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EXOTIC MICKOLBPIDOPTERA. 



strongly oblique ; broiizy-grey ; a rather oblique grey -whitish 

 streak from costa at r^, rciiching half across wing ; two nearly 

 strniglit parallel transverse leaden-whitish streaks before and 

 beyond middle, space between them forming a streak of light 

 bron/j'-ochreous suffusion witli grey margins; three short grey- 

 wliitish liardly obli(jue marks from costa between this and apex, 

 third connected by a leaden-metallic mark with termen beneath 

 apex ; an irregular black streak along lower half of termen 

 containing three golden-metallic dots, margined above by an 

 ill-dehiied triangular patch of whitish-ochreous irroration containing 

 two or three black lines ; a leaden dot on upper edge of this : cilia 

 grey, basal half bronzy-tinged within a tine dark grey line indented 

 beneath apex. Hindwings pointed, dark grey ; cilia grey. 



8. India, Ootacamund, 7000 feet, October {Maxwell) ; two 

 specimens. 



XYLORYCTID^. 



Aeolanthes diacritica, n. sp. 



S. 19 mm. Head whitish, mostly suffused brown. Palpi 

 white externall)' suffused fuscous (terminal joint broken). Thorax 

 dark brown suffusedly mixed whitish, lateral edge ferruginous. 

 Abdomen brownish. Forewings oblong, moderate, costa anteriorly 

 moderately arched, posteriorly straight, apex obtuse-pointed, termen 

 straight, rather oblique : 9 out of 7 ; shining Avhite ; costa tinged 

 ochreous anteriorly; an irregular feriuginous-orange basal spot 

 reacliing costa but not dorsum, sending a short streak along fold; 

 dorsal area up to cell suffused brown, dorsal edge towards base 

 whitish, otherwise dark fuscous terminating j)Osteriorly in a blotch 

 of dark fuscous sufl'usion limited by vein 2 ; lower and posterior 

 margins of cell dark brown, veins H-6 marked by dark brown lines, 

 7-9 by fine orange lines ; a ferrugiuous-orange streak along costa 

 from middle, posteriorly slightly diverging and sprinkled dark 

 fuscous, not reaching apex ; a dark fuscous terminal line : cilia 

 white, slightly tinged orange (imperfect). Hindwings pale grey; 

 cilia pale grey-yellowish, tips whitish. 



Assam, Shillong, 5000 feet, September (Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Aeolanthes meniscias, n. sp. 

 2 . 25 mm. Head pale brownish. Palpi whitish, second joint 

 suffused light ochreous and with brown subapical band, terminal 

 joint with median brown band. Thorax light brownish, dorsally 

 suffusedly mixed darker brown. Abdomen pale yellow-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate-oblong, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 rather obliquely rounded ; 9 basally appressed to 7 ; palo ochreous- 

 yellowish, whitish-tinged towards costa in middle ; base mixed 

 ferruginous in middle and towards costa ; some ferruginous scales 

 forming a very oblique series from costa before ^ ; a lilac-brownish 

 band occupying dorsal area as far as cell to tornus, streaked darker 



