oG8 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTERA. 



terminal joint white with two bands of dark fuscous irroratiou. 

 Abdomen light grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Porewings elon- 

 gate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; grey or grey-whitish closely irrorated with 

 blackish; markings light ochreous-brown ; a narrow slightly ciirved 

 transverse fascia before middle, a small spot in disc at |, and 

 another at apex : cilia light grey, sprinkled with blackish towards 

 base, round apex and upper part of termen closely irrorated with 

 blackish, with black subbasal line, Hindwings |, cilia 5; grey; 

 cilia light grey. 



Ceylon, Madulsima, in A.ugust ; Bengal, Pusa, in. January 

 {Fletcher) ; two specimens. 



Telphusa paraula, n. sp. 



c? 5 • l-^-lS mm. Head and thorax whitish irrorated with 

 fuscous. Palpi whitish-fuscous, second and terminal joints each 

 with two suffused dark fuscous bands. Antennso in cJ moderately 

 ciliated (1) and also with very long fine scattered ciliations (7) 

 (easily abraded). Abdomen fuscoixs, segmental margins whitish, 

 three basal segments dorsally whitish-ochreous. Forewings elon- 

 gate-lanceolate ; rather dark reddish-fuscous, bases of scales more 

 or less whitish ; base spotted with dark fuscous, with an ochreous- 

 yellowish dot in middle, and one beneath costa near base ; cloudy 

 dark fuscous spots on costa before J, before middle, and at |, first 

 with a pale yellowish raised dot adjacent to its lower extremity ; 

 two cloiuly dark fuscous dots centred with yellowish raised scales 

 obliquely placed in disc at |, two others similarly placed (repre- 

 senting stigmata) before middle, and two transversely placed at | ; 

 a cloudy dark fuscous spot on tornus opposite third costal ; some- 

 times undefined oblique fascia3 of darker suffusion crossing wing 

 from first two costal spots: cilia greyish, basal half 8])rinkled with 

 blackish specks. Hindwings thinly scaled, light greyish, tending 

 to become prismatic-hyaline, veins, termen, and posterior half of 

 costal area darker grey ; cilia light grey. 



Ceylon, Maskeliya and Madulsima, in May, September, and 

 November (Pole, Alston, Vaughcm. cle Mowhray) ; S. India, Nil- 

 giris, 3500 feet, in August {Andt'eives) ; eleven specimens. A 

 variable and obscure insect, the raised yellowish scales easily 

 denuded. 



Phthorimaea ergasima, n. sp. 



5. 10 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish irrorated with 

 brownish. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint sufFusedly irro- 

 rated with brownish, terminal joint with dark fuscous basal and 

 subapical rings. Abdomen greyish. Forewings elongate, rather 

 narrow, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen extremely 

 obliquely rounded ; brownish, obscurely and irregularly irrorated 

 with whitish and dark fuscous on veins: discal stigmata ochreous- 

 brown centred with some blackish scales, approximated, plical 



