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Lecithocera syntropha, n. sp. 



c^ . 15 ram. Head light fuscous, sides mixed with whitish. 

 Palpi whitish, second joint fuscous except apex. x\ntennaB whitish. 

 Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen liglit grey. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa slightly arclied, apex obtuse, termen obliciuely 

 rounded; 2 and 3 short-stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex; dark 

 fuscous : cilia grey, two obscure darker shades. Hindwings 3 and 

 4 short-stalked ; light grey ; cilia pale grey. 



N.W. India, Quetta, July (Kiirse); one specimen. 



Lecithocera jugalis, n. sp. 



5> . 11 mm. Head pale ochrcous, crown centrally tinged fuscous. 

 Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint somewhat infuscated externally. 

 Antennae whitish-ochreous. Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen 

 pale grey, Forewings elongate, rather narrow, coata slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; 2 and 3 short- 

 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to apex ; pale ochreous, sufJused light 

 fuscous except towards costa anteriorly ; discal stigmata black : 

 cilia light grey. Hindwings 3 and 4 coincident; grey; cilia light 

 grey. 



Kanaka, Dharwar, September (Mcuvivell); one specimen. 



Lecithocera caustospila, n. sp. 



J 5, 14-15 mm. Head violet-fuscous, sides oclireous-yellowish. 

 Palpi pale yellowish, second joint fuscous except towards apex, 

 anterior edge of terminal dark fuscous. Antennae whitish- 

 ochreous sharply ringed dark fuscous. Thorax ochreous-yellowish, 

 shoulders suffused dark fuscous. Abdomen light grey. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa slightly 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, oblique; 2 and 3 

 stalked, 8 and 9 out of 7, 7 to termen ; ochreous-yellowish sprinkled 

 dark fuscous ; a suffused dark fuscous costal streak from base to 

 4, posterior extremity rather expanded with dark irroration 

 beneath ; discal stigmata moderate, blackish ; an undefined blotch 

 of fuscous suffusion on dorsum beyond middle ; a suffused fuscous 

 patch extending along termen : cilia grey, on costa ochreous- 

 yellowisli. Hindwings 3 and 4 coincident ; light grey ; cilia pale 

 grey. 



Assam, Khasis, ilay to August ; six specimens. Near metacausia, 

 but in that species 7 of forewings runs to apex, and 3 and 4 of 

 hindwings are stalked, forewings also without dorsal blotch. 



Lecithocera pyxinodes, n. sp. 



S. 15 mm Head, thorax light greyish-ochreous. Antennae 



whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint infuscattd 



except towards apex, terminal much longer than second, suffused 



dark fuscous anteriorly. Abdomen pale ochi'eous. Forewings 



