364 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. • 



costal lines, two projecting from apex, and two beucatli apex, ail 

 couvergiug to apical dot. Hindwings gray ; cilia pale greyish. 

 Cetlon, Maskeliya, in December i^Fole) ; one specimen. 



Hieroxestis protelesta, n. sp. 



(S . 11 mm. Head white, with a blackish bar running across 

 middle of front of tuft and thence along sides of crown. Palpi 

 white, with a blackish line externally. Thorax white, shoulders 

 narrowly blackish. Abdomen whitish. Fore wings narrow-lauceo- 

 late, apex considerably produced, upturned ; ochreous-white ; 

 mai kings ochreous-grey mixed with blackish ; a streak along basal 

 fifth of costa ; very oblique fasciaform patches from costa before 

 middle and at |, reacliiug half across wing ; an oblique wedge- 

 shaped sp'jt from dorsum at ^, terminated by a small black spot in 

 disc ; a very oblique wedgeshaped spot on toruus ; a dark fuscous 

 patch occupying apical projection, conuected with a suffused line 

 along upper part of termen ; a black apical dot : cilia whitish, with 

 dark fuscous lines probably as in allied species (imperfect). Hind- 

 wings grey ; cilia pale greyish. 



S. India, Nilgiris, 7000 feet, in April {Andrewes) ; one specimen. 



Hieroxestis rotata, n. sp. 



S $ . 12-15 mm. Head white, sides of crown narrowly dark 

 fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous. Thorax white, shoulders dark 

 fuscous. Abdomen whitish. Forewings lanceolate, apex produced, 

 upturned ; ochreous-white ; a dark fuscous costal streak from 

 base, becoming broad from -^ to apex, cut by very oblique white 

 lines from middle and |, second running almost to apex; a dark 

 fuscous trapezoidal blotch on dorsum before middle, sometimes 

 extended to base, its posterior angle projecting in disc ; a narrow 

 dark fuscous streak along dorsum from near beyond this to beyond 

 tornus, rest of termen sometimes infuscated ; a round black apical 

 dot : cilia wliitish, towards tornus pale greyish, with three oblique 

 dark fuscous lines on costa, two projecting at apex, and two 

 beneath apex all converging to apical dot. Hindwings grey ; cilia 

 light grey. 



Assam, Khasis, in April and August ; two specimens. 



Hieroxestis heteroclina, n. sp. 



c? . 14 mm. Head white with a dark fuscous bar running 

 across middle of front of tuft and thence along sides of crown. 

 Palpi whitish. Thorax white, shoulders narrowly dark fuscous. 

 Abdomen whitish. Forewings narrow-lanceolate, apex produced, 

 upturned ; dark fuscous ; a broad ochreous-white median streak 

 from base to middle, extended at base to dorsum, apex irregular, 

 almost confluent with following markings, dorsal space beneath 

 this sometimes partially suffused with whitish ; fine white lines 

 from costa at middle and | reaching half across wing, first very 



