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ochreous. Maxillary palpi whitish, terminal joint gre}'. Thorax 

 pale shining metallic bronze. Forewings very narrow, long- 

 l)ointed, acute ; shining pale metallic coppery bronze ; a somioval 

 bronzy spot on costa from near base to | enclosed by a slender 

 curved blackish streak ; a longer semioval orange blotch on costa 

 from I to beyond middle enclosed by a similar blackish streak 

 centrally obsolescent ; between these a shining brassy fascia from 

 costa, becoming dilated and orange towards dorsum, anterior edge 

 inwards-oblique from costa, posterior direct ; beyond second costal 

 blotch a transverse orange fascia, of which anterior portion on 

 costa is formed by a small silvery-w^hito spot separated from 

 posterior part by a small dark grey mark ; in some lights a pale 

 longitudinal streak in apical area : cilia light bronzy-grey. Hind- 

 wings and cilia rather dark grey. 



Seychelles, Praslin, bred from larva mining in leaf of Calo- 

 2^Jil/Uum inophyllum (Gidtifera') • " eggs deposited on up])cr surface 

 of leaf ; since sometimes as many as 50 eggs are laid on one leaf, 

 the tree is soon defoliated and doomed " [Dujponi) ; one specimen. 

 Type in British Museum. This interesting and beautiful form 

 appears to be related to the clirysocosma group, hitherto only 

 known from South America and the West Indies. 



Acrocercops phaeomorpha, n. sp. 



$ . 6 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, abdomen shining whitish. 

 Forewings very narrow, moderately pointed; shining silvery- 

 whitish ; an indistinct grey transverse strigula at | ; close Ijeyond 

 this a light oclireous-yellowish fascia, marked posteriorly wnth 

 two similar grey strigulfc and narrowly separated by white from a 

 deep black subtriangular apical spot : cilia whitish, beneath apex 

 a patch of greyish suffusion. Hindwings light grey ; cilia grey- 

 whitish. 



EojiTiAY, Kaira, March {Maxwell) ; one specimen. Perhaps 

 nearest sawojya or desiccata, but very distinct. 



Acrocercops helicopa, n. sp. 



2 . 8 mm. Head, palpi, thorax shining wliitish, patagia 

 ochreous-tinged. Abdomen pale greyish. ForcAvings very narrow, 

 long-pointed, acute ; light grcyish-ochreous, towards apex suffused 

 grey ; extreme costal edge whitish except towards base ; ex- 

 treme dorsal edge whitish, small elongate cloudy whitish s])ots 

 at middle and towards tornus ; two small cloudy wliite spots on 

 termen, and one at apex : cilia light grey, base mixed white. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



KoMAON, Bhim Tal, 5U00 feet, bred in June but foodplant not 

 stated {Ma.vwell) ; one specimen. Perhaps allied to ochronej^hela. 



Acrocercops leucophaea, n. sp. 



cJ . 10 mm. Head, palpi, thorax shining white, patagia light 

 greyish-ochreous. Abdomen grej-. Forewings very narrow, long- 



