182 EXOTIC MICKOI.EPIDOPTKU.V. 



wing bronz3'-,silv(!r-metalHc ; a bright brassy-silver-metallic fascia 

 about |, rather broatllj^ dilated downwards, anterior edge direct: 

 cilia grey, round apex basal half sprinkled black, outer half silvery- 

 whitish. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Bkngal, Pusa, bred in November from larvae mining leaves of 

 Desmodium sp. {^Lejuminosce) {Fletcher) ; five sjtecimens. The 

 allied pohjdoxa from Ceylon has the fascia not dilated downwards, 

 its anterior edge rather oblique, besides other distinctions. 



Nepticula neodora, n. sp. 



$ . 3 mm. Head, thorax pale ochreous-yellowish. Antennae 

 and eyecaps yellow-whitish. Abdomen pale grey. Forowings 

 lanceolate ; pale ochreous-yellow, dorsal half irrorated blackish- 

 grey ; a moderate blackish spot on middle of costa : a small apical 

 blackish spot : cilia grey-whitish, round apex sulfused grey towards 

 base. Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish-grey. 



Kanaka, Dharwar, January {Maxwell) ; one specimen. 



LYONETIADiE. 



Phyllocnistis toparcha, n. sp. 



S . 4 mm. Head, palpi, thorax shining ochreous-whitish. Foie- 

 wings narrow-lanceolate ; apex somewhat produced, very acute ; 

 shining white ; a dorsal blotch of fuscous suffusion before middle ; 

 a fine fuscous median longitudinal line from base to middle ; 

 an elongate yellow spot beneath posterior part of this, terminated 

 by postmedian transverse line ; an oblique transverse yellow blotch 

 from middle of costa, finely edged anteriorly fuscous not reaching 

 costa, and posteriorly dark fuscous ; a fine dai'k fuscous postmedian 

 transverse line, slightly angulated in middle, lower half slightly 

 outwards-oblique from dorsum, upper direct ; apical area suftused 

 pale yellow, towards postmedian line tinged fuscous; a small round 

 jet-black apical spot edged white anteriorlj': cilia whitish, on costa 

 two rather oblique parallel fine dark grey bars pointing to before 

 apical spot, one direct above it, two beyond apex converging to it, 

 and one beneath apex forming a continuation of the direct costal 

 one, on termen basal half pale ochreous within a dark grey line. 

 Hindwings and cilia white. 



8. India, Ooimbatore, bred in February from larvte mining leaves 

 of grape-vine {Vitis vinifera) {Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Phyllocnistis oxyopa, n. sp, 



S. 5 mm. Head,palpi, thorax shining ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings narrow-lanceolate, apex caudate ; shining white ; two longi- 

 tudinal fuscous lines from base to middle, enclosed space suffused 

 pale brassy-yellow except towards base; a fine obli(iue fuscous 

 strigula from middle of costa, reaching half across wing ; a faintly 

 sinuate direct fuscous transverse line at 'i ; posterior area obscurely 



