish, with lateral series of oblique 

 dark fuscous bars. Porewings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; 

 fuscous ; costa black, cut by seven very oblique fine white strigulse, 

 first two very short, third and fourth united into a very oblique 

 fine white line running to about middle of termen and edged 

 anteriorly by a blackish streak, fifth close beyond this, fifth to 

 seventh moderate ; dorsal half suffused with blackish-fuscous, with 

 some irregular ochreous- whitish streaking and oblique transverse 

 white strigulation above dorsum to near tornus; a fine oblique 

 transverse violet-leaden-metallic line towards apex ; a white costal 

 dot before apex : cilia grey, mixed with whitish above and below 

 apex, with two dark grey lines. Hindwings rather dark grey ; 

 cilia grey. 



Kanaka, Karwar, bred in August from larvae mining blotches on 

 upperside of leaves of ]Va<jatea spicata {Leguminosce), occupying 

 whole leaf; cocoon external, white {Maxwell); five specimens. 



Acrocercops scriptulata, n. sp. 



2 . 9 mm. Head and thorax whitish, shoulders infuscated. 

 Palpi white, second joint fuscous with veiy long projecting apical 

 tuft beneath, apical edge white, terminal joint loosely scaled, with 

 two dark grey rings. Abdomen grey, beneath white, with lateral 

 series of oblique dark fuscous streaks. Forewings very narrowdy 

 elongate-lanceolate ; light brownish-fuscous ; hardly oblique slender 

 whitish bars from costa at | and middle, reaching half across wing, 

 and a dot at | ; costal area suiTused with dark fuscous from base 

 to first bar ; an elongate blackish costal blotch between first and 



