34G EXOTIC MICROLEPIDorTEUA. 



apex, a faint pale brownish shade running across these above apex 

 and continued as an apical bar. Hindwings and cilia white. 

 Assam, Kbasis, in October and November ; two specimens. 



Leucoptera arethusa, n. sp. 



cT . 5 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen white. Forewiiigs 

 lanceolate, apex produced, acute ; shining white ; an indistinct 

 ])air of short very oblique grey strigulai from middle of costa ; 

 a small pale silvery-grey spot at toruus followed by a minute 

 blackish dot: cilia white, on costa with two indistinct oblique 

 grey lines converging to apex. Hindwings and cilia white. 



Queensland, Cairns, in November {Dodd) ; one specimen. 



Leucoptera panduris, n. sp, 



(5 . 7 ram. Head, thorax, and abdomeu white. Forewings 

 sublanceolate, apex considerably produced; shining white; two 

 title very oblique cloudy adjacent lines of dark fuscous scales from 

 costa beyond middle, reaching i across wing, and a third rather 

 shorter at f : cilia \vhite, on costa with two fine very oblique dark 

 fuscous lines converging to beyond apex. Hindwings and cilia 

 white. 



Kanaka, Anshi, in December (Ma^vwell) ; one specimen. 



Leucoptera picrocosma, n. sp. 



d' . 6 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen shining white. Fore- 

 wings lancejlate ; shining white ; two very oblique pale whitish- 

 yellowish 'vedgeshapod streaks from costa, finely edged with daik 

 grey, reaching i across wing, first from beyond middle, second 

 from f ; 4 small silvery -metallic tornal spot, edged on each side with 

 a black dot : cilia white, above apex with two faint grey oblique 

 lines. Hindwings and cilia white. 



CooKG, Uibidi, 3500 feet, in January (Neivcome) ; one specimen. 



Leucoptera sortita, n, sp. 



J . 7 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen shining white. Fore- 

 wings lanceolate, apex dow^nturned ; shining white; three fine 

 oblique dark grey lines from costa reaching about i across wing, 

 faintly edged with pale yellowish suflusion posteriorly, first from 

 middle, third above tornal spot; a round pale golden-metallic 

 tornal spot edged on each side with a blackish dot : cilia white, 

 with two fine oblique dark grey lines through costal cilia converging 

 beyond apex. Hindwings and cilia white. 



UuEHNSLAND, Caims, in October (Dodd) ; one specimen. Between 

 chtdcoci/cla and hematoma. 



Leucoptera hexatoma, n, sp. 



2 . mm. Head and thorax shining white. Forewings lanceo- 

 late, apex downturned ; shining white ; four fine oblique dark 

 fuscous lines from costa reaching about g across wing, first from 

 middle, first two somewhat approximated and space between them 



