178 EXOTIC MICROr.EPIDOPERA. 



Bengal, Pusa, bred March and April from LirvaD mining blotches 

 in leaves of Trema 9,\). {Urticacea) (Fletcher); thirteen specimens. 

 The variability of the confused markings of this species would 

 have been ])uzzling, liad not a good series of bred specimens been 

 available, 



Parectopa asynacta, n. sp. 



c? . 7 mm. Head, ])alpi, thorax, abdomen glossy dark bronzy- 

 fuscous. Forewiiigs narrowly elongate, short-pointed ; veins all 

 separate; sliining dark bronzy-fuscous ; markings shining silvery- 

 white ; a slender straight transverse fascia at J- ; small transverse 

 spots on costa before middle and at |, and one on dorsum some- 

 what before second of these : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings and 

 cilia dark fuscous.* 



Assam, Cherrapunji (^Fletcher) ; one specimen. A singular species 

 of exceptional faoics. 



Parectopa affirmata, n. sp. 



(S 2 • ^'~7 mm. Head, thorax dark grey, face glossy whitish- 

 grey. Palj)i whitish, obscurely banded dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 dark grey, beneath banded whitish. Forevvings narrowly elongate- 

 lanceolate ; purplish-grey suffusedly irrorated dark fuscous; narrow 

 slightly irregular white transverse fasciae at 5 and beyoiul middle, 

 second sometimes reduced to two opposite spots ; a transverse 

 white spot on costa at -i, and a small obscure pra)tornal dot anterior 

 to it : cilia grey sprinkled dark fuscous. Hindwings dark grey ; 

 cilia grey. 



Peku, Lima, 500 feet, August (Parish); six specimens. 



Gracilaria acidula Meyr. < 



Mr. Fletcher informs me that the larva mines leaves of 

 Phyllanthus emhlica (Euphorhiacece), not of Alhizzia as originally 

 stated through a mistaken identification of a native name. 



Gracilaria parasticta Meyr. 



A second example ( J , 13 mm.) has first discal stigma obsolete, 

 but second well-marked, black ; Shillong, September (Fletcher). 



Gracilaria recitata, n. sp. 



(5 § . 13 mm. Head whitish, crown rather infuscated. Palpi 

 whitish, terminal joint with subapical ring of dark fuscous suffusion. 

 Thorax grey or grey-whitish. Abdomen grey. Forewings very 

 narrow, parallel-sided, short-pointed, in 5 less narrow ; ochreous- 

 brown, in 5 yellow-sufll'used ; an undefined patch of light 

 ochreous suffusion extending along costa from beyond | to near 

 apex and reaching about half across wing, in 5 yellower and 

 better marked, costal edge of this with several irregular black dots; 

 indistinct blackish dots in disc at J , middle, and | : cilia whitish- 



