558 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



at apex of joints. Forewings vcr)' narrow, caudate; bronzy, hase 

 ohiuing brassy; a suffused wbitish spot in middle of disc; a 

 moderate orange-yellowish spot on tornus followed by a golden- 

 metiillic spot, costa above these suffused dark fuscous, caudate apex 

 black : cilia grey, round caudate apex whitish. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey. 



EiJi, Loloti, September {Greemvood); 1 ex. (JJrit. Mus.). 



Lyonetia luxurians, n, sp. 



S 9 • 8-9 mm. Crown flattened, smooth, bronzy-grey, wit,h 

 orange lateral stripe, fillet prominent, shining pale bronzy-metallic, 

 face very retreating, whitish. Palpi white. Antennae ]|, whitish- 

 grey. Thorax dark grey, shoulder orange. Forewings ver}' narrow, 

 apex caudate, down-turned ; fulvous-orange, more or less brownish- 

 tinged or infuscated on costal half; an oblique dark iridescent- 

 grey-metallic fascia near base, posterior edge prominent in middle, 

 basal area within this brassy-yellowish ; an inwards-oblique fascia 

 from costa before middle, anterior part dark grey-metallic edged 

 anteriorly blackish, posterior part brassy-yellowish edged posteriorly 

 grey; an elongate greyish-goldeii-metallic blotch on dorsum 

 towards tornus, connected by a brassy-yellowish anteriorly blackish- 

 edged mark with costa beyond it ; a dark shining leaden-metallic 

 spot on tornus, and a spot of blackish suffusion on costa opposite : 

 cilia grey. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Fiji, Lautoka, Cuvu, Labasa, November, December ( Vi'i(ch) ; 

 12 ex. (type Brit. Mus.). Nearest Indian melanochalca. 



Lyonetia torqaens, n. sp. 



9 . 10 mm. Head white, crown roughly tufted. Palpi whitish- 

 grey. Thorax white. Forewings very narrow ; golden-])ro\vn ; 

 six short rather oblique white maiks from anterior half of costa, 

 and three fine more oblique white strigas from costa posteriorly ; 

 four rather oblique rhomboidal white spots from dorsum reaching 

 half across wing, fourth broadest, its apex extended almost to meet 

 a triangular white tornal spot; a very fine black line in disc from 

 1^ to apex : cilia grey-whitish, three black bars in costal cilia and 

 two in terminal all converging to apex, and a dark grey projecting 

 apical hook. Hindwings and cilia light violet-grey. 



Assam, Cherrapunji (Fletcher) ; 1 ex. 



Opogona liparopis, n. sp. 



c?. 8 mm. Head silvery-whitish. Palpi whitish, externally grey 

 except tips ^f joints. Thorax light yellow. Forewings lanceolate, 

 acute ; light ochreous-yellow ; a pointed dark fuscous streak along 

 basal third of costa ; a leaden-grey streak along tcrmeu from origin 

 of tornal cilia to apex, posteriorly attenuated, edged above by a 

 black bisinuate line : cilia light grey, Hindwings light grey ; cilia 

 grey-whitish. 



Bengal, Pusa, October, bred from dry stem of sugar-cane 

 {Fletcher); 1 ex. 



