232 EXOTIC MICKOLEPIDOPTIORA. 



pointed, acute ; pale grcyish-oclireous ; an irregular elongate white 

 bloteli margined dark fuscous scales along anterior half of dorsum, 

 posteriorly with an inwardly oblique projection preceded by a 

 narrow indentation ; a spot of fuscous suffusion above this towards 

 base ; an oblique fuscous fascia from costa at f , not quite reaching 

 dorsum ; a narrow oblique white fascia edged dark fuscous scales 

 from middle of costa, slenderly constricted or almost interrupted 

 in middle ; an oblique fuscous blotch from costa at |, reaching 

 about half across wing ; apical area suffusedly irrorated dark 

 fuscous, with irregular white dots along margins : cilia fuscous, 

 round apex whitish on outer half, towards tcrmen greyish. Hind- 

 wings rather dark grey ; cilia grey. 



KuMAON, Bhim Tal, 5000-6000 feet, May (MaxmU) ; one 

 specimen. 



Acrocercops polyclasta, n. sp. 



S . 7 mm. Head white. Palpi white, apical half of second 

 joint and median ring of terminal dark fuscous, these areas loosely 

 scaled anteriorly. Thorax, abdomen grey. Forewings narrowly 

 elongate-lanceolate, long-pointed ; rather dark grey ; four slender 

 irregular oblique interrupted white transverse streaks, edged 

 externally dark fuscous, first from costa at }, interrupted in middle, 

 dorsal portion connected with a sufiused white dorsal streak from 

 base, second from costa before middle, interrupted below middle, 

 third from costa at |, widely interrupted in disc, fourth near apex, 

 short, indistinct, obscurely interrupted : cilia grey, mixed darker 

 round apex, an indistinct whitish apical spot beyond an obscure 

 cloudy dark apical hook. Hindwitigs and cilia grey. 



KuuAON, Bhim Tal, 5000-0000 feet, May {Maxivell); one 

 specimen. Apparently allied to loxias. - 



COSMOPTERYGID.E. 



Cosmopteryx chrysocrates, n. sp. 

 (S . 8 mm. Head and thorax blackish with three fine silvery- 

 white lines above, face pale silveiy-grey. Palpi white lined dark 

 fuscous. Antenniie dark grey, two single Avhite rings at about 

 I (apex apparently missing), (Abdomen missing.) Forewings 

 narrow-lanceolate, apex caudate ; black ; dorsal edge silver3--white 

 towards base ; a somewhat oblique transverse series of three short 

 tine violet-silvery dashes about |, subcostal somewhat oblicpie and 

 rather extended towards base, median shortest; a broad orange 

 postmedian transverse baud, edged on both sides by violet-golden- 

 metallic entire fasciae somewhat converging dorsally, second finely 

 black-edged anteriorly ; a silvery-white linear dot on middle of 

 termen, and line from near beyond this to apex : cilia dark gre\-, 

 beyond second fascia a suffused white mark in costal cilia. Hind- 

 wings and cilia dark grey. 



