5S4 EXOTIC MTCROI.EPIDOPTERA. 



brownish-ochreous ; costa irregularlj- strigulated with dark fuscous 

 from near base to middle ; a dark fuscous triangular blotch on 

 costa beyond middle, reaching 4 across wing; stigmata small, dark 

 brownish, plical beneath first discal, a faint brownish oblique fascia 

 from I of costa to these ; a narrow dark fuscous terminal fascia : 

 cilia brownish-ochreous. Hindwings and cilia grey. 



Upper Bukma, Lashio, 3000 feet, in August {Fletcher)-, one 

 specimen. 



Dichomeris brachyptila, n. sp. 



(S . 9 mm. Head and thorax whitish-oclireous. Palpi ocbroous- 

 whitish, second joint sufiused with dark grey except towards apex, 

 with rather short triangular apical tuft beneath and expanded with 

 rough scales towards apex above, terminal joint much longer than 

 second, anterior edge blackish. Abdomen light grey. Forewings 

 elongate, rather narrow, costa gently arched, apex tolerably 

 pointed, termen faintly sinuate, obli(jue ; light yellow-ochreous, 

 irregularly clouded and marbled with grey suffusion, costa minutely 

 speckled with dark fuscous; stigmata blackish, plical somewhat 

 before first discal : cilia light yellow-ochreous, towards tips paler, 

 at base slightly speckled with grey. Hindwings and cilia pale 

 grey. 



Upper Burma, Myitkyina, in September {Fletcher) ; one 

 specimen. 



Trichotaplie leucocosma, n. sp. 



2 . 11 mm. Head ochreous- white. Palpi white, second joint 

 with scales triangularly expanded above and shortly rough towards 

 apex beneath, dark fuscous except along apical edge. Thorax dark 

 purplish-fuscous, patagia white. Abdomen grey. Forewings elon- 

 gate, rather narrow, costa gentlj' arched, apex obtuse, termen 

 obliquely rounded ; pale lilac-grey irregularly mixed with dark 

 fuscous, especially posteriorly ; a narrow suffused ochreous-white 

 costal streak from base, broadest at base, terminating in a trian- 

 gular ochreous-white patch at | reaching half across wing ; a white 

 dot representing plical stigma : cilia pale fuscous, irrorated with 

 dark fuscous except towards base. Hindwings grey ; cilia light 

 grey. 



Nyassalaxd, Mt. Mlanje, in December {Neave) ; one specimen. 

 Type in British Museum. 



Trichotaphe cymatodes, n. sp. 



S $ • 16-17 mm. Head and thoi-ax pale brownish-ochreous, 

 sides of face fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, second joint fuscous 

 except apical edge, on apical half shortly rough-scaled beneath 

 and expanded with rough hairs above. Abdomen in S greyish- 

 ochreous, in § fuscous. Forewings elongate, costa on anterior 

 half strongly arched, slightly sinuate beyond middle and near 

 apex, with cilia forming a strong broad projection between sinua- 



