LYONETIAD^. 619 



Phyllocnistis micrographa, n. sp, 



c? . 5 mm, nead, palpi, thorax, and abdomen silvery-white. 

 Forewings lanceolate, apex produced, acute ; silvery-white, apical 

 third suft'usod with pale whitish-ochreous ; a pale brassy-yellow 

 median longitudinal streak from base to middle, attenuated 

 anteriorly, faintly edged with bluish ; a dark grey dot on middle 

 of costa ; dark grey opposite strigulae from eosta and dorsum 

 beyond middle, not meeting, costal direct, dorsal somewhat out- 

 Avards-oblique : cilia whitish, with a large black triangular dot at 

 base opposite apex, on costa with three oblique dark grey lines, a 

 fourth at tips opposite apex, median and curved subapical lines on 

 termen, a blotch on tornus, and a projection from dorsal strigula. 

 Hindwings and cilia white. 



CooKG, Virajpet, in October {Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Opostega myxodes, n. sp. 



cT . 6 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax iridescent ochreous- 

 whitish. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Forewings lanceolate, 

 costa appearing sinnate before origin of cilia ; very glossy iridescent 

 whitish-ochreous ; a small flattened-triangular dark fuscous spot 

 on costa at | : cilia whitish-ochreous, with strong dark fuscous 

 median line and very fine grey line near before it. Hindwings and 

 cilia pale greyish. 



Bengal, Pusa, in September {Fletcher) ; one specimen. 

 Mr. Fletcher also has a $ example, quite similar, which was 

 bred in October from a larva mining in leaf of CorcUa tm/.va 

 (Boraginacece); this interesting record is the first definite account 

 of the larval habits of any species of the genus, and further details 

 should be obtained. 



Bucculatrix eschatias, n. sp. 



2 . 8 mm. Head white, tuft somewhat grey in centre. Thorax 

 whitish-fuscous. Abdomen grey. Forewings lanceolate ; fuscous 

 sprinkled with dark fuscous ; markings ochreous- white ; a moderate 

 transverse fascia at ^-, rather oblique inwards from costa ; a 

 triangular spot on tornus, and one on costa somewhat beyond it, 

 narrowly separated; a small apical spot: cilia grey, round apex 

 whitish with median line of black specks. Hindwings rather dark 

 grey ; cilia grey. 



Himalaya, Dungagali, Hazara District, 8000 feet, in May 

 {Fletcher) ; one specimen. 



Oinophila oxymcris, n, sp. 



$. 9 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, lower frontal tuft blackish, 

 face grey-whitish. Palpi blackish. Thorax ochreous-whitish, 

 patagia blackish. Abdomen silvery-grey-whitish. Forewings 

 narrowly elongate-lanceolate ; blackish ; an irregular-edged at- 

 tenuated whitish-ochreous streak along dorsum from base to apex, 

 edged with white above, with two or three irregular slight 



