cosMOPTEUYoiD.Ti;. — gr.vcil.vriab.t;. 415 



cilia whitish-grey-yellowish, j^roj'er on costa ; a fine hairpeiicil 

 lying along costa from base beneath forewings. 

 Bombay, Surat, April {Maxivell) ; 1 ex. 



Batracliedra sacrata, n. sp. 



S. 10 mm. Head, palpi, antennje, thorax ochreous-whitish. 

 Forewings very narrow, long-])ointed ; whitish-oehreous, posterior 

 half spriiikhul fuscous, more strongly irrorated towards apex ; a 

 narrow whitish costal streak from middle to near apex: cilia pale 

 ochroous, round apex whitish beyond a blackish anteniedian line, 

 on costa whitish. Hind wings and cilia whitish-oehreous. 



Assam, Garo Hills, March, bred from Shorea rohusta (probably a 

 refuse-feeder) (Beeson) ; 1 ex. 



GRACILARIAD^. 



Litliocolletis hapalotoxa, n. sp. 



c? . 6 ram. Head silvery-white. Palpi white. 15asal joint of 

 antonnie with strong pecten. Thorax, abdomen whitish. Fore- 

 wings lanceolate ; shining light golden-ochreous ; a slender white 

 costal line from base to near middle, slightl)- thickened towards 

 posterior extremity ; an e(]ually long narrow white median streak 

 from base, edged above Avith dark fuscous scales; a white slightly 

 dark-edged mark along dorsum about | ; a moderate angulated 

 silvery-white median fascia, widest on margins, anteriorly edged 

 dark fuscous scales, ])Osteriorly suffused ; three small wodgesha])ed 

 iudistinct shining white costal marks posteriorly, and two triangular 

 dorsal spots, all slightly dark-edged anteriorly; some scattered dark 

 fuscous si)ecks in disc between these, and a streak of blackish 

 irroration from second dorsal spot to apex: cilia whitish, base 

 within a blackish subbasal line pale golden-ochreous. Hindwings 

 pale grey ; cilia whitish. 



Assam, Sliillong, June, bred from bark of apple (Pip-tis malus) 

 with Acrncercops malicola, 1 ex. ; " possibly the larva had merely 

 pupated under the bark" (FletcJier). The leaf-mining larvaj of 

 LithocoUetis generally ])upate within the mine, so it is quite possible 

 the larva fed in the bark. 



Acrocercops patellata, u. sp. 



d (?). 12 mm. Head silvery-white. Palpi whitish-oehreous, 

 suba])ical band of second joint and median band of terminal joint 

 faintly grey. Antennae with dense anterior flap of scales on basal 

 joint, and thickened tuft of hairs on base of stalk above. Thorax 

 silvery- white, patagia brown. Forewings brown ; markings silvery- 

 white edged black ; a spot on base of dorsum ; rounded subtriangular 

 dorsal blotches before and beyond middle, nearly reaching costa ; 

 a pear-shaped spot before apex, its point resting on termen just 

 beneath ai)ex : cilia brownish, towards tornus grey, a white line in 

 costal cilia beyond apex. (Hindwings missing.) 



Fiji, Cuvu, October (Greenwood) ; 1 ex. (Brit. Mus.). 



