618 EXOTIC MICROLEPIDOPTEEA. 



pale ochreous sprinkled with black specks. Hindwings whitish- 

 ochreous-grey, veins dark grey ; cilia ocbreous-whitish, with fine 

 grey subbasal line. 



AssA.M, Khasis, in September ; three speeimeus. 



Scardia sistrata, n. sp. 



cj 5 . 14-20 mm. Head ocbreous-whitish more or less mixed 

 with dark fuscous. Palpi ocbreous-whitish, second joint mixed 

 with dark fuscous, terminal joint with dark fuscous median ring. 

 Antennal ciliations of c? 3. Thorax ocbreous-whitish, mixed and 

 anteriorly suffused with dark fuscous. Abdomen whitish-ochreous 

 irrorated with fuscous and dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, 

 narrow, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very 

 obliquely rounded ; 8 and 9 stalked ; light fuscous, more or less 

 mixed with whitish, especially towards margins, and strigulatcd 

 throughout with dark fuscous ; markings darker fuscous, usually 

 obscured by strigulation and incons))icuou8 ; a blotch on base of 

 costa ; sub(]uadrate spots on costa before and be5'ond middle ; an 

 irregular blotch on middle of dorsum, reaching half across wing ; 

 a small spot on costa at | ; a transverse spot from costa towards 

 apex, reaching | across wing ; a transverse mark at apex : cilia 

 ocbreous-whitish with two dark fuscous shades, towards tornus 

 barred with fuscous. Hindwings bronzy -grey, veins dark fuscous ; 

 cilia fuscous-whitish, with a dark fuscous shade partially inter- 

 rupted into bars. 



Ceylon, Puttalam, Wellawaya, Peradeniya (Pole, Green, Alston); 

 Bengal, Pusa (Fletcher) ; from May to November, twelve specimens. 

 Larva feeding in decayed fungus {PoJi/iwrus) (Green). 



LYONETIADiE. 



Phyllocnistis helicodes, n. sp. 



<J . 5 ram. Head shining silvery-whitish, crown silver-metallic. 

 Palpi and abdomen white. Thorax ocbreous-whitish. Forewings 

 lanceolate, acute ; silvery-whitish, apical half suffused with pale 

 whitish-yellow ; a faint grey transverse mark near base, suffused 

 with pale brassy-yellowish ; a cloudy grey transverse line at |, 

 suffused with pale brassy-yellowish ; a dark fuscous dot on costa 

 before middle ; a dark fuscous transverse line beyond middle, 

 inwardly oblique from costa : cilia whitish, on costa with four fine 

 oblique parallel dark fuscous lines, fourth passing apex, a minute 

 black dot beneath apex near base, and a postmedian dark fuscous 

 line on termen. Hindwings and cilia white. 



Bengal, Pusa, bred in November from larva mining leaves of 

 Polyalthia (Anonaccce) {Fletcher) ; two specimens. 



