236 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPXERA. 



Abdomen grey, anal tuft pale oclircous. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, slightly dilated posteriorly, costa slightly arched, 

 apex obtuse-angled, termen hardly siniiate, somewhat oblicpie ; 

 rosy-brown ; costal edge ochreou.s-yellow, at base blackish ; 

 stigmata small, blackish, edged ])osteriorly and second discal also 

 anteriorly white, plical beneath tirst discal : cilia light rosy- 

 brownish. Hind wings grey ; cilia pale grey, a darker subbasal 

 line. 



Bomhay, Dharwar, May {Maxwell) ; one specimen. Neai-est 

 ampUatd, but rather smaller, and distinguished by white edging of 

 stigmata and blackish base of costa. 



Timyra rliizophora, n, sp. 



J . 15 mm. Head light ochrcous-ycUowish, crown shining 

 prismatic-brown. Talpi, antennaj pale ochreous-yellowish. Thorax 

 yellow, shoulders dark brown. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 (Posterior legs broken.) Porewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; ochreoiis- 

 brown ; basal area irrorated dark brown ; two cloudy whitish dots 

 at base and three connected with extensions of following fascia ; a 

 moderate slightly oblique yellow fascia at ^, anterior edge very 

 irregular, posterior margined whitish; a triangular whitish blotch 

 posteriorly suffused light yellow on costa about |, reaching half 

 across wing ; a small irregular whitish spot above tornus ; apical 

 and terminal edge slenderly suffused yellow : cilia yellow, towards 

 tornus whity-brownish. Hindwings whitish-ochreous, some longi- 

 tudinal grey irroration in disc; submcdian groove forming a deep 

 furrow lined pale yellowish hairs ; cilia whitish-yellow. 



Madkas, Dindigul, September (Alaxivdl) ; one specimen. Nearest 

 hi_p2^asfis. 



Lecithocera acolasta, n. sp. 



(5 . 10 mm. Head yellow-whitisli. Antennae whitish-yellow, 

 two dark grey bands just below apex. Palpi dark fuscous, tip 

 whitish. Thorax ochreous-whitish. Abdomen pale greyish, anal 

 tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa 

 slightly arched, apex tolerably pointed, termen rounded, rather 

 strongly obliijue ; 2 running into 1 o, 7 absent, 8 and 9 stalked ; 

 ochreous-whitish, tinged grey towards termen ; discal stigmata 

 black, conspicuous, a small spot of black irroration rather obliquely 

 before second towards dorsum ; four or five scattered black specks 

 towards apex : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings 4 absent, 

 5 separate; light grej', paler and thinly-scaled anteriorly; cilia 

 pale greyish. 



Bombay, Dharwar, January (Ma.viueU); one specimen. 



Lecithocera praeses, n, sp. 



2 . 25 mm. Head, thorax light fuscous, sides of crowu and 

 antenna3 light ochreous-yellowish. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second 



