266 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



Hindwings grey- whitish ; cilia whitish, a fine pale greyiah subbasal 

 line on apical half. 



iJoiiitAY, Dharwar, September {Maxwell); one specimen. 

 Unusually distinct. 



Melasiua subacta, n. sp. 



S . 1-i nim. Head pale ochreous. Palpi moderately long, dark 

 fuscous, tip pale ochreous. Antennal pectinations 2k. Thorax 

 fuscous. Eorewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded; brownish -ochreous ; costa suffused 

 fuscous towards base : cilia light ochreous. Hindwings pale 

 ochreous-greyish ; cilia whitish-ochreous. 

 Bombay, Konkan {Young); one specimen. 



Melasma phaeogenes, n. sp. 



S 19-24 mm., 5 ^7 mm. Head brownish-ochreous, in 2 

 slightly Sprinkled whitish and fnscous hairs. Palpi fuscous, apex 

 ochreous. Antennal pectinations S 6. Thorax dark fuscous 

 slightly speckled whitish. Abdomen grey, anal tuft S pale 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, 

 apex rounded, termen rounded, rather oblique ; whitish-fuscous, 

 closely irrorated dark fuscous throughout; a very obscure darker 

 spot on middle of costa, and smaller one at §, scarcely defined, 

 scales of costal edge pale between and beyond ; these in 5 quadrate 

 groups of obscure whitish dots arranged longitudinally in disc and 

 larger similar markings in subdorsal area : cilia S whitish-fuscous, 

 mixed and obscurely barred fuscous, in $ whitish, more distinctly 

 barred grey. Hindwings grey ; cilia whitish-grey, a grey subbasal 

 shade. 



Madras, S. Arcot and Cuddalore, August, September {Maxwell) ; 

 five specimens. 



Melasma deposita, n. sp. 



(S . 2Q mm. Head, thorax whity-brownish. Palpi moderately 

 long, with appressed scales, fuscous. Antennal pectinations 8. 

 Abdomen whitish-fuscous. Fore wings elongate, costa slightly 

 arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded ; fuscous-whitish, 

 sprinkled except towards costa anteriorly with striguhie of fuscous 

 irroration, more strongly strigulated towards termen ; a suffused 

 irregular attenuated rather dark fuscous streak along costa from 

 base to | ; a broad fuscous longitudinal streak irrorated dark fuscous 

 beneath cell from about | to | of wing, on anterior half cleft longi- 

 tudinally into two and posteriorly cut by pale ground-colour on 

 veins, and a narrower irregular similar streak above cell from before 

 middle to | of wing : cilia f uscous-wliitish barred fuscous. Hind- 

 wings light grey suffused whitish-ochreous towards base ; cilia 

 fuscous-whitish. 



Bombay, Dharwar, June {Maxivell) ; one specimen. Very dis- 

 tinct by the longitudinal markings and unusually long antennal 

 pectinations ; nearest lencoaceptra. 



