318 EXOTIC MICEOLEPIDOPTERA. 



Limnoecia callicosma, n. sp. 



c? . 12 mm. Head shining bronzy-metallic. Palpi yellow, 

 anterior edge of terminal joint dark fuscous. Antennae dark 

 bronzy-fuscous, with white subapical band. Thorax bright coppery- 

 metallic. Abdomen grey. Forewinga narrow-lanceolate ; shining 

 coppery ; a broad deep yellow attenuated streak along dorsum from 

 base to middle of wing ; base of wing above this blackish ; a 

 blackish spot on costa at ^, edged anteriorly with purple, and 

 followed by a white subcostal dot ; beyond this a rather broad 

 bronzy-fuscous transverse fascia from costa to dorsal streak, 

 including two white dots surrounded by black suffusion representing 

 plical and first discal stigmata, plical considerably anterior : cilia 

 rather dark grey, towards base bronzy. Hindwings and cilia rather 

 dark grey. 



CETXoiir, Maskeliya, in December (de Moivhray') ; one specimen. 

 Allied to maglca, wrongly referred originally io Pyroderces ; I have 

 now a series, and it is a Limnoecia. 



Limnoecia platychlora, n. sp. 



S . 12 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax rather dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey. Forewings lanceolate, rather broad near base, 

 thence narrowed to acute apex ; rather dark fuscous ; a very broad 

 pale ochreous-yellow transverse fascia extending from very near 

 base to near middle of wing, posterior edge slightly oblique out- 

 wards, almost straight, slightly irregular in disc, followed by a few 

 blackish specks : cilia grey. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Queensland, Cairns (Dodd) ; one specimen. 



Limnoecia auximena, n. sp. 



c? . 14 mm. Head ochreous-white. Thorax dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings lanceolate, 

 rather broad near base, thence narrowed to acute apex ; dark 

 fuscous; abroad pale ochreous-yellow fascia somewhat narrowed 

 towards costa, anterior edge near base, posterior at |^, both some- 

 what convex : cilia rather dark fuscous. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 light grey. 



CooEG, Dibidi, 3500 feet, in November (Newcome) ; one specimen. 



Limnoecia peronodes, n. sp. 



cj . 12 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous. Palpi whitish, 

 irrorated with blackish. Abdomen dark grey, anal tuft whitish. 

 Forewings lanceolate ; dark fuscous ; a very broad light ochreous- 

 yellow fascia, edges straight, slightly irregular, anterior rather 

 near base, posterior almost in middle; a semicircular pale ochreous- 

 yellow spot on costa at | : cilia rather dark fuscous. Hindwings 

 and cilia grey. 



Bengal, Pusa, in May, bred from larvoe feeding in leaf-sheaths 

 of bamboo {Maxwell-Lefroy) . 



