156 EXOTIC MICKOLEPIDOl'TEUA. 



Symmoca alacris, n. sp. 



J 2 . 11-12 mm. Head, thorax pale brownisli-ochreous, violet- 

 iridesceut. Palpi whitish-ochrcoiis, second joint J mixed fuscous. 

 Abdomen light grey, anal tuft whitish-oehreous. Forewiugs 

 elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen 

 extremely obliquely rounded ; liglit ochreous, violet-iridescent, 

 sprinkled light brownish, especially in J and with a few dark 

 fuscous scales ; blackish dots on base of costa and dorsum ; stigmata 

 blackish, plical rather before first discal ; a blackish dot on dorsum 

 before second discal, connected witli it by an oblique cloudy streak 

 of fuscous suffusion, in c? extended to costa ; some undefined 

 almost marginal dots of dark fuscous suS"usion round apex : cilia 

 pale ochreous, a few dark fuscous specks. Hindwings light grey ; 

 cilia whitish-grey. 



Kanaka, Dharwar, January {Maxwell) ; two specimens. 



Brachmia antichroa, n. sp. 



(S . 20 mm. Head ochreous-yellow. Palpi whitish-oehreous, 

 second joint infuscated on basal half, terminal joint -with two 

 indistinct fuscous rings. Thorax rather dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 light grey, anal tuft pale yellowish. Fore wings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen rather obliquely 

 rounded ; 2 and '6 stalked, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex ; brownish- 

 ochreous : cilia somewhat paler. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish- 

 grey, grej'er towards base. 



Ceylon, Kandy, February (Machwood) ; one specimen. 



SCYTHRID^. 



- / Scythris charou, n. sp. 



cT $ . 8-9 mm. Head, thorax dark fuscous, with a more or less 

 developed whlfe lateral stripe, face variably suffused white. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, suffusedly mixed white above. Abdomen dark fuscous, 

 more or less whitish-mixed beneath, anal segment $ whitish 

 beneath. Forewings 5 absent, and 7 stalked, 8 and 10 absent ; 

 elongate-lanceolate ; dark fuscous, with slight purple gloss ; a 

 narrow white streak along fold from base to g of wing (only in one 

 specimen reduced to scattered scales) ; in one specimen posterior 

 half of wing strewn with scattered white hair-scales, with a few 

 anteriorly : cilia dark grey. Hindwings 8 absent 4 and 5 long- 

 stalked, G and 7 approximated towards base ; blackish; cilia dark 

 grey. 



North Cakomna, Southern Pines, May ; fourteen specimens. 



Scythris spiimifera, n. sp. 



§ . 13 mm. Head, palpi, thorax bronzy-fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark grey, beneath whitish except last two segments. Forewings 

 elongate-lanceolate; dark bronzy-fuscous; dorsal area beneath fold 



