84 KXOTIC MICltOLEPIDOPXEUA, 



Stathmopoda pentasema, n. sp. 



J 2 . 15-18 .mm. Head pearlj'-white, crown pale greyish- 

 ochreous mixed with grey. Palpi white, second joint with a grey 

 lateral line. Thorax whitish-ochreous or oclireous-whitish, 

 anteriorly suffused with dark grey. Abdomen ochreous-whitish, 

 sometimes greyisli-tinged. Posterior legs white, tarsi banded witli 

 dark grey, bristles long. Forewings extremely narrow, widest 

 near base, thence narrow^ed to acute apex, costa faintly sinnate ; 

 white ; live grey spots mixed with blackish on anterior half of 

 wing, viz. one large round one towards costa before middle, one 

 small one mid\vay between this and base, and three small ones 

 towards or on dorsum ; apical half beyond an outwardly oblique 

 line from middle of costa wholly biown, with a slight reddish 

 tinge : cilia ])ale grey, round costa and apex pale brownish. Hind- 

 wings grey; cilia pale grey. 



AssAJi, Kliasi Hills, from July to November; six specimens. 



Stathmopoda stimulata, n. sp. 



J 2 • 16-18 mm. Head shining whitish, crown pale ochreous 

 or sometimes infuseated. Palpi white, second joint with dark 

 fuscous lateral line towards base. Thorax whitish-ochreous spotted 

 with dark fuscous, sometimes wholly infuseated. Abdomen 

 ochreous-whitish. Posterior tibiae whitish, variably tinged with 

 yellowish or sometimes infuseated, bristles long, j-ellowish, tarsi 

 yellowish banded with dark fuscous, Forewings extremely narrow, 

 widest near base, thence narrowed to acute apex, costa faintly 

 sinuate ; whitish-ochreous or ochreous-whitish ; three spots 

 variably outlined with black and often more or less suffused with 

 ochreous or ferruginous, first round, towards dorsum almost at 

 base, second oval, in disc at |, third inverted-triangular, resting on 

 dorsum at f of wing ; a black line tinged with ochreous or ferru- 

 ginous running from first spot to costa before ^, another rising 

 from dorsum beyond first s])ot and running beneath second along 

 fold to its extremity, and a third more or less interrupted in disc 

 from third spot to apex ; in the lightest specimens these markings 

 are little developed, and in the darkest there is considerable tawny- 

 fuscous suffusion along costa, especially towards third spot, with 

 which it is confluent, and along anterior half of dorsum : cilia 

 greyish, sometimes suffused with whitish-ochreous towards base. 

 Hindwings grey or dark grey ; cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Colombo, Kandy, Maskeliya, Madulsima (Green, Mack- 

 wood, Alston); Assam, Khasi Hills; in April, June, October, and 

 November, eight specimens. 



Stathmopoda cissota, n. sp. 



J 5. 15-16 mm. Head pearly-white, crown orange-yellow, 

 collar dark, fuscous. Palpi yellow-whitish. Thorax orange- 

 yellow, w'ith dark fuscous posterior spot. Abdomen light grey, 



