150 EXOTIC MICUOLEPIDnrTERA. 



{interiorly gently, posteriorly slightly arched, apex ohtuse, termen 

 slightly rounded, oblique; oehreous-brownish irregularly mixed 

 and strigulated with dark fuscous: an undefined whitish spot 

 strigulated with dark fuscous on middle of dorsum ; short whitish 

 strigulse on dorsum about ^ and | ; an undefined patch of dark 

 fuscous suffusion on costa beyond middle ; an obscure pair of short 

 whitish strigulae before this patch, and three pairs between it and 

 apex ; an obscure spot of dark fuscous suffusion in disc towards 

 apex: cilia browtiish with two dark fiiscous shades, beneath apex 

 with an ochreous-whitish patch. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya, in March, May, and December {Pole); 

 three specimens. 



Acrolepia conchitis, n. sp. 



(5 2' 11-12 mm. Head ochreous-whitish mixed with fuscous. 

 Palpi -rather dark fuscous, apex of secoud joint, and a submediau 

 ring and apex of terminal joint more or less whitish. Thoiax 

 fuscous sprinkled with whitish, shoulders dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 whitish, anal tuft yellow-whitish, Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; violet-fuscous, bases of scales whitish, especi- 

 ally in 5 , with dark fuscous specks tending to form transverse 

 strigulfe ; a small white wedgeshaped spot on middle of dorsum, its 

 anterior angle cut off by a dark fuscous strigula; a white dot or 

 strigula on dorsum towards tornus ; a blackish longitudinal mark 

 in disc towards termen, terminating in a blackish spot towards 

 apex, and sometimes edged with whitish suffusion above ; several 

 minute white dots along termen ; a small blackish apical spot, 

 preceded on costa by a white dot: cilia light fuscous, towards tips 

 with two darker lines. Hindwings and cilia whitish-grey. 



Assam, Khasis, in October ; two s])ecimens. Specially charac- 

 terised by the unusually oblique termen of forewings. 



Acrolepia aleuritis, n. sp. 



S . 9-10 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, somewhat whitish- 

 sprinkled. Palpi ochreous irrorated with dark fuscous, with 

 whitish rings at apex of second joint and middle of terminal joint. 

 Forewings elongate, rather narrow, costa gently and evenly arched 

 throughout, apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, oblique ; 

 brownish, irregularly mixed and strigulated with dark fuscous, and 

 with irregularly scattered whitish dots; a whitish spot marked 

 with some dark strigulaj on middle of dorsum ; a patch of dark 

 suffusion on costa beyond middle : cilia brownish with rows of 

 blackish ])oints, beneath apex mixed with Avhitish. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



(!kylon, probably low country : \^o specimens. Yery similar to 

 corticosa, but smaller, with costa of forewings more evenly arched, 

 and the scattered minute white dots are characteristic. 



