240 EXOTIC MICKOLEPIUOI'TKKA. 



about iniddlo : cilia fuscous, mixed coarse dark fuscous scales. Hind- 

 wiiigs dark bronzy-fuscous ; cilia ratber dark fuscous. 



Cexlon, Maskeliya, January, April (Pole) ; tbrec specimens. 



Tinea insignata, n. sp. 



J $. 12-13 mm. Head wbitish-ocbreous, sides of crown 

 somewhat mixed dark fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, more or 

 less mixed blackish. Antennse |, dark fuscous, finely and obscurely 

 palo-ringod. 'J'horax whitish-ochreous speckled dark grey, a 

 bliickisli spot on shoulder. Abdomen light grey. Forewings 

 elongate, costa gently arched, apes tolerably pointed, termen very 

 obli(juely rounded; Avhitish-ochreous, irregularly sprinkled or 

 irrorated dark grey ; about twelve variable small blackish spots or 

 dots along costa ; dorsal area below fold more or less free from 

 dark irroration, dorsal edge marked blackish near base ; cloudy 

 blackish spots on fold at ^ and middle of wing, second larg'cr ; a small 

 blackish spot in disc at ^, and large quadrate blackish spot at |, 

 connected by a suffused streak wdth a spot on costa at | ; several 

 cloudy blackish dots along termen : cilia ochreous-whitish sprinkled 

 blackish. Hindwings whitish-grey; cilia whitish, a fine faint grey 

 antemedian lino. 



Assam, Cherrapunji (Fletcher) • seven specimens. 



Tinea mesoplaca, n. sp. 



$ . 19 mm. Head whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, 

 second joint irrorated dark fuscous except towards apex. Antennae ^, 

 pule greyish. Tliorax whitish-ochreous, shoulders and middle of 

 dorsum anteriorly irrorated grey. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arclied, apex 

 obtuse-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; whitish-ochreous 

 obscurely marbled with light ochreous-yellowish tinged or irrorated 

 with fuscous, especially towards apex ; small blackish spots on costa 

 near base and at | ; an irregular-edged triangular blackish blotch 

 on middle of costa, reaching half across wing ; a dark grey dot on 

 fold tow^ards base, and a small spot above fold beneath middle of disc ; 

 throe small dark grey spots on posterior part of costa, one in disc 

 towards apex, one at apex, and some slight marks along termen : 

 cilia whitish-ochreous barred with light yellowish suffusion sprinkled 

 grey. Hindwings whitish-grey ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Madras, Palnis, 6000 feet (Camjyhell)-, one specimen. Nearly 

 related to the North American aurojmlveUa. 



Tinea cherota, n. sp. 



(S . 13-14 mm. Head whitish, face fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, 

 tips \vhitish. Antennai almost 1, dark grey, finely whitish-ringed. 

 Thorax w^hitish-fuscous, shoulders dark fuscous. Abdomen light 

 greyish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded ; whitish- 



