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N.W. India, Peshawar; Bengal, Pusa; April, May, bred from 

 larva forming galls in twigs of Tamariv (jallica {Fletcher); two 

 specimens. 



Aristotelia agatha, u. sp. 



2 . 13 mm. Head, palpi, thorax ferruginous-brownish, face 

 whitish-suffused. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate- 

 lanceolate ; 6 separate ; ferruginous-brown ; a very oblicjue 

 indistinct darker streak from near base of costa to below fold ; a 

 spot of deeper suffusion on costa at ^ ; plical and first discal 

 stigmata deeper brown, faintly edged whitish posteriorly, plical 

 very obliquely anterior, second discal dark fuscous, finely 

 pale-edged ; three costal and two terminal whitish dots towards 

 apex, apical edge blackish between these : cilia light brownish, base 

 dark fuscous round apex, with ochreous-whitish dashes on 

 marginal dots. Hiudwings and cilia dark fuscous. 

 Assam, Khasis, August ; one specimen. 



Aristotelia semiophanes, n. sp. 



$.11 mm. Head pale yellow-ochreous. Palpi whitish, second 

 and terminal joints each with two bands of dark fuscous suffusion. 

 Thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen greyish. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen 

 extremely obliijuely rounded ; 6 separate ; brown irrorated dark 

 fuscous ; a broad deep yellow-ochreous dorsal stripe from base, 

 upper edge indented on plical stigma, beyond this forming a 

 rounded blotch extending to discal stigmata, thence much narrowed 

 to beyond tornus, including irregular longitudinal silvery marks 

 towards base and beyond middle, and a dot on tornus ; an obli(][ue 

 fascia of silvery suffusion at \ and a patch towards middle of costa ; 

 stigmata small, indistinct, dark fuscous, plical obliquely before 

 first discal, both these followed by small white dots, second discal 

 preceded by a small white dot and surmounted by a small 

 yellow-ochreous snot; a smjill yellow-ochreous spot beneatii costa 

 towards apex, and some suffusion along termen ; some small cloudy 

 white marginal dots round posterior part of costa and termen : 

 cilia light greyish, at apex whitish, on costa fuscous, base spotted 

 with fuscous and white. Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 

 Ceylon, Puttalam, February (Pole) ; one specimen. 



Aristotelia articulata, n. sp, 



2 . 10 mm. Head, thorax whitish sprinkled dark grey. Palpi 

 whitish, second and terminal joints each with two bands of 

 blackish-grey irroration. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; 6 

 separate: fuscous: base whitish-sprinkled; a pale ochreous line 

 along fold, posteriorly suH'used into ground-colour; an oblique 

 white fascia sprinkled fuscous at ^ ; a broader oblique white 

 median fascia irroraled fuscous, both edges indented in middle, 

 space between this and preceding darker fuscous except dorsally ; 

 a short slender longitudinal black streak in disc beyond this ; a 



