EUCOSMID^E. 



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li^ht browiiish-ochreoiis closely mottled or transversely striated 

 grey ; costa posteriorly brownisli, with pairs of obscure whitish 

 strigulse and two or three very oblique leaden strig;e, last curved 

 up to costa before apex : cilia whitish-oehreous, on toruus greyish, 

 a leaden basal line. Hindwiiigs 3 and 4 stalked ; grey ; cilia liglit 

 greyish, a darker snbbasal line. 



Cktlon, Maskeliya, January, April, May {Pole) ; 5 ex. 



Eucosma conciliata, n. sp. 



$ . 12 mm. Head greyish-ochi-eous. Palpi light greyish- 

 ochreous, a fuscous dot on second joint. Thorax dark fuscous. 

 Eorewings termen somewhat sinuate, little oblique ; rather dark 

 purple-fuscous ; costa with pairs of fine whitish strigulse, separated 

 by small dark fuscous spots, on posterior half giving rise to obscure 

 ])urplish oblique striga) ; central fascia moderate, obscure, suffused 

 dark purplish-fuscous, rather oblique ; posterior margin of ocellus 

 loaden-metallic, preceded by four fine short linear black mai'ks ; 

 a dark fuscous apical spot, edged beneath by a fine short white 

 mark : cilia light brown, basal and antemedian white lines, above 

 apex dark fuscous. Hindwings 3 and 4 short-stalked ; rather dark 

 grey ; cilia grey- whitish, a grey snbbasal line. 



Bengal, Pusa, bred April from larva on flowers of Butea frondosa 

 {Fletcher); 1 ex, 



Eucosma aurita, n. sp. 



2 . 15-17 mm. Head, thorax grey irrorated whitish, thorax 

 with two posterior blackish dots, shoulders sometimes marked 

 blackish. Palpi grey, a blackish dot on second joint. Forewings 

 dilated, termen slightly rounded, somewhat oblique ; brownish, 

 sometimes puj'ple- tinged, strigulated fuscous, costa strigulated dark 

 fuscous ; an irregular whitish-grey band extending along dorsum, 

 beyond middle crossing wing more or less nearly to costa ; a large 

 rounded pale yellow-ochreous terminal patch variably mixed 

 brownish, and containing a more or less developed central dark 

 brown blotch connected by a short streak with termen below middle, 

 and two black dashes above tornus, this patch limited anteriorly by 

 a red-brown streak edged black on lower half : cilia brown obscurely 

 barred darker, towards tornus more or less suffused whitish. Hind- 

 wings grey, marbled darker suffusion ; cilia grey-whitish, a grey 

 subbasal shade. 



cf . Forewings more red-brown, suffused darker fuscous towards 

 costa on median area, a bhickish elongate mark in middle of disc, 

 whitish-grey suffusion not crossing wing beyond middk\ terminal 

 palcli more whitish-oclireous, red-brown streak absorbed in ground- 

 colour, not black-edged, its central third occupied by a whitish- 

 oehreous arrowhead resting on terminal patch, cilia whitish-oehreous, 

 two dark fuscous bars in middle of termen ; hindwings grey- 

 whitish strigulated grey, towards base more ochreous-whitish. 



QuKi;NSLANn, Brisbane, ilay, October {Dodd); 5 ^, 1 S ex. 

 Type Wals. Cull. (1311.")). 



