GOO EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTEKA. 



Macliaeropteris encotopa, n. sp. 



cJ . 16 mm. Head, palpi, thorax fuBCous speckled j'ellow- 

 "whitish. Forewiiigs elongate, apex pointed, rather produced ; 

 termen sinuate, verj- ol)li(jue ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 tocosta ; fuscous 

 irregularly speckled yellow- whitish and blackish : cilia pale fuscous, 

 two dark fuscous Hues speckled whitish points. Hindwings apex 

 pointed, rather prominent; blackish-groy ; cilia grey, a darker 

 Bubbasal line, 



S. India, Palnis, Kodaikanal, 7000 feet, September (Fletcher); 

 1' ex. 



Macliaeropteris turljata, sp. n. 



c? . 23-24 mm., $ 31 mm. Head pale brownish-ochreous. 

 Palpi pale ochreous above, hairs dark fuscous speckled whitish. 

 Thorax light ochreous, patagia dark fuscous except towards tips, a 

 broad transverse band of fuscous or brown suffusion on dorsum. 

 Abdomen dark grey, sides naked, yellow-ochreous. Forewings 

 elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen d 

 slightly sinuate, $ almost straight, oblique ; 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to 

 costa; varying from pale brownish-ochreous to fuscous mixed 

 darker, sometimes some scattered black scales; dorsal area below fold 

 always forming a pale stripe, with triangular prominences before 

 and beyond middle of wing, some blackish irroration above 

 indentations of this; an undefined spot of blackish irroration in 

 disc at |; a suffused dark apical blotch more or less mixed blackish: 

 cilia fuscous, somewhat pale-speckled, base pale ochreous, obscure 

 dark bars more or less expressed, above apex a dark fuscous blotch. 

 Hindwings daik grey ; cilia grey, a darker subbasal line. 



S. India, Palnis, Kodaikanal, 7000 feet, September, October, 

 " males flying swiftly just over the ground amongst bracken and 

 low hillside vegetation at late dusk in search of females, which were 

 sitting on leaves " (Fletcher) ; 9 ex. 



Machaeropteris (?) synaphria, n. sp. 



$. 18 mm. Head ochreous-whitish sprinkled dark grey. Palpi 

 whitish mixed dark grey. Forewings elongate, apex obtuse, 

 termen obliquely rounded ; all veins separate, 7 to apex ; dark 

 fuscous, closely strewn small spots and dots of greyish-ochreous 

 suffusion more or less in longitudinal series, and some irregularly 

 scattered small white spots and dots ; a small cloudy transverse 

 dark spot on end of cell; cilia dark fuscous, white bars above and 

 below apex, and below middle of termen. Hindwings dark purple- 

 fuscous ; cilia dark grey, a blackish subbasal line. 



S. India, Nilgiris, Coonoor, 6000 feet (Rao) ; 1 ex., bred iu April 

 from larval case found on bark of tree, probably feeding on lichens ; 

 case elongate, of silk covered with grains of refuse and lichen, 

 12 mm. X 4 mm., upper surface convex and lower concave, orifices 

 at both ends, one furnished with two projecting lobes. Tbo speci- 

 men, though bred, is in rather damaged condition, and I am not 

 certain that it is a true Machaeropteris. 



