152 EXOTIC MlCROLEPIDOPTlUtA. 



margined mark in disc beneath extremity of this ; a rather irregular- 

 sinuate ochreous-yellow lino from | of costa to dorsum before 

 tornus, posteriorly margined black suffusion ; cloudy Ijlackish 

 marginal dots round posterior part of costa and ternien : cilia grey, 

 towards base suffused pale ochroous-yellowish, an interrupted dark 

 grey antemedian shade. Hindwings dark grey, lighter and thinly 

 scaled in disc anteriorly ; cilia grey. 



CooKG, Dibidi, 3500 feet, December (Newcome) ; one specimen. 



Dichomeris hastata, n. sp. 



2- 18 mm. Head fuscous-whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint 

 with rather short rounded rough tuft beneath, dark fuscous on 

 basal half, terminal joint slightly longer than second. Thorax light 

 fuscous, patagia blackish-grey. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; fuscous, veins marked by faint pale lines ; 

 blackish marks on base of costa and dorsum ; a strong black central 

 streak from base to end of cell, lower edge with a short linear 

 tooth on fold, extremity prolonged as a slender acute streak to 

 near apex : cilia light fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey, 

 a grey subbasal shade. 



Bengal, Pusa, July (Fletcher) • one specimen. 



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Dichomeris tactica, n. sp. 



J $. 11-12 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen grey. Palpi whitish, 

 second joint grey except apical edge. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely 

 rounded; grey irrorated whitish and blackish; stigmata cloudy, 

 black, plical beneath first discal ; cloudy black marginal dots round 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia giey, base spotted whitish. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia liglit grey. 



Ecuador, Huigra, 4500 feet, June {Parish) ; eight specimens. 



Mnesteria spiculifera, n. sp. 



c? $ . 20-22 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi ochreous- 

 yellow, in d" terminal joint obsolete, second joint with long rough 

 projecting hairscales beneath and dark indigo-grey apical spot 

 iut.ernally, in $ second joint tufted with rough hairscales towards 

 apex beneath, terminal joint as long as second. Thorax ochreous- 

 yellow, a dark metallic-grey posterior spot, shoulders slenderly 

 grey. Abdomen pale ochreous-ycUowish. Forewings elongate, 

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

 very obliquely rounded; 7 to costa, 8 and out of 7; in cf 

 ochreous-yellow, 2 ochreous-orange ; markings shining leaden- 

 groy-metallic, edged with some black scales ; an elongate spot on 

 base of costu ; elongate marks in disc at I and beyond middle ; 

 a somewhat oblique transverse line at f ; on posterior | a series of 

 more or less developed longitudinal lines between veins : cilia J 



