313 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOI'TKRA. 



a curverl suffused ferruginous subteriuinal fascia, an oblique-oval 

 blotch of blackish suffusion lying on this above middle and touching 

 middle of tormen ; a small black and ferruginous apical spot: cilia 

 Ioaden-gre3% a blackish subbasal line. Hindwings dark fuscous, 

 lighter and thinly scaled anteriorlj- ; cilia whitish, a dark fuscous 

 subbasal shade. 



Assam, Khasis, June, August ; 2 ex. 



Polychrosis organica, n. sp. 



(S . l-t ram. Head grey, face whitish. Palpi whitish, a few 

 dark fuscous scales on second joint. Thorax dark grey, shoulders 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings rather dilated, costa gently arched, 

 termen somewhat rounded, little oblique ; whitish - ochreous, 

 irregularly marbled blue -whitish iridescence; some blackish 

 striguUc on costa and dorsum, on costa towards apex alternating 

 with short whitish strigulai ; an elongate-triangular dark grey 

 patch resting on basal fourth of dorsum, its apex reaching central 

 fascia near costa, two elongate black marks on its uj^per edge and 

 one on posterior edge in disc ; a subtriangular brown blotch from 

 dorsum beyond middle reaching half across wing and resting 

 partially against central fascia; central fascia postmedian, some- 

 what oblique, broad, dark grey, somewhat mixed with ground- 

 colour in disc ; an oblique slender dark grey streak from middle of 

 termen running to central fascia above middle ; a small blackish 

 apical spot : cilia whitish-ochreous, on upper half of termen mixed 

 dark grey. Hindwings dark fuscous, lighter and thinly scaled 

 anteriorly ; cilia whitish, a dark fuscous basal line. 



Ceylon, Kandy, March (MacJcwood) ; 1 ex. 



Polychrosis acanthis, n. sp. 



(S 2 ' 12-13 mm. Head, palpi fuscous. Thorax fuscous or light 

 red-brown, transversely barred dark fuscous. Forewings dilated, 

 costa gently arched, termen slightly rounded, rather obliiiue ; 

 brownish-ochreous, unmodified only on a median dorsal patch, this 

 also sometimes mixed blackish ; basal patch dark fuscous mixed 

 leaden and blackish, extending to ^, edge angulated in middle ; 

 be5'ond this a fascia of whitish striation, suffused leaden on costal 

 half ; central fascia broad, little oblique, dark grey variably marked 

 leaden and blackish, sometimes partially suffused ferruginous ; 

 apical area variably tinged and marked ferruginous, sometimes 

 marbled leaden ; a dark fuscous fasciate streak from upper part of 

 central fascia to middle of termen ; a blackish ajdcal spot : cilia 

 dark purple-grey, a blackish subbasal line. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey ; cilia grey, a darker basal shade. 



Bengal, Pusa, bred December and January from larvee rolling 

 leaves and boring stem of Just'wla (jemlarussa (AcantJiacece) 

 (Fletcher) ; CooRo, Dil)idi, 3500 feet, November (Nnvcoi)ie) ; 

 3 ex. 



