62 EXOTIC MICROLEPIBOl'TERA. 



blackish streak along posterior half of dorsum and terraen : cilia 

 dark grey. Hindwings reddish-orange ; posterior half purple- 

 blackish, sending projections inwards along costa and dorsum ; cilia 

 dark grey, on upper half of terraen suffused with whitish, on 

 dorsum reddish-orange. 



S. Ind:a, Coorg, 35<)0 feet, in December (Keicro)ne) ; one specimen. 



Trichotliyrsa taedifera, n. sp. 



2 . 20 mm. Head and thorax reddish-orange. Palpi ochreous, 

 terminal joint mixed with dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous, 

 towards tips whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 very narrow, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa sinuate, apex 

 obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; deep reddish-orange ; 

 costal area anteriorly irrorated with blackish, on posterior half of 

 costa becoming a rather broad irregular blackish streak continued 

 round termen to tornus, and forming an elongate pra'tornal patch 

 on dorsum, projecting inwards in disc to middle : cilia dark gre^y. 

 Hindwings reddish-orange; posterior half purple-blackish, sending 

 projections inwards along costa and doisum ; cilia dark grey. 



Ceylon, Pundaloya, in November (Green) ; one specimen. 



Tricliothyrsa pyrrhocoma, n. sp. 



J . 15 mm. Head reddish-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, 

 terminal joint mixed with dark fuscous. Antenmc dark purple- 

 fuscous, towards apex whitish, ciliations very long. Thorax and 

 abdomen dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, narrow, slightly 

 dilated posteriorly, costa somewhat sinuate, apex obtuse, termen 

 very obliquely rounded ; dark purple-fuscous : cilia grey, tips 

 whitish. Hindwings dark fuscous ; cilia as in forewings. 



Ceylon, Pundaloya (Greev) ; two specimens. 



Trichotliyrsa grypodes, n. sp. 



(5' $. 14-16 mm. Head ochreous, sometimes partially infus- 

 cated. Palpi whitish-oehroous ; maxillary palpi somewhat more 

 developed tlian in the other species. Antennae grey, becoming pale 

 greyish-ochreous towards base, ciliations in J very long. Thorax 

 purplish-fuscous. Abdomen ochreous. Forewings elongate, nar- 

 row, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa sinuate, apex obtuse, terraen 

 sinuate, oblique; dark purplish-fuscous, usually more or less 

 irrorated with pale ochreous, especially round discal spot ; a dark 

 fuscous spot in disc at |: cilia rather dark fuscous, on median 

 thirtlof terraen ochreous-whitish except towards base. Hindwings 

 dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, darker towards base, on median area 

 of termen whitish-tinged except towards base. 



S. India, Paliii Hills, GOOO feet {Cam2>hcV) ; five specimens. 



