G2 EXoTio Mic;torj;pii)oprKHA. 



oosta ; a broad deep yellow fascia beyond middle, broadest on costa, 

 posterior edge imvardly oblique from costa ; apex suffused with 

 deep yeUow : cilia liglit grey, rouud apex yellow. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia light grey, towards toriius tinged with pale yellowish. 

 Bengal, Pusa, in Decenil^er (Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Stathmopoda hemitorna Meyr. 



Kanaka, Dharwar (Maxwell); S. India, Coimbatore, bred from 

 refuse collected in fork of tamarind (Tamarindus indica) (Fletcher) ; 

 probably therefore the larva feeds in the pods. 



Stathmopoda sycastis, n. sp. 



5 . 13 mm. Head wliitish-ochreous, face whitish, back of crown 

 dark fuscous. Palpi whitish. Thorax light ochreous-yellowish, 

 with small posterior fuscous spot. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. 

 Posterior legs ochreous-whitish, tibi^e with whorls of long spines on 

 origin of spurs, basal joint of tarsi Avith somewhat shorter apical 

 whorl. Forewings very narrow, widest near base, thence narrowed 

 to acute apex ; ochreous-fuscous with faint violet tinge ; markings 

 suffused, light ochreous-yellowish; a small ba^al spot; a broad 

 rather oblique fascia towards base, near costa almost confluent with 

 basal spot ; a broad fascia beyond middle, dilated towards costa, 

 anterior edge outwards-oblique and posterior inwards-oblique from 

 costa ; an apical patch, almost connected with preceding on costa : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous, tinged with grey towards tornus. Hind- 

 wings light grej' ; cilia pale greyish-ochreous. 



N.W. India, Tarnab, Peshawar district, bred in July from larva 

 feeding in figs of Ficus car lea (Fletcher). 



Xestocasis erymnota, n. sp. 



J 2 . 15 mm. Head and thorax dark purple-fuscous with 

 indigo-blue reflections. Palpi purplish-fuscous. Antennje grey, 

 apical half white except towards apex. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 basal segment with a marginal white mark, sides marked with 

 bluish-silvery, ventral surface ochreous- white on median third. 

 Forewings very narrow, costa slightly sinuate, ]iosteriorly gently 

 arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 dark purplish-bronzy-fuscous ; markings grey with pale metallic- 

 greenish-blue reflections ; a narrow basal fascia, edge rather 

 oblique ; an irregular narrow inwards-oblique fascia at |, a second 

 iu middle dilated downwards, and one at | furcate on lower half; 

 an undefined apical patch : cilia fuscous, round apex suffused with 

 whitish towards tips. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous. 



Philippine Is., Mindoro, Baco K., in October (Mounsey) ; two 

 specimens. 



Xestocasis tetraconcha, n. sp. 

 $ ': 10 mm. Head and thorax shining dark bronze, face lighter. 

 Palpi bronzy. Abdomen grey. Forewings narrow-lanceolate ; 



