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Acrocercops deversa, n. si). 



P. 8 mm. Ileadgrey, face silvery- white. Palpi slender, wliite, 

 8ocond joint with grey streak at apex. Tliorax ochreous-whitish, 

 l)atagia bronzy-fuscous. Eorewings very narrow, pointed ; shining 

 ochreous- fuscous ; a rather broad shining whitish streak near 

 dorsum from base, extremity turned down to tornus ; an oblique 

 white strigula from costa at |, edged dark fuscous suffusion ; a 

 rather broad shining whitish prseapical fascia, rather narrowed 

 upwards, separated by a black mark from a white apical dot: cilia 

 pale grey, round apex white, at apex a black basal mark and post- 

 median dark grey line, beneath apex a dark grey bar. Hindwings 

 grey ; cilia pale grey. 



Assam, Shillong, 5000 feet, September (^Fletcher) ; 2 ex. 



Acrocercops lenticulata, n. sp. 



c? . 9-10 mm. Head, thorax ochreous-whitish. Palpi smooth, 

 whitish, a subapical ring of second joint and two rings of terminal 

 joint dark fuscous. Forewings very narrow, shortly obtuse-pointed; 

 ochreous-whitish, slightly and irregularly mottled fuscous irroration, 

 with scattered black scales in irregular series ; a short curved very 

 oblique dark fuscous striga from dorsum beyond middle ; an oblique 

 white mark from costa at |, near beyond this a short oblique dark 

 fuscous streak; a round apical spot of brown suffusion becoming 

 blackish anteriorly and including a minute white apical mark : cilia 

 whitish-grey, below apex some white suffusion, round apex a 

 blackish basal line and grey apical line. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 pale greyish. 



Assam, Shillong, 5000 feet, July, November {Fletcher) ; 2 ex. 



CRYPHIOMYSTIS, n. g. 



Head with approssed scales ; ocelli posterior ; tongue developed. 

 Antennae |, in S simple, basal joint moderate. Labial palpi short, 

 drooi^ing, filiform, terminal joint somewhat longer than second, 

 obtuse. Maxillary palpi minute. Posterior tibiae with series of 

 projecting bristles above. Forewings and hindwings apparently as 

 in Acrocercops, but neuration undetermined. 



Differing from Acrocercops in the palpi. 



Cryphiomystis pentarcha, n, sp. 



J 5 . 5 mm. Head, thorax violet-grey. Palpi dark grey. 

 Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; dark violet-fuscous ; white dots on 

 costa at \, beyond middle, and at |, and on dorsum before middle 

 and at tornus (slightly before third costal) : cilia grey with tAvo 

 blackish lines, round apex white between these. Hindwings and 

 cilia grey. 



CuTLON, Peradeniya, December, "off cofi'ce" {Uatson)\ 2 ox. 

 Type Brit. Mus. 



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