20 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



Eboda obstinata Meyr. 



Larva slightly tapering posteriorly, green, with a lateral row of 

 whitish hairs ; subdorsal line indistinct, whitish ; head yellow- 

 green : in rolled leaves of Cardwsj>ernmm (Sapindacea') (Fletcher). 

 Besides India and Ceylon, I have obtained this species from South 

 Africa, the Comoro Is., and Mauritius. 



PHALONIAD^. 



Phaloiiia capnospila, n. sp. 



cT . 20 mm. Head and thorax ochreous, shoulders irrorated 

 with dark fuscous. Antennal ciliations 2. Abdomen dark grey. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, 

 costa hardly arched, apes obtuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique; 

 7 to apex ; pale ochreous ; costa strigulated with dark fuscous ; a 

 small basal patch of ferruginous-ochreous suffusion ; two moderately 

 broad deep ferruginous transverse fasciae, their margins marked 

 with irregular series of dark leaden-grey spots, first from before 

 middle of costa to middle of dorsum, angulated in middle, second 

 from I of costa to dorsum before tornus, rather curved, connected 

 with first below middle; a series of dark leaden-grej- spots along 

 termen : cilia whitish-ochreous. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia 

 whitish, with dark grey subbasal shade. 



Asia Minoe, Alma Dagh ; one specimen. 



Pliarmacis chalcantha, n. sp. 



c? 5 . 17-19 mm. Head and thorax white, shoulders sometimes 

 tinged with ochreous. Palpi long, white, externally tinged with 

 pale ferruginous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings elon- 

 gate, dilated posteriori)', costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 nearly straight, rather oblique ; white, tinged in places with pale 

 yellow ; a thick suffused orange streak along costa from base 

 almost to first fascia ; a rather broad orange fascia before middle 

 parallel to termen, narrower on costa, marked with two irregular 

 series of small pale violet-bronzj* spots ; two small orange or pale 

 3'ellowish spois on costa beyond this; a broad orange terminal 

 fascia, marked with a curved median series of small pale violet- 

 bronzy spots, two or three on anterior edge towards dorsum, one 

 or two before apex and several along termen : cilia whitish, with 

 two orange shades. Hindwings light grey ; cilia white, with grey 

 subbasal shade. 



Asia Minor. Alma Dagh ; three specimens. 



