EUCOSMID.E. TINEID^. 353 



Laspeyresia pycnochra, n. sp. 

 5 . 13 mm. Head, thorax ochreous, lower part of face and palpi 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewiiigs moderate, costa slightly arched, 

 tormeii sliglitly rounded, somewhat oblicjue; ochreuus, with faint 

 violet retlections, faintly I'uscous-sjninkled in disc ; costa i)Osteriorly 

 with faint pale striguUe, and two very oblique obscure blue leaden 

 stri<,'[e and a praeapical mark ; posterior margin of ocellus faintly 

 buden, preceded by three black linear dots: cilia ochreous, faintly 

 fuse )Us-sprinklod. llindwings grey, becoming dark grey posteriorly; 

 cilia pale grey, a faint darker subbasal line. 



Madras, Coinibatore, March, bred from larva in pod Sesbania 

 (jrandijtora {Lejuminoscc) {Fletcher) ; 1 ex. 



Laspeyresia mamertina, n. sp. 



2 . 10 mm. Head violet-grey, face and palpi whitish-ochreons. 

 Thorax blue-blackish. Forewings dilated, costa gently arched, 

 lorinen slightly sinuate just beneath apex, next somewhat prominent 

 beyond it, then rather oblique ; dark violet-blne-luscous, somewhat 

 ]);de-speckled, costa with groups of very fine indistinct stria) of 

 whitish speckling ; apical area dark fuscous, with very oblique daik 

 blue striga from costa; a moderate black dot before termen in 

 middle, one minute black dot above and two below it: cilia grey 

 with silvery-blue reflections. Hindwings dark fuscous; cilia grey, 

 a dnrk fuscous basal line. 



l^uNGAt,, Pusa, March, bred from larva on leaf of Lorantlias 

 {^LoriuUhacece) (Fletcher) ; 1 ex. 



TlNElDiE. 



Mesoplienia salsa, n. sp. 



J. 19 mm. Head, thorax whitish. Palpi wh.le, second joint 

 with dark grey streak above. Forewings ratiier narrow, termen 

 very ol)Iiquel}' rounded ; 7 separate, to costa ; grey snffusedly mixed 

 white : a streak of white suffusion rather above middle from base 

 to a small dark grey angular spot on end of cell : cilia grey, suffused 

 white on costa and a median patch on termen. Hindwings ,"> and 

 stalked, 6 to costa ; light grey, tinged ochreous and suffused 

 ochreous-whitish towards base, along termen tinged violet : cilia 

 grey-whitish. 



Queensland, Brisbane [Dodd) ; 1 ex., Wals. Coll. (7S4-I). 



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XYLOSCOPA, I . g. 



Head densely rough-haired; ocelli posterior; tongue rudinientai-y. 

 Antennae |, basal joint flattened and somewhat excavated beneatli, 

 with slight pecten. Labial palpi moderate, porrected, with 

 appressed scales, slightly roughened anteriorly, second joint with 2 

 or ;5 short apical bristles, terminal joint shorter than second, obtuse. 

 Maxillary palpi several-jointed, folded, filiform. Posterior tibia; 



yojj. 11.— Dtcender l\)20. 2 .v 



