70 EIOTIC MICKOLEPIDOPXHRA. 



METACHAlNDlD^. 



STEREOPTILA, u. g. 



Head with appressod scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 

 Antenna) f-1, in d" simple, basal joint moderate, witliout pectcn. 

 Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint much thickened with dense 

 appressed scales, broadest towards ai»ex, terminal joint as long as 

 second or longer, stout, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, 

 appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiic rough-scaled above. Fore- 

 wings with tufts of scales ; 1 h furcate, 2 nearly from angle, 

 3 absent, 7 absent, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, elongate- 

 trapezoidal, cilia nearly 1 ; 3 and 4 connate, 5 slightly approximated, 

 6 absent. 



Type ncgatdla \\'alk. ; includes also amphiterma, pendula., 

 ictero2>(i, and lucubrata. 



COLEOPHORID.E. 



Coleophora thiophaea, n. sp. 



c? . 11 mm. Head and thorax whitish-ochreous. Palpi ferru- 

 ginous-yellowish or yellow-whitish. Antennae stout, ochreous- 

 whitish, basal joint shortly rough-scaled anteriorly. Abdomen 

 whitish-ochreous. Porewinga elongate-lanceolate ; light ochreous- 

 yellow, deeper and ferruginous-tinged posteriorly ; an undetiued 

 elongate rather dark fuscous patch extending along termen, sufiused 

 anteriorly with yellow-ferruginous : cilia greyish, on costa ochreous- 

 ycllow. Hindwings grey, tinged with pale ochreous towards apex; 

 cilia pale grey, on costa tinged with ochreous. 



Bombay, Bombay {Fletcher) ; Madras, Diudigul {Maxwell) ; in 

 September, two specimens. 



Coleophora crossophanes, n. sp. 



cJ $ . 11-12 mm. Head and thorax metallic silvery-grey. 

 Palpi smooth, ochreous-whitish. Antennae simple, whitish. 

 Abdomen ochreous-whitish, dorsum tinged with grey. Forewings 

 very narrow, long-pointed; shining dark prismatic-grey; a narrow 

 suffused light ochreous-yellowish streak along costa from | to apex, 

 continued along apical half of termen : cilia light ochreous-yellow, 

 beneath tornus greyish. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey, round 

 apical area ochreous-whitish. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in January, May, and October {Pole^ ; three 

 specimens. 



Coleophora crypsiphanes, n. sp. 



J 10 mm., 2 1-1-16 mm. Head and thorax glossy whitish- 

 grey or grey -whitish. Palpi and antennae simple, grey-whitish. 

 Abdomen whitish-grey. Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; 



