OOLBOPHORID^. — TINRIDjfl. 73 



Coleophora cliordoscelis, n. sp. 



c? § . 12 mm. Head and thorax glossy light grey, extreme 

 Literal edge of crown whitish. Palpi smooth, light grey, edges 

 white. Antennae stout towards base, white suffusedly ringed with 

 grey. Abdomen light grey. Posterior tibiae white with a fine 

 median longitiidiiial fuscous line. Forewings narrow-lanceolat,e ; 

 glossy light groyish-ochreous suffused with light grey ; costal edge 

 white from base to about | : cilia pale greyish, on costa whitish. 

 Hindwiugs and cilia light grey. 



CooBG, Dibidi, ^500 feet, in November and December (iVeit'comg); 

 Madbas, Dindigul, in September {Maccivell) ; four specimens. 



Coleophora apliypuota, n. sp. 



S . 12-14 mm. Head and thorax whitish-fuscous or fuscous- 

 whitish. Palpi whitish sprinkled with daik fuscous, second joint 

 thickened with scales somewhat projecting at apex beneath. 

 Autennte simple, fuscous-whitish. Abdomen whitish-fuscous. 

 Eorewings elongate-lanceolate ; whitish-fuscous, somewhat sprinkled 

 with dark fuscous ; stigmata dark fuscous, plical very oblii|Ucly 

 before first discal, sometimes indistinct: cilia fuscous-whitish. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey-wbitish. 



Ceylon, Puttalam, in August (Pole); four specimens. 



Coleophora niphomesta, n. sp. 



$. 11 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, externally 

 with a grey line, scales hardly projecting at apex of second joint 

 beiieatli. Antennae white rijiged witli pale fuscous, basal joint 

 somewhat roughened with scales anteriorly. Abdomen whitish- 

 grey. Posterior tibiae \\hite with a fuscous longitudinal line. 

 Forewings lanceolate ; whitish-ochreous ; a white streak along 

 costa from base to |, one suffused along dorsum from base to |^, 

 and one along fold throughout ; two or three suffused white streaks 

 on veins towards costa posteriorly, and one from middle of disc 

 somewhat downward-sinuate to termen beneath apex : cilia pale 

 greyish, with white scales at base. Hindwiugs pale grey ; cilia 

 ochreous-whitish-grey. 



N.W. India, Tarnab, Peshawar district, in May (FletcJier) • one 

 specimen. 



TINEID^. 



Crypsithyris epachyrota, n. sp. 



J. 8 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, 

 externally suffusedly irrorated with grey except at apex of joints. 

 Antennae grey. Thorax whitish-ochreous, patagia irrorated with 

 dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; -i and 5 stalked ; whitish-ochreous ; a band of 



