cosMorTKRroiDiE. 575 



appressed to tonj»no. Anterior tihigo thickenecl with rongh scales 

 above; ])oaterior tibi;c clothed with hairs above. Forewiiigs with 

 soalo-tuft ; 2 from towards angle, 3 and 4 approximated from 

 angle, 5 remote, G absent, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from 

 middle. Hiiidwiiigs ^, narrow-lanceolate, cilia 3 ; 2-5 parallel, 

 6 aud 7 approximated at base. 



Dromiaulis excitata, n. sp. 



5 . 13 mm. Head whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint with 

 obliiiue fuscous subapical band, terminal joint sprinkled blackish. 

 Thorax whitish sprinkled fuscous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; 

 ochreons -brown, irregularlj' scattered raised black scales, suiTused 

 white streaks along dorsum throughout and anterior half of costa, 

 one along fold throughout edged beneath black irroration especially 

 towards base, two tiner white lines in disc from base, lower 

 extending to a black scalo-tuft at | (second discal stigma), one or 

 two short white dashes and some scattered scales towards costa 

 posteriorly : cilia ochreous-brown, towards toruus greyish. Hind- 

 wings d irk grey ; cilia grey. 



Peru, Jurimaguas, March (Parish); 1 ex. 



Microcolona autotypa, n. sp. 



c? . 11 mm. Head, thorax pale whitish-bronze. Palpi whitish, 

 second joint irrorated dark fuscous on basal | and with dark 

 fuscous subapical ring, terminal joint with dark fuscous subbasal 

 and subapical rings. Forewings very nai'row, acute-pointed ; grey, 

 tips of scales minutely ochreous-whitish, forming a very tine trans- 

 verse striation ; a tuft beneath fold at | ; stigmata blackish, 

 accompanied by tufts, plical very obliquely beyond tirst discal : cilia 

 light grey. Hindvvings grey ; cilia light grey. 



S. India, Palnis, Kodaikaual, 7UU0 feet, September {Fletcher) ; 

 1 ex. 



Microcolona transennata, n. sp. 



cJ 5 . 7-8 mm. Head, thorax grey, face bronzy-whitish. Pal[n 

 ochreous-whitish, a band of second joint and two rings of terminal 

 joint dark fuscous. Forewings narrow-lanceolate, ai)ex caudulate ; 

 dark purple-fuscous, bases of scales ochreous-whitish; an ochrcous- 

 yellowish elongate spot in disc at |, preceded by a blackish tuft ; 

 stigmata represented by blackish tufts, plical oblic|Ucly before first 

 discal, plical partially edged ochreous-yellowish, sometimes extended 

 to first discal, a transverse tuft extending from second discal to 

 tornus ; an irregular ochreous-yellowish streak from costa before 

 middle just beneath costa to |, followed by an oblique wedge- 

 shaped ochreous-yellowish mark from costa; a more or less deve- 

 loped ochreous-yellowish lino along posterior part of fold; an 

 ochreous-yellowish spot or dot towards apex, and two or three 

 other variable dots or marks in apical area : cilia grey, base 



