28G EXOTIC MICE0LEPIE01>XERA. 



Avliitish (injured). Hindwings light grey ; cilia whitish-grey- 

 ocliveous. 



Nyassaland, Mt. Mlaiije, in February (Neave) ; one specimen. 

 Type in British Museum. 



Gracilaria iselaea, n. sp. 



(S 2- 11-12 mm. Head and tliorax pale shining prismatic- 

 ochreous. Palpi slender, ochreous-whiHsh, terminal joint with 

 some dark fuscous scales, and apical half suffused with dark 

 fuscous. Middle tibiaj dark purplish-fuscous, tarsi white. Fore- 

 wings extremely narrow, tolerably pointed; pale shining prismatic 

 brassy-ochreous ; costal edge paler, with scattered minute dark 

 fuscous specks, and two or three in disc towards middle ; a small 

 dark fuscous dot towards costa near base, one in middle of costa, 

 one towards dorsum before middle, and one towards tornus ; apex 

 tinged with blue-purple and somewhat mottled with dark fuscous : 

 cilia pale grey, round apex coppery-brownish with rows of dark 

 fuscous points. Hindwing dark grey, paler in disc ; cilia grey. 



Ceylon, Peradenija, in April, bred from larvae on Spondias 

 mangiferoi {liutheyford) ; three specimens. Closely allied to pris- 

 matica, but without the numerous dark specks of that species. 

 Type in British Museum. 



COLEOPHORID^. 



Batrachedra phaneropa, n. sp. 



S $ . 12-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light ochreous- 

 yellowish, palpi somewhat sprinkled witli dark fuscous. Forewings 

 very narrowly lanceolate; 6 and 7 stalked; ochreous-yellow, 

 towards costa sprinkled with dark fuscous specks ; second diseal 

 stigma dark fuscous ; cilia light ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings 

 l)ale grey ; cilia whitish- ochreous tinged with grey. 



Nyassaland, Mt. Mlanje, in January (Neave) ; three specimens. 

 Type in British Museum. 



PLUTELLID^. 



Acrolepia halosticta, n. sp. 



c? . 8 mm. Head and thorax bronzy-grey. Palpi dark grey, 

 apex of second joint and a submedian ring and apex of terminal 

 joint whitish. Abdomen dark grey. Forewings elongate, narrow, 

 costa slightlj'^ arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather 

 oblique ; dark purplish-fuscous, strewn with paler and whitish 

 scales, on ])osterior half of wing tending to form transverse series 

 of minute dots rising from four larger dots on costa ; a narrow 



