26 EXOTIC MICROLKI'IDOPTERA. 



Cyphosticha cserulea, n. sp. 



cJ . 7 mm. Head and thorax shining whitisli-fuscous, with 

 violet-blue reflections, lace whitish. Palpi whitish, terminal 

 joint with dark fuscous supramedian band. Abdomen bluish- 

 fuscous. Legs white, anterior and middle tibiae and lemora violet- 

 blackish. Forewiiigs very narrow, long-pointed ; light grey with 

 strong shining violet-blue retlections, irrorated with blackish ; 

 tour whitish costal spots, lirst at |, last towards apex: cilia pale 

 grey, sprinkled with blackish towards base, at apex with two 

 blackish lines. Hindwings grey ; cilia pale grej'. 



13ENGAL, Pusa, from April to July (^Fletcher); three specimens. 

 Larva somewhat flattened, slightly tapering posteriorly, greenish, 

 laterally pale yellow, with subdorsal reddish dot on each segment, 

 head flat ; when full grown, becomes wholly blood-red : mining 

 a whitish elongate blotch in leaves of Grotalaria juncea {Legu- 

 minQSOi) or a brownish blotch in leaves of Vvjna sinensis 

 {Leijuminosoi) (Fletcher). 



Gracilaria citricula, n. sp. 



S . 7 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sides and front of crown 

 dark fuscous. Palpi loosely scaled, second joint dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint whitish with two dark fuscous rings. Thorax 

 fuscous, suffused anteriorly with dark fuscous. Abdomen grey, 

 apex ochreous-whitish. Forewings very narrowly elongate, 

 moderately pointed ; purplish-fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous ; 

 three narrow rather irregular whitish-yellowish fascite edged with 

 black scales, flrst at ^, somewhat oblique, entire, second in middle, 

 rather oblique, not quite reaching costa, third at |, transverse, not 

 reaching dorsum : cilia purplish-fuscous, with rows of black points. 

 Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Transvaal, Barberton, in January (Janse) ; one specimen. 

 Closely allied to the Indian acidula (erroneously described by mo 

 as an Acrocercops, but I have since received a dozen specimens 

 from Mr. Fletcher, and find it to be a true Gracilaria), but differing 

 by first fascia being entire, second rather oblique and not reaching 

 costa. The two following species are also allied, but less closely. 



Gracilaria ligata, n. sp. 



S . 8 mm. Head whitish. Palpi loosely scaled, dark fuscous, 

 terminal joint whitish with three blackish bands. Thorax fuscous 

 sprinkled with blackish and whitish. Abdomen grey. Middle 

 tibise. blackish, tarsi white. Forewings very narrowly elongate, 

 moderately pointed; purplish -fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous, 

 with some pale scales • fine rather irregular somewhat oblique 

 white fasciae at 1 and middle, their margins sprinkled with black 

 irroration ; a small ochreous spot in disc at | ; a fine transverse 

 whitish mark at L pale ochreous on costa, not reaching dorsum, 



