3-i EXOTIC JIICROLEriDOPTEKA. 



without membranous fold ; several pairs of iudisiirct -whitish 

 strigulfe on costa posteriorly; a narrow irref>'ular suffused purplish- 

 leaden fascia beyond middle, two subcontinent angulated striie 

 from f of costa to torn us, and a striga from | of costa to termen 

 beneath apex, space between these suffused with dark fuscous on 

 costal half; a silvery-whitish mark along median portion of termen, 

 preceded by two or three black dots : cilia grey irrorated with 

 ochreous-whitish and dark fuscous. Hindwings Avith 3 and 4 

 stalked ; grey, paler and thinly scaled towards base, especially in 

 S , veins and terminal area suti'used with dark grey; cilia whitish- 

 grey, with grey subbasal shade, 



Bengal, Pusa, in August (Fletcher) ; two specimens. Larva 

 cylindrical, grej'ish-yellow ; head flattened, yellow ; plate of second 

 segment large, yellow ; spots with longish white hairs: in rolled 

 terminal leaves of Acacia sp. (Leguminosce) ; pupa in a white 

 cocoon (Fletcher), 



Eucosma directa, n. sp. 



S. 12 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous. Abdomen 

 grey, anal tuft i)a]e whitish-ochreous. Forcwings elongate, costa 

 gently arched, slightly bent in middle, witliout fold, npex round- 

 pointed, termen sinuate, rather oblique ; brownish-ochreous mixed 

 with fuscous, basal half suffused with fuscous ; costa obliquely 

 strigulated throughout with white and daik fuscous ; an oblique 

 white streak from before middle of costa to beyond middle of 

 dorsum, sharply defined anteriorly, suffused posteriori)^ ; a wliite 

 strigula from middle of costa very obliquely elongated, and giving 

 rise to a leaden-metallic line which is sharply angulated near 

 termen beneath apex, and terminating in ocellus ; ocellus re- 

 presented bj' an undefined leaden-grey patch, anteriorly with an 

 aeute-triangular projection edged with white: cilia white, round 

 apex and on upper half of termen leaden-grey, with two white 

 bars at apex. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Asia Minoe, Taurus Mts. ; one specimen. Probably allied to 

 aspidiscana. 



Polychrosis glebifera, n. sp. 



S 9 . 13-14 mm. Head ochreous, crown with a blackish bar. 

 Thorax grey mixed with black, patagia mostly ochreous. Abdomen 

 dark fuscous, anal tuft of J whitish-ochreous. Eorewings elongate, 

 posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen rather 

 obliquely rounded ; dark grey, with scattered black striguhe ; edge 

 of basal patch formed by a curved black fascia mixed with 

 ferruginous-ochreous in disc; a rather curved ferruginous-ochreous 

 fascia from middle of costa to beyond middle of dorsum, mixed 

 with black on upper half, Avith strong prominence on posterior 

 edge in middle, space between this and basal patch whitish- 

 ochreous on dorsal half; four ferruginous-ochreous spots mixed 

 with black on posterior part of costa, alternating with pairs of 



