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Bucculatrix mendax, n. yp. 

 J . 5 Dim. Head wliitish, tuft sufi'usod hrowiiisli. Tliorax 

 whitisli-ochrooiis s[)Ccklod fuscous. Abdomeu oolircous-whitisli. 

 Forewiiigs laiicoolato, apex produced, vei-y acute ; whitish speckled 

 fuscous ; markings deep yellow-ochreous w ith some hhtck scales ; 

 au elongate median spot from base ; oldicpie blotches from costa 

 before and beyond middle, second irroiated black towards costa; 

 an elongate blotch above dorsum in middle of wing (probably with 

 black dot as in preceding species); a small spot on tornus ; a 

 blackish dot above this, followed by an irregular spot ; some dark 

 fuscous sj)ecks tow ards apex, and an apical group of black specks : 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, round apex a black antemedian line. Hind- 

 wings and cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Bengal, Pusa, bred in March from pupa in white ribbed elongate 

 cocoon on leaf of Didiiar/ia si't^-u iLi'(/in)iinosce) (Fletcher) ; one 

 specimen. Certainly veiy close to preceding, and the foodplant 

 cannot, be regarded as dehnitely asceitained, but I think the species 

 is 2)robably distinct. 



Bucculatrix univoca, n. sp. 



cS . 8 mm. Head whitish, tuft mixed fuscous. Thorax 

 ochreous-grey. Abdomen grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings 

 lanceolate, apex rather produced; deep greyish-ochroous irrorated 

 darker, towards costa posteriori} S[)eckled black : cilia whitish- 

 grey, round apex speckled black within a black median line. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grcj'. 



Bengal, Pusa, February (Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Opogona oxydesma, n. sp. 



J . 7 mm. Head, thorax dark bronzj'-fuscous, face shining 

 whitish-bronze. Palpi whitish-grey. Abdomen grey. Forewings 

 lanceolate, long-pointed, acute; dark bronzy-fuscous ; a narrow 

 angulated pale yellow median fascia: cilia liglit jirey. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia light grey. 



Kanaka, Dharw^ar, January (Maxivell) ; one specimen. 



Hieroxestis protomima, n. sp. 



S 5 . 8-9 mm. Head dark fuscous, face and forehead wliitish. 

 I'alpi wdiitish, externally dark fuscous excejjt apex of joints. 

 Thorax dark fuscous, posterior extreuiity yellowish. Abdomen 

 grey. Forewings narrow-lanceolate, aprx ])roduced, acute; yellow; 

 a triangular dark fuscous spot on base of costa, apex just reaching 

 base of dorsum ; an irregular line of black scales slightly inwards- 

 oblique from costa to dorsum beyond middhs, a])ical area bevond 

 this wholly dark fuscous: cilia rather dark grey. Hindwings dark 

 grey; cilia rather dark grey. 



Kanaka, Dharwar, January, August (Mu,vwell)\ two specimens. 



