G4 KXOTIC MICROLEPlBOrXERA. 



Laspeyresia phalacris. n. sp. 



cJ $. 12-13 mm. Head and pulpi white, crown oclireous- 

 tinged. Thorax whitish-fuscous. Ahdoiuen grey. Forewiugs 

 elongate, somewhat dihited, costa slightly archeil, apex obtuse, 

 terraen sinuate beneath apex, obliquely rounded beneath ; fuscous, 

 on posterior half densely and finely irrorated with ochreous-whitish ; 

 costa dark fuscous, with sharp wliite strigulte becoming obsolete 

 towards base, longer and conspicuous on posterior half, one at ^ 

 extended as a straight partial!}' leaden-metallic streak to termen 

 above middle; ocellus margined laterally by golden-metallic 

 streaks, posterior whitish-edged posteriorly, and containing four 

 short black dashes: cilia metallic-grey, with a blackish median 

 line. Hindwings in c? grey, darker posteriorly, in $ darker grey, 

 posteriorly sufi'used with dark fuscous ; cilia whitish-fuscous, with 

 two dark fuscous shades. 



Asia Misor, Taurus Alts. ; two S2)ecimeus. Allied to plamhi- 

 ferana. 



GELECHIAD.E. 



Aristotelia leptocentra, n. sp. 



(^ $. 9-10 mm. Head ami thorax ochreous-whitish, more or 

 less sprinkled with grey. Palpi whitish, second joint irrorated 

 with dark grey except apex, terminal joint with supramedian band 

 of dark grey irroration, rather thickened with scales. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish. Forewings lanceolate, acute; 7 and 8 out of 

 () ; whitish-ochreous, irregularly marbled with pale grey suffusion, 

 the marblings sometimes s])rinkled with blackish points ; first 

 discal stigma very faint, ferruginous, plical and second discal 

 distinct, blackish, plieal slightly before first discal, all these 

 surrounded by clear spaces of ground-colour : cilia whitish, towards 

 base sprinkled with black points. Hindwings ochreous-whitish or 

 grey-whitish ; cilia ochreous-whitish. 



Bengal, Pusa, in June and July (Fhtclie)-) ; four specimens. 



ThiDtriclia jaiiitrix, n. sp. 



cJ. 8 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax silvery-white. Abdomen 

 grey, beneath white with dark grey oblique lateral bars. Posterior 

 tibiae whitish with dark grey apical ring. Forewings elongate, 

 very narrow, widest near base, apex obtuse, termen short, obliquely 

 rounded ; shining ashy-grey ; elongate whitish marks along dorsum 

 before and beyond middle, and a third on torn us forming a very 

 oblique wedge; an indistinct streak of whitish suffusion in disc 

 from beyond middle to near apex, where it meets a white oblique 

 strigula from costa, and a longer very oblique white striga from 

 apex of tornal wedge-shai)cd mark ; a Inuulate white mark before 

 ap3x, cutting off a small apical spot which is edged above and 



