COLBOPHORID^. 7| 



^re} ish-ochieou8, with strong silvery reflection, in 9 irrorated 

 with dark grey, especially towards costa and i)osteriorly ; second 

 discal stigUia rather large, blackish : cilia ochreous-groy-whitish, 

 greyer towards toraus. Hindwings light grey; cilia whitish-grey. 

 CErLON, Maskeliya, in January, May, and November (Pole); 

 three specimens. 



Coleophora centrota, n. sp. 



d" . 9 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax whitish-ochreous, 

 antennae simple. Forewings laiiceolate ; pale ochreous, slightly 

 tinged with grey posteriorly ; second discal stigma rather largo, 

 blackish : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia whitish- 

 grey-ochreous. 



Cooiie, Dibidi, ;3500 feet, in November (iVeu'come) ; one specimen. 



Coleophora tarsocoma, n. sp. 



c? . 11 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax ochreous-brownish. 

 Antennfe slender, light brownish, suflusedly ringed with dark grey, 

 basal joint very long. Posterior tarsi with basal joint clothed with 

 long hairs above. ForcAvings narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; brown, 

 with a violet gloss: cilia grey, Hindwings and cilia grey. 

 Assam, Khasis, in April ; one specimen. 



Coleophora aegra, n. sp. 



cj' . 10-11 mm. Head glossy grey, sides of crown wliitish. 

 Palpi smooth, grey. Antennae simple, white, ringed above with 

 grey. Thorax and abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate ; dark grey : cilia grey, sprinkled with dark grey towards 

 base. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



N.W.India, Abbottabad, in June (FletcJier) ; two specimens. 

 (Similar to the European nigricellct, but readily separable by the 

 white sides of crown. 



/ Coleophora exarga, n. sp. 



c{ . 9 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish. Antennas whitish, 

 basal joint shortly rough-scaled anteriorly. Abdomen whitish-grey. 

 Forewings narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; whitish, tinged with pale 

 ochreous on veins posteriorly, and suffused with pale ochreous 

 towards apex ; a few grey scales towards apex : cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, towards tornus greyish- tinged. Hindwings light grey ; 

 cilia grey-whitish. 



Colombia, Caldas, 4400 feet, in May {Parish) ; one specimen. 



Coleophora argopleura, n. sp. 



S . 18 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, second joint 

 with scales hardly projecting at apex beneath. Antennae white, 

 basal joint roughly tufted anteriorly with long scales, stalk clothed 



