ilO EXOTTC MICROLElMDni'TKRA. 



July (Fletcher): tlirec specimens. ^NFr, Fletcher's example was 

 t'oiiiid oil stem of Eugenia jcDnhoIaaa, which may probably be the 

 foodplaut. 



Microcolona cricota, n. sp. 



c? . 9 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreons-whitisli, 

 second joint infuscated except apex, terminal joint with blackish 

 supraniediiin ring. Thorax brownish-ochreous, shoulders suffused 

 with fuscous. Altdonien ochreous-whitish. Forewings very nar- 

 row, widest near the base, at.tonuated to acute apex ; brownish- 

 ochreous, irregularly sprinkled with blackish, sometimes forming 

 a streak connecting discal tufts and a dorsal blotch before middle ; 

 base tinged with ochreous-whitish, and an indistinct ochreous- 

 Avhitish transverse line at i ; a tuft mixed with black beneath fold 

 at j of wing; a minute black dot circled with ochreous-whitish 

 towards costa at |; an elongate blackish mark along costa about |; 

 ail ochreous-whitish dot preceding a tuft towards dorsum in middle ; 

 a tuft in disc at |, edged posteriorly with black; towards apex 

 some scattered pale golden-metallic scales in disc, and two small 

 black dots on each margin : cilia whitish-ochreous, at apex with a 

 tine blackish subbasal line. Hindwiiigs light grey ; cilia whitish- 

 ochieous. 



CooRG, Dibidi, 3500 feet {Newcome) ; Assam, Khasis ; from May 

 to September, four sj)ecimens. Allied to phalarot a, 



Microcolona porota, n. sp. 



S $• 10-12 mm. Head ochreous-whitish. Palpi ochreous- 

 whiiish, with subapical ring of second joint, and subbasal and 

 sul>apical rings of terminal joint blackish. Thorax pale ochreous 

 mixed with brownish. Abdomen grey, segmental margins whitish. 

 Forewings narrow-lanceolate, acute ; brown ; a tuft of scales 

 mixed with dark fuscous and blackish towards dorsum at 4, and 

 another in disc at ^ ; an indistinct spot of dark fuscous irroration 

 towards costa at | ; an elongate mark of dark fuscous irroration 

 on costa at |- ; a few scattered blackish scales in disc and towards 

 a])ex : cilia light grey, base somewhat sprinkled with blackish. 

 Hindvvings and cilia grey. 



Assam, Khasis, in September; four specimens, 



Microcolona emporica, n. sj). 



9 . 12 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, crown mixed with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint with a median band 

 and traces of a subapical ring dark fnscous, terminal joint with two 

 dark fuscous rings. Thorax whitish-ochreous sprinkled with dark 

 fuscous, shoulders with a dark fuscous spot. Abdomen whitish- 

 ochreous. Forewings very narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; brownish- 

 ochreous, somewhat sprinkled irregularly with blackish; a patch of 

 blackish suffusion extending along costa from base to |, narrow at 

 base but gradually dilated, posteriorly reaching more than half 

 across wing, its lower edge with an indentation before middle of 



