572 KXOTIC MICllor.KJ'lDOPTERA. 



blackish irroration along coata ; a streak of blackish irroration 

 along termen, more or less edged whitish above especially towards 

 costa, sometimes interrupted ia middle : cilia light grey, at apex a 

 white bar edged beneath black irroration. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 light grey. 



Kanaka, Supa, Ramanguli, April, May {Maxwell) ; Ekkgal, 

 Calcutta, July (Annaadale) ; 3 ox. 



Pyroderces strangalota, n. sp. 



cJ . 11 mm. Head, thorax, oehrcous-whitish, a fuscous spot on 

 shoulder. Palpi wliitish, second joint somewhat roughened, with 

 three brownish rings, terminal joint with slender subbasal and 

 median dark fuscous rings and broader blackish subapical ring. 

 Forewiugs narrowed from near base, long-pointed, acute ; pale 

 pinkish mostly suffused pinkish-brown ; base of dorsum sufiiised 

 whitish with dark fuscous irroration ; costal edge dark fuscous on 

 basal half; a very irregular slender rather oblique whitish fascia 

 at ^, preceded by irregular black irroration ; a subquadrate dorsal 

 blotch of black irroration in middle of wing, including a large tuft, 

 irregularly edged -whitish suti'usion ; irregular whitish lines from 

 upper posterior angle of this along costa to near apex, and along 

 dorsum and termen to apex, irregularly streaked with blackish 

 irroration : cilia light greyish, round apex ])inkish-broAvn, a])()ve 

 apex an oblique blackish bar edged whitish above, beneath apex two 

 slight hooks of black irroration. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey. 



S, India, Nilgiris, 3500 feet, August (Aiulniues) ; 1 ex. 



Pyroderces amphisaris, n. sp. 



(S . 10 mm. Head ochreous-whitish somewhat sprinkled light 

 grey. Palpi white, second joint with slender basal and median 

 dark fuscous rings, terminal joint with slender basal, median, and 

 subapical black rings. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft grey- 

 whitish. Forewiugs narrowly elongate-lanceolate, apex caudulate; 

 light pinkish-ochreous, irregularly irrorated blackish-grey; a nearly 

 direct transverse whitish streak at \, irregularly preceded black 

 irroration ; a triangular dorsal blotch in middle of wing obscurely 

 outlined ochreous-whitish suffusion, included area mixed bhick 

 anteriorly with rather raised scales ; an elongate spot of ochreous- 

 whilish suffusion on costa at j; a blackish dash from costa just 

 before apex parallel to termen, edged white above: cilia light 

 greyish, beneath apex two blackish hooks. Hindwings blackish- 

 grey ; cilia grey; a long loose tuft of whitish hairs from base lying 

 along costa. Forewiugs ])eneath with long dense expansible pencil 

 of ochreous-whitish hairs from base lying above dorsum. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, December {Pole) ; 1 ex. 



Dorodoca leucomoclila, n. sp. 

 cJ . 8 mm. Head, thorax bronzy-fuscous, face white. Palpi 

 white, second joint dark fuscous except towards base, terminal 



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