EUCOSMID^. 521 



darker, in c? sufFusedly barred dark grey on median area of termen. 

 lliiulwings dark slaty-grey ; cilia grey, a slaty-grey suhbasal lino. 

 Fur, Lautoka, in the inouiitaiiiH, bred in December from larvie 

 feeding on leaves and intlorescence of unidentitied plant {Grten- 

 wood) ; 2 ex, (Brit, Mus.). 



Acroclita trimelsena, n. sp. 



cJ. 11 mm. Head whitish, partially tinged slightly brownish. 

 Palpi white, second joint barred dark brownish sufi'uaion. Thorax 

 "whitish, shoulders brownish. Forewings elongate, rather dilated, 

 costa gently arched, termen sinuate, little oblique ; whitish with 

 tips of scales dark grey, forming a very fine transverse striation ; 

 costa dark fuscous with pairs of white strigulje ; some undefined 

 irregular marks or spots of darker suft'usion indicating edge of basal 

 patch and central fascia ; a triangular pra^tornal spot of dark 

 fuscous suff'usiou ; a very oblique leaden striga from costa at .|, 

 angulated above middle and continued to form posterior margin of 

 ocellus : cilia fuscous speckled whitish. Kindwings thinly scaled, 

 whitish-grey ; some black scales on stalk of 6 and 7 ; a triangular 

 black patch beneath middle of disc, lying between posterior half of 

 cell and veins 2-5 ; a streak of blackish suffusion from tornus along 

 termen to below middle ; cilia whitish-grey, ou lower part of 

 termen dark grey with black subbasal line, 



Burma, Thaton, March (^Fletcher)', 1 ex. 



Bactra graminivora, n. sp. 



S $. ]2-16 mm. Head whitish, sides of crown in S usually 

 greyish-tinged. Palpi white, a greyish band on second joint. 

 Thorax S greyish, $ greyish-ochreous. Ovipositor 5 bilobed, 

 projecting, Forewings termen straight, rather oblique ; in (^ grey, 

 darker-strigulated, in 5 usually more brown ish-ochreous ; costal 

 edge dark fuscous with oblique pale or whitish strigulse ; obtusely 

 angulated edge of basal patch sometimes indicated in disc by 

 darker suffusion ; discal portion of central fascia more or less 

 expressed by irregular oblique dark suffusion, below middle with a 

 darker spot forming an acute projection outwards ; a more or less 

 developed dark streak or elongate-triangular patch extending from 

 near this to apical part of termen ; a slender dark terminal streak : 

 cilia light greyish, above apex sometimes a small white 8])ot, 

 llindwings 6 grey, 5 whitish-grey or whitish ; cilia whitish, a 

 fiiue greyish subbasal line, 



Bengal, Pusa, bred April to Juno from larvas mining stems of 

 Cynodon dacttjloii {Graminea') {Fletcher) 12 ex. (7 d , 5 § ). Pupa 

 with two distinct projecting anal papilla) (in both sexes); spines of 

 segmental series twice as long and strong as in commensalis, rather 

 less numerous, prajanal series ns\ially of 3 spines. The pupa of 

 B. tructdenta does not possess these papillte (w'hich are reduced to 

 dots), the spines also are more as in commensalis. In tnicidenta 

 I have described tho termen of forewings as straight, and it is 



