QRACILARIDA^. — PTEKOPnORIDJE. 41 7 



middle, and twice siiiuafco postoriorlj', extremity slightly prominent 

 above; a small roundish white apical spot : cilia grey. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Peradeniya, bred December from Eugenia tnalaccensis 

 (ffutson) ; 2 ex. Type Brit. Mus. 



Acrocercops trissoptila, n. sp. 



d" 2 . 7-8 ram. Head whitish, crown speckled dark grey. Palpi 

 ■white, variably spotted grey or dark grey, second joint with strong 

 greyish tuft beneath. Thorax whitish speckled dark grey. Fore- 

 wings elongate, narrow, costa slightly arclied, apex pointed, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; pale grey speckled dark fuscous ; very 

 oblique triangular brownish spots irrorated dark fuscous from costa 

 before and bej-ond middle, and a third less oblique towards apex, not 

 reaching half across wing, edged with obscure whitish striae, and 

 costa elsewhere with some oblique whitish marks ; three small sub- 

 dorsal tufts of blackihh irroration from middle to tornus, dorsum 

 somewhat whitish-marked, especially adjoining these, a whitish 

 erect mark from termen beyond third ; apex brownish, preceded by 

 a small black dot, and separated from preceding brownish spot by a 

 triangular whitish spot : cilia pale greyish, round apex whitish with 

 two lines of black points and a projecting apical hook of dark 

 fuscous irroration. Hind wings rather dark grey ; cilia light grey. 



BoMB.vr, Gujarat, Kharaghoda, July (JlJa.riveU) ; 2 ex. Broader- 

 winged than others of austeropa group, and speciallj' characterised 

 by subdorsal tufts. 



Cyphosticha caerulea Meyr. 



Additional material shows that the Fijian centrometra Meyr. is 

 not distinguishable from this Indian species. 



PTEROPHORID.^. 



Hexadactylia civilis, n. sp. 



6 2 . 15-16 mm. Head light fuscous, obscure whitish bars on 

 forehead and lower part of face. Palpi fuscous irrorated black and 

 ringed whitish. '1 borax light fuscous, anteriorly mixed dark grey. 

 Abdomen fuscous sprinkled darker, segmental margins whitish. 

 Forewings cleft firstly towards middle, second segment also cleft 

 nearly to middle : light brownish or fuscous, obscurely and irregu- 

 larly irrorated darker, base, costa, and fold suffusedly irrorated 

 dark fuscous ; a blackish line in disc from \ to base of cleft : lower 

 segments and basal half of lirst rather sutfused brownish-ochreous ; 

 a slender whitish direct bar crossing first segment at | of its length, 

 preceded by a darker area, and less distinct bars on other two seg- 

 ments : cilia grey mixed whitish, blackish-grey towards base on 

 angles of each segment, whitish beneath each of these places, and 

 on dorsum beneath base of each cleft. Hindwings grey irrorated 

 blackish : cilia grey, whitish at apex of third segment, scattered 



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