EU00SMTDJ3, 517 



strigulro and four oblique wliite thicker marks, subcostal area 

 beneath this ochreous-yellowish with two very oljlique blue-Ieadeu 

 BtrigJB ; ocellus forming a round pale j'ellovv blotch containing an 

 erect silvery-metallic streak on each side, a dot at bottom, and four 

 short blackisli dashes between the lateral streaks, uppermost joining 

 their tips : cilia light yellowish, a dark fuscous basal line on upper 

 part of termen, tips grey round apex. Hindwiugs 3 and -t connate; 

 dark grey ; cilia whitish, a grey subbasal line. 



China, Shanghai ; 2 ex. (Coll. Joannis). Nearly related to 

 atdosticta but distinct. 



Eucosma prominens, n. sp. 



2 . 20-21 mm. Head, palpi, thorax dark grey speckled whitish. 

 Forewings elongate, somewhat dilated, costa gently arched, termen. 

 7iearly straight, somewhat oblique ; grey speckled whitish, between 

 markings with suffused irregular striae, costa dark fuscous with 

 pairs of whitish stiigubc ; basal patch more or less blackish- 

 strigulated, large, edge angulated and acutely prominent in middle, 

 preceded on lower half by greyish-ochreous suffusion ; central fascia 

 oblique, narrow on costa ;ind gradually dilated, greyish-ochreous 

 with blackish dash in middle and more or less blackish-marked on 

 edges ; some undefined grej'ish-ochreous marbling posteriori}-, some 

 blackish marking above middle towards termen. more or less 

 developed; ocellus little marked, light greyish-ochreous, lateral 

 margins of whitish strije and grey speckling : cilia grey with 

 lines of wliitish speckling. Hindwings 3 and 4 stalked; grey, termen 

 darker-suffused ; cilia whitish-grey, a grey subbasal shade. 

 Punjab, !J[urree, 7500 feet, June [Dutt) ; 2 ex. 



Eucosma defensa, n. sp. 



S 9 . 10-12 mm. Head, palpi grey. Thorax dark fuscous 

 slightly speckled whitish. Forewings suboblong, costa anteriorly 

 gontly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen faintly sinuate, some- 

 what oblique ; dark fuscous, slightly whitish-speckled, costa with 

 groups of very fine oblique white strigulse, a single inwards-oblicpie 

 white mark towards apex ; basal patch more whitish-irrorated. 

 especially towards dorsum, limited by an angulated fascia of 

 blackish suffusion, separated by an angulated leaden fascia speckled 

 whitish on dorsum from narrow irregular oblique blackish central 

 fascia, its posterior edge triangularly prominent in middle ; beyond 

 this an angulated transverse blue-leaden streak and another 

 posteriorly, these limiting the ocellus, between their upper portions 

 a series of several small black marks ; a minute whitish terminal 

 mark beneath apex : cilia dark grey, somewhat whitish-speckled. 

 Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey, tips whitish. 



Fiji, Lautoka, bred in November and December from larvje 

 feeding on leaves ni Potif/amia glabra (Leg^iniinosa) {Greenivood) ; 

 4 ex. Type Brit. Mus. 



