348 KXOTIC JIICEOLEPIDOPTKEA. 



one another, and require very close observation, but are certainly 

 distinct; Mr. Maxwell's specimens are beautiluUy pieserved, with 

 the fine lines in the delicate cilia in perfect condition. 



Phyllocnistis cirrhophanes, n. sp. 



J 5 • 5 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen silvery-white. 

 Antennae yellow-whitish, basal joint silvery-white. Forevvings 

 lanceolate, apex acute, produced, downturned ; silvery-white ; 

 a suffused ochreous-yellow oval blotch extending in disc from ^ to 

 middle, reaching fold and almost costa, edged beneath by a faint 

 greyish line; posterior half of wing wholly suffused with pale 

 whitish-yellowish ; a fine somewhat oblique fuscous line from 

 middle of costa reaching half across wing; an inwardly oblique 

 slightly curved fine fuscous transverse line at i, terminating on 

 dorsum beneath point of preceding; a large black apical dot partly 

 in cilia, ])rec£ded by a small indistinct silvery-whitish dot : cilia 

 wliitish-yellowish, with two fine oblique dark grey lines in costal 

 cilia towards ajoex, one above apex, two diverging posteriorly from 

 apex, one beneath apex, a curved line limiting more yellowish- 

 tinged basal half of cilia on termen, and a line projecting from 

 dorsal end of postmedian transverse line. Hindwings grey-wbit ish ; 

 cilia whitish. 



Kanaka, Karwar, bred in July {Maxwell); five specimens. 

 Larva mining blotches in leaves of Alscodapline semecarpijoUa 

 (Lduraceae). Larva flattened, tapering posteriorly, segments 

 strongly incised, yellowish-green, head small, black, plate of 2 

 semitransparent, 5-11 each with spiracular prominence ending in 

 a bristle, anal claspers long, transparent, prostrate, diverging ; 

 egg laid near edge of leaf, larva mining under uj)pcr cuticle fii-st 

 in spiral and afterwards undulating gallery, always confined to 

 edge of leaf, producing blackish discolouration ; when fullfed leaves 

 original blotch and mines round extreme edge of leaf in single 

 gallery, finally pupating below cuticle in contracted edge of leaf 

 (^Maxwell). Extremely close to cJirysojyhiJiahna, but yellow blotch 

 less bright, and can be distinguished immediately by rather oblique 

 first line pointing to extremity of following transverse line, whereas 

 in chn/sojjJiihahna it is direct and points to dorsum before this 

 extremity. The larval habit difters as well as the foodplaut, the 

 mine being on the upper surface in this species and on the under 

 surface in cJiri/sophlJialma, A species of Acrocercops is frequently 

 associated with it in the same leaf. 



Phyllocnistis selenopa, n. sp, 



c5' . 3 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen silvery- 

 white. Forewings lanceolate, apex rather produced, acute, down- 

 turned ; silvery-white; a faint patch of pale brassj'-yellowish 

 suff'usion towards middle of disc edged beneath by a short faint 

 grey longitudinal line ; a fine oblique fuscous line from middle of 

 costa reaching half across v,'ing ; a direct transverse fuscous line 

 at |, hardly perceptibly outwards-curved; apical fourth tinged 



