152 EXOTIC MICEOLEnilOPTKEA. 



Conopotarsa ■butyropis, n. sp. 



cJ $ . 13-15 mm. Head and thorax pale broTizy, with faint 

 lilac tinge. Palpi light grcyish-ochreous, terminal joint and npper 

 part of second more or less inhiscated. Antenna) ciliations of J 8, 

 5 2. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, in (5 with dark purple-fuscous 

 streaks on each side of ventral surface. Forewings elongate, very 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex ohtuse-pointed, teimen extremely 

 obliquelj- rounded ; fuscous-purple, bases of scales whitish-ochreous, 

 costa and dorsum more or less suflfusedly strigulated and spotted 

 with whitish-ochreous ; sometimes a distinct whitish-ochreous spot 

 in disc on end of cell : cilia light fuscous, round apex more or less 

 suffused with darker fuscous. Hindwings pale greyish ; cilia 

 W'hitish-ochreous tinged with grey. 



Cetlon, Maskeliya, from March to May (Pole) ; three specimens. 



Cerostoma astragalitis, n. sp. 



J. 20 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish. ral])i fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat rounded, oblique ; 7 and 8 

 connate ; fuscous, with regularly scattered minute blackish dots ; 

 costa strigulated with blackish, with small blackish spots at middle 

 and I ; a subquadrate spot on dorsum before middle, its lower 

 portion black, upper portion ochreous-brown, dorsal space between 

 this and base ochreous-white with a few black specks, and beyond 

 it narrowly sriffused Avith ochreous-white to ^, with several small 

 black striguloe on margin ; second discal stigma distinct, small, 

 blackish; a small round blackish apical spot: cilia fuscous, with 

 lines of darker points. HindAvings pale grey; cilia grey- whitish, 

 with very faint greyer subbasal line. 



SiKKiM, Darjiling, in June ; one specimen. 



Plutella pentaula, n. sp. 



c? . 10 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and alidomen pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex 

 obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; light grey, irregularly irrorated 

 with ochreous-Avhitish ; some scattered dark fuscous strigulse on 

 basal third ; markings grey, partially edged with dark fuscous ; an 

 oblique triangular blotch on middle of dorsum, reaching somcAvhat 

 more than half across Aving : a semicircular spot on costa before 

 middle, an oblique blotch from costa beyond middle, a small costal 

 spot betAveen this and apex, and an irregular apical spot, anteriorly 

 ochreous-broAvnish and edged by a curved blackish line, space 

 between this and preceding costal spot suffused with whitish : cilia 

 whitish, with dark fuscous basal line and roAvs of blackish points. 

 Hindwings grey ; cilia light grey. 



Ceylox, Puttalam, Hambantota, in November and April (Pole, 

 Fletclter) ; tAvo specimens. 



