32 EXOTIC MTCROLEPlDOrTERA. 



Ancylis glycyphaga, n. sp. 



2 . 15-18 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous, patagia 

 mixed with dark fuscous. Palpi brownish, second joint with 

 broad tuft beneath, somewhat mixed Avith dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, 

 apex round-pointed, strongly prominent, termen deeply concave 

 below apex, rounded beneath ; greyish-ochreous sprinkled with 

 whitish points, towards anterior half of costa suffused with whitish; 

 costa witli whitish strigulaB separated by dark fuscous or blackish 

 irroration ; a broad very undefined median streak of brownish- 

 oclireous suffusion sometimes mixed with dark fuscous running 

 from base to apex, posteriorly sometimes streaked with blackish ; 

 posterior half of costa suffused with dull rosy, with four very 

 oblique grey strigae ; apical prominence dark fuscous, on anterior 

 half edged above and beneath with white ; tornal area tinged with 

 grey : cilia ochreous sprinkled with whitish, at apex mixed with 

 blackish, above and beneath this with whitish bars. Hindwings 

 with 3 and 4 stalked ; grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with grey subbasal 

 shade. 



Bexgal, Pusa ; Assam, Khasis ; in January, four specimens. 

 Larva subcylindrical, yellow, head flattened ; feeds on the sugary 

 excretion of Phromnia marginella {Homojitera) ; pupa in a white 

 cocoon {^Fletcher). 



Ancylis lutescens, n. sp. 



S 2 . 14-15 mm. Head and thorax light brown. Palpi light 

 brownish, second joint with two grey bars and tuft mostly grey, 

 terminal joint grey. Abdomen fuscous. Porewings elongate, 

 rather narrow, costa gently arched, in c? with costal fold extending 

 from base to middle, apex round-pointed, strongly prominent, 

 termen deeply concave below apex, rounded beneath ; brown, basal 

 area with indistinct longitudinal lines of dark fuscous irroration ; 

 usually more or less dark fuscous or blackish irroration extending 

 over anterior half of costal area, especially on costal fold of S , and 

 in a patch connected with this occupying central portion of disc ; 

 posterior half of costa suffused with reddish-brown, with three 

 obscure grey oblique convergiiig strigae rising from pairs of whitish 

 striguke ; an obscure streak of dark grey suffusion running from 

 end of cell towards apex, sometimes edged by a pale line beneath, 

 and some fulvous suffusion below this ; a dark fuscous spot 

 occupying apical prominence, edged beneath and on costa anteriorly 

 by white strigulae; a fine black line round concavity of termen : 

 cilia brownish or light ochreous sprinkled with whitish, at apex 

 dark brown mixed with blackish, above and beneath this with 

 whitish bars. Hindwings with 3 and 4 stalked ; grey ; cilia light 

 grey, with darker subbasal shade. 



Bengal, Pusa, in March, April, July, and October (Fletcher) ; 

 five specimens. This is the only species of the genus known to 

 uie as possessing a costal fold in J . Larva cylindrical, tapering 



