2(54 lOXOriC JlICROLKriDOPJEKA. 



Ctenocompa aphanodes, n. sp. 



c? . 10 mm. Head grey. Antennal pectinations 8. Thorax, 

 abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly somewhat 

 dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, term en very obli(}ncly 

 rounded ; dark purple-fuscous : cilia dark ])urplish-grey. ])aler 

 towards tips. Hindwings thinly clothed dark ])urple-fuscous 

 hairscales ; cilia as in forewings. 



CooKG, Dibidi, ,'5500 feet, January (Newrome); one specimen. 



Ctenocompa adversa, n. sp. 



c? 12-14 mm., 5 19 mm. Head wliite, face fuscous. Palpi 

 very short and sliglit, fuscous. Antennal peeliriatioTis cS 4, basal 

 joint with white tuft. Tliorax whitish, anterior margin suffused 

 fuscous. Al)domeu whitish-fuscous or whitish. Forewings elongate, 

 costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely 

 I'ounded; whitish, more or less tinged pale brownish, with scattered 

 dark fuscous or blackish scales, sometimes in rows on veins 

 posteriorly : a dark fuscous dash from base above middle to i ; a 

 somewhat oblique fuscous fasciate streak sprinkled dark fuscous 

 from dorsum bej^ond middle, reaching more than half across wing; 

 sometimes a fuscous spot in disc at |, or brownish fascia from this 

 to costa at f ; a marginal series of irregubir dark fuscous or 

 blackish dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia white, 

 sometimes tinged brownish. Hindwings whitish-grey or light 

 grey: cilia grey-whitish. 



CooRG, Dibidi, 3500 feet (Neircome) ; INfAnRAS, Trichinopoly 

 (Ma.inveU); Ceylon, Kcgalle (AJstoii) ; September, and from 

 February to May, six specimens. Allied to mesocentra. 



Ctenocompa farinosa, n. sp. 



c? . 12 mm. Head ])a]e whitish-ochreous. Palpi short, dark 

 fuscous. Antennal pectinations 8. Thorax ochreous - whitish, 

 anterior margin suffused fuscous. Abdomen liglit greyish, anal 

 tuft whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa mode- 

 rately arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, rather stronglj' obli()ue ; 

 liglit greyish-ochreous or pale fuscous, sutfusedlj^ irrorated whitish; 

 discal stigmata small, fuscous, indistinct, in one specimen nearly 

 obsolete; in one specimen a terminal series of cloudy fuscous dots : 

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

 grey-ochreous. 



Kanaka, Chandvadi ; Bombay, Dharwar; April, May, two 

 specimens (j\laxwell). 



Ctenocompa micropsycha, n. sp. 



J. 9 mm. Head and thorax white, lower part of face, palpi, 

 and collar fuscous. Aiitennal pectinations 5. Abdtimen pale 

 grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen very obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish ; costal edge 



