L^58 EXOTIC MICROI.EPIDOPTEllA. 



Periacma selenota, n. sp. 



cJ . 19-^20 mm. Head and thorax pale oclireous, shoulders dark 

 fuscous. Pali)iwhitish-ochreou8, hasal joint dark fuscous, second 

 joint very long, pointed, with dark fuscous su])apical ring, terminal 

 joint absent. Abdomen pale ochreous mixed with fuscous. Fore- 

 wings elongate, moderate, costa moderate!}' arched, a])fx obtuse, 

 termen near!}' straight, obliijue ; whitish-oclireous, more or less 

 sprinkled irregularly with fuscous; a dark fuscous mark at base 

 from costa to fold ; a sufliised dark fuscous spot on costa near base 

 and indistinct dots in disc and near dorsum forming with it an 

 angulated series ; stigmata blackish, plical beneath first discal ; an 

 irregular fuscous shade from | of costa to tornus, angularly in- 

 dented above middle, in one specimen little indicated ; a similar 

 shade between this and termen ; some dark fuscous dots round 

 posterior part of costa and termen : cilia Avhitish-ochreous. Hind- 

 wings pale yellowish ; apical fourth of wing, costa narrowly to- 

 wards base, and a dorsal streak pale whitish-grey ; cilia yellow- 

 whitish. 



S. India, Pykara, Nilgiris, 7000 feet, in March and April 

 ( Andre wes); two specimens. 



Cryptolechia vespertina Meyr. 



Forms occur with variable more or less developed spots or patches 

 of pale ochreous-yellowish suffusion on costa in middle and at i, and 

 on dorsum about | ; extreme forms look distinct, but cannot be 

 separated specifically. I have about 20 specimens from the Ivhasi 

 Hills. 



Eucleodora coronis, n. sp. 



J 5 . 15-16 mm. Head pale ochreous or brownish, centre of 

 crown tinged with grey or fuscous. Palpi pale oclireous, second 

 joint with two indistinct fuscoas bands on apical half, terminal 

 joint sufiused with brown except towards apex. Thorax brownish, 

 shoulders whitish. Abdomen greyish. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, widest in middle and narrowed posteriorly, costa gently 

 arched, apex obtuse, termen abruptly excava'ed beneath apex, 

 obtusely prominent below this, then extremely obliquely rounded ; 

 brown ; a streak of violet-grey suffusion along fold, above which 

 is a more or less short sufiused ochrcous-orauge streak frcm base ; 

 a shining leaden-grey streak along costa from base to an oblique 

 silvery-white fasciaform blotch extending from middle of eosta 

 more than half across wing, preceded by darker brown suffusion, 

 and followed by an ochreous-orange patch divided by a silvery- 

 metallic line becoming white on costa and edged posteriorly by a 

 tine white line; costal area beyond this dark brown; some 

 leaden-grey suffusion across lower part of white blotch, termi- 

 nated posteriorly by a spot of dark fuscous suffusion ; a crescentic 

 black mark before apex, edged above with white, and a blackish 



