260 EXOTIC MICKOLEPIDOPTERA. 



at |, and smaller less markefl spot towards tornus ; a deep yellow- 

 ochreous fascia from first costal spot to middle of dorsum, some- 

 times sprinkled dark fuscous ; a small dark fuscous spot on costa 

 near apex ; a triangular patch of gre3--pur[)lish suffusion more or 

 less marked with blackish irroration extending over terraen and 

 reaching to end of cell : cilia yellow-ochreous, a patch of blackish 

 irroration beneath apox and smaller one above tornus. Hindwiugs 

 dark grey, cilia grey, 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, March, May {Pole, Alston) \ three specimens. 



Trithamnora leptacma, n. sp. 



S. 16-17 mm. Head, palpi dark fuscous somewhat mixed 

 whitish, second joint of palpi tufted wdth long roughly spreading 

 hairscales beneath, terminal joint as long as second, slender, 

 pointed. Thorax, abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; 7 and 8 separate ; rather dark fuscous, towards 

 dorsum partially mixed witli brownish-ochreous suffusion ; five 

 undefined rather oblique dark fuscous ii'regnlar transverse fasciae, 

 partially edged with fine violet-blue-metallic stria?, first basal, fifth 

 occupying apical area : cilia fuscous irrorated dark fuscous. Hind- 

 wings bronzy-blaokish-fuscous ; cilia fuscous, a dark fuscous subbasal 

 shade. 



Assam, Khasis, September ; two specimens. 



\ Trithamnora erebantha, n. sp. 



cJ $. 19-23 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex pointed, termen obliquely rounded ; dark bronzy fuscous, 

 with strong purple-blue gloss : cilia purplish-coppery -fuscous. 

 Hindwings bronzj'-fuseous ; cilia pale greyish, bronzy-tinged towards 

 base. 



British Guiana, Bartica, December to February {Parish) ; four 

 specimens. 



Themeliotis inexpleta, n. sp. 



(S . 14 mm. Head pale yellow-ochreous. Palpi pale yellow- 

 ochreous mixed dark fuscous. Thorax pale yellow-ochreous, 

 shoulders and posterior crest mixed dark fuscous. Abdomen light 

 grey, anal tuft whitish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; irides- 

 cent pale ochreous-yellowish, with scattered dark fuscous scales; 

 a deeper ochreous-yellowish basal patch, edge more sprinkled 

 blackisl), oblique, costal edge dark fnscons ; a patch of deeper 

 ochreous suffusion on costa beyond middle, with V-shaped dnrk 

 fuscous irroration, whence a streak of dark fuscous irroration runs 

 to near terinen above tornus, and thence parallel to termen to 

 apex ; the dark fuscous irroration indicates small dots along 

 termen : cilia pale ochreous-yellowish faintly barred darker, tips 



