ETJCOSMID^ — GELECHIABJ?;. 197 



dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded, termeu rounded, rather 

 oblique ; blackish -fuscous ; basal area with scales finely tipped 

 with grey-whitish, violet-tinged ; markings glossy violet-blue- 

 leaden ; blotches on costa before and beyond middle, their scales 

 finely whitish-tipped on costa ; a streak from fold at ^ to first 

 blotch, then curved downward and terminating in second blotch ; 

 a similar streak from middle of dorsum, where it is thickened, 

 running parallel to first streak throughout, terminating towards 

 termen in middle ; space between these streaks appears blacker 

 than rest of wing ; a spot above extremity of second streak, and a 

 transverse mark near termen above tornus : cilia grey with series 

 of minute whitish points, basal third blue-leaden. Hindwings dark 

 fuscous ; cilia blackish-grey, with dark fuscous subbasal line, 

 extreme tips whitish. 



Ceylon, Peradeniya, bred in February {Rutherford) ; tw^o speci- 

 m.ens. " Associated with Lecanium sp.," presumably feeding on 

 these Coccids. Type in British Museum. 



Laspeyresia taocosma, n. sp. 



c? . 12 mm. Head and thorax green-blue, face and palpi 

 whitish. Abdomen dark fuscous, Forewings elongate-triangular, 

 costa slightly arched, apex obtuse, termen somewhat oblicjuely 

 rounded, indented beneath apex ; dark fuscous ; a green-blue basal 

 patch occupying ^ of wing but not quite reaching costa, its upper 

 angle with an obtuse downwards-oblique projecting bar ; costa 

 above this marked with pairs of whitish strigulte, and beyond it 

 with three other pairs emitting oblique violet-leaden strigse ; a 

 triangular patch formed by four converging lines of whitish irrora- 

 tion on dorsum beyond middle, reaching half across wing ; some 

 scattered strigulse of whitish irroration above tornus ; two black 

 dots surrounded by some whitish irroration before middle of 

 terraen : two direct white strigulse on costa before apex : cilia 

 grey, with dark grey subbasal line. Hindwings dark fuscous, 

 lighter anteriorly ; cilia pale grey, with dark fuscous subbasal 

 line. 



Gold Coast, Aburi (Patterson) ; one specimen. Type in British 

 Museum. 



GELECHIAD.E. 



Aristotelia clavata, n. sj). 



d . 11 mm. Head and thorax light greyish-ochreous. Palpi 

 dark fuscous, apex of second joint white, terminal joint with a 

 broad oblique submedian white band. Abdomen grey, anal tuft 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate-lanceolate ; 6 separate ; 

 light greyish-ochreous, with some scattered fuscous and dark 



